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| | History of Chechnya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | He was brought to trial in late 2002 on charges of murder and abduction, after being accused of raping and strangling Elza Kungayeva, an 15 year old Chechen girl whom Budanov claimed was a separatist sniper. | | | The next day, Russian counterterrorism officials accused President Mashkadov of conspiring with Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev and an Arab named Abu al-Walid, said to be a member of a terrorist organization called the Muslim Brotherhood, to plan the attack. | | | The inscription read, "There is no people under the sun more vile and deceitful than this one." Yermolov had also persecuted the Chechens. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chechnya
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| | Chechnya - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Chechnya |
| | Despite continuing claims that Russia was in complete control of Chechnya, violence continued in the region. | | | Meanwhile, members of the Council of Europe condemned his campaign against Chechnya. | | | By 6 February it was claimed that Russian troops were in full control of Groznyy, but the following day the Chechen leader, President Maskhadov, pledged to retake the city, using the force of the few rebels left in the city. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Chechnya
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| | Endless Brutality: Ongoing Human Rights Violations in Chechnya |
| | About a week later, the press reported that the chief prosecutor in Chechnya, Vsevolod Chernov, rebutted the claims by the armed forces and alleged that Russia's troops, not Chechen fighters, were indeed responsible for the mortar fire that he said had killed a seventh person. | | | The United States should publicly and privately identify and condemn Russian violations in Chechnya and in circumstances where the violations are war crimes, publicly so state. | | | Fighters on the Chechen side are reported to have killed individuals they view as collaborators, including those associated with civil administration in Chechnya. |
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http://www.phrusa.org/research/chechnya/chech_rep.html
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| | BBC NEWS World Europe Country profiles Regions and territories: Chechnya |
| | He denies accusations that the force is behind many of Chechnya's killings, abductions and worst crimes, although he has admitted that there are some "rogue elements" among them. | | | One highly-publicised case was that of Andrei Babitsky, a reporter working for the US-backed Radio Free Europe, whose reporting of the Chechen war was said to have angered the Kremlin. | | | They say journalists who investigate alleged abuses by federal forces in Chechnya are persecuted. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/2565049.stm
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| | Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov says that Russia is ready to begin a political dialogue with Chechnya if the Chechen government agrees to extradite the terrorists. | | | In their most recent move, Russian forces have begun air strikes on the capital and have seized over a third of Chechen territory under the pretext of establishing a "security zone" and rooting out Islamic militants believed to be in Chechnya. | | | Chechen government reports more attacks against villages in Chechnya. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/spot/chechnya1.html
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| | CHECHNYA: Renewed Catastrophe (Focus on Human Rights Violations) |
| | In a 24-page report, Burying the Evidence: The Botched Investigation into a Mass Grave in Chechnya, released today, the organization documents the Russian government’s botched investigation of a mass gravesite discovered in late February 2001. | | | Today's bombing of the headquarters of the pro-Moscow government of Chechnya in Grozny is an egregious violation of basic principles of humanitarian law, Human Rights Watch said today. | | | The British government is sending a disastrous message by postponing the publication of its Human Rights Report, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the British foreign secretary. |
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http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/russia/chechnya
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| | Crisis in Chechnya - Global Issues |
| | Citing a number of journalists who tried to investigate, it turned out that it was not likely that Chechens were in Afghanistan. | | | Some one third to half of the 1.3 million Chechen people are said to have fled from Chechnya. | | | A major oil pipeline carries oil from fields in Baku on the Caspian Sea and Chechnya toward the Ukraine. |
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http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Chechnya.asp
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| | VFP92.ORG - Western Washington Veterans for Peace Chapter 92 - Chechnya Links |
| | The Chechen separatists who held hundreds of people hostage at a Moscow theatre this week appear to be part of an extremist splinter group. | | | Zelimkhan Yanderbiyev rose to prominence as an Islamist militant during Chechnya's bid to break away from Russia. | | | Russian President Vladimir Putin blames "foreign terrorist centres" for the hostage crisis in a Moscow theatre where around 500 people are being held. |
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http://vfp92.org/Chechnya.html
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| | Russia |
| | There were a number of killings of government officials throughout the country, some of which may have been politically motivated, in connection with either the ongoing strife in Chechnya, or with politics. | | | There were credible reports of serious violations, including numerous reports of unlawful killings, and of abuse of civilians by both the Government and Chechen fighters in the Chechen conflict. | | | There were widespread reports of the killing or abuse of captured fighters by federal troops, as well as by the Chechen fighters, and a policy of "no surrender" appeared to prevail in many units on both sides. |
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http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27861.htm
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| | Chechnya Timeline |
| | On May 9, Chechnya's Moscow-backed leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, is killed in a bombing. | | | The assassination undermines Russian claims that Chechnya has been growing more secure. | | | Russian prosecutors believe that Shamil Basayev, the most militant and ruthless of the Chechen rebel commanders, is behind the hostage-taking. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/spot/chechnyatime1.html
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| | The Chechen Times: Dupuis condemns Berlusconi's comments on Chechnya as "arrogant and cynical | | | To appreciate the import of her dispatches, a little history: Chechnya has oil, plus a strategic position spanning Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam. | | | Dupuis condemns Berlusconi's comments on Chechnya as "arrogant and cynical: |
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http://chechnya.blogspot.com/2003_11_02_chechnya_archive.html
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| | Chechnya: News Opinion Ranting |
| | A terrorist attack was apparently prevented in Chechnya in Vedeno and Nozhai-Yurt districts (that's where Maskhadov was killed), says Shabalkin. | | | The silence has remained deafening ever since and Putin insists Chechnya is merely his own local campaign in the global War on terror. | | | The Committee to Protect Journalists writes to Putin to protest against the intimidation of and discrimination against journos in Chechnya and elsewhere in Russia. |
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http://www.chechnyawar.com
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| | There are 29 groups in Chechnya which specialize in kidnapping, among their leaders are high positioned military leaders from Chechnya - this was repeated many times on the Polish radio today morning. | | | According to information of the Chechen prosecutor's office, there are 27 kidnapping groups in Chechnya. | | | A Chechen special force has failed in a bid to free five Poles abducted in the south Russian breakaway region but the kidnapped aid workers are alive and well, a Chechen official told Polish public television on Monday. |
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http://www.alter.most.org.pl/fa/chechen.html
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| | BBC NEWS Europe Al-Qaeda suspect tells of Chechnya link |
| | Some of the 11 September hijackers wanted to fight against Russia in Chechnya, their alleged accomplice has told a German court. | | | Officials suggested this week that some foreign fighters might have been among the rebels involved in the seizing of hundreds of hostages at a Moscow theatre. | | | He told the court that four alleged al-Qaeda men - hijackers Mohammed Atta, Marwan al-Shehi, Ziad Jarrah and suspect Ramzi bin al Shaibah - had all wanted to go to Chechnya. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2372971.stm
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| | Overview on human rights violations in Chechnya |
| | The government force in power has done its utmost to pressure and intimidate journalists from reporting (generally, in Russia, hundreds of journalist died because of "unnatural" causes since the Soviet breakup. | | | Dozens of humanitarian aid workers had been kidnapped in the Caucasus region, including Chechnya, since 1994. | | | Murder and abductions of Journalist and Aid Workers: Also some journalists investigating on the Chechen conflict and humanitarian relief worker have been abducted or murdered. |
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http://www.hrvc.net/main.htm
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| | Prague Watchdog - Crisis in Chechnya - www.watchdog.cz |
| | Chechens in Jordan, or for that matter in the Middle East, have been motivated by national causes and their involvement in the North Caucasus should not be linked with claims made by some that they are importing and fuelling the ongoing violence. | | | The recent scandal connected with the exposure of a group of doctors who were arranging the sale of children had not yet died down when another incident came to light. | | | Another attempt to sell a child prevented in Chechnya |
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http://www.watchdog.cz
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| | Chechnya - Human Rights Violations - News and updates |
| | An overview on human rights violations in Chechnya with a short comment outlining the present international situation | | | The website provides information, news and updates on the human rights violations in Chechnya. | | | Chechnya - Human Rights Violations - News and updates |
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| | CHECHNYA: Renewed Catastrophe (Focus on Human Rights Violations) - HRW | | | CNN - West voices concern over Russian offensive in Chechnya 10/99 | | | Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty on Chechnya - RFE/RL (USA) |
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http://www.betterworldlinks.org/book33i.htm
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| | Chechnya Country Profile |
| | The displaced Chechens either move to another camp or settlement (which may also be closed soon), or return to Chechnya - despite the continuing violence and insecurity. | | | The entire Chechen population was deported by Stalin during World War II, and were finally allowed to return home in 1957. | | | The conflict between the Russian Federation and Chechnya has claimed over 100,000 lives, and left towns and cities in ruins. |
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http://www.islamic-relief.com/projects/chechnya
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| | Scotsman.com News - Chechnya |
| | TWO Chechens are to stand trial for the murder of US journalist Paul Klebnikov, prosecutors... | | | One official said it appeared to be a gas explosion. | | | Mystery disease in Chechnya is blamed on anti-freeze |
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http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=610
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| | KAVKAZ CENTER |
| | However, as the second largest exporter of petroleum in the world, and a non-OPEC counterbalance to the oil producers of the Middle East and Venezuela, Russia is an ally the US does not want to alienate. | | | Kremlin does not know how to react to new leader of Chechnya | | | New President of Chechnya Sheikh Abdul-Halim: Who Is He? |
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http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/article.php?id=2672
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| | Online NewsHour: Forum: Conflict in Chechnya -- March 2003 |
| | Thomas de Waal, a journalist who has written extensively on Russia and the Caucasus, answers your questions on the complex situation. | | | Why does the American Press so play up the angle that "the Chechens are (supposedly) freedom fighters, and the Russians are oppressors"? | | | de Waal is editor of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting's weekly Caucasus Reporting Service, which carries regular reports from Chechnya and can be found at www.iwpr.net. |
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/january03/chechnya.html
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| | TheMoscowTimes.com - The War in Chechnya |
| | I don't want to inspire hatred," said Kuzmina, 54, who at one point had a $1 million ransom on her head. | | | Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty - Crisis in Chechnya | | | Some foreigners working in Chechnya are seen by the Russian government as a risk to state security. |
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http://www.themoscowtimes.com/indexes/105.html
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| | Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe |
| | Dispatches from Chechnya is an information bulletin which provides first hand reports on the humanitarian and human rights crises in Chechnya and the refugee camps from correspondents reporting on-the-ground. | | | Chechens Support Secular Government; Believe Maskhadov Government Should Represent Chechnya in Negotiations with Russians | | | The Consequences of War for Education and Culture in Chechnya |
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| | Chechnya's ideal location next to the Black Sea has made the exportation of oil a key to their economic survival. | | | Chechnya has a population of aproximately 862,000 people. | | | There are many theories dealing with the cause of such a strong promotion of Islam within Chechnya. |
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http://www.unc.edu/~tgillan/Chechnya.html
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| | ICL - Chechnya Index |
| | People were told pensions would be withheld and reprisals would follow if the right vote was not made. | | | This article would have removed all but one opponent of Kadyrov: Maskhadov. | | | Finally, Russian troops stationed in Chechnya were allowed to vote. |
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| | Why are the Chechens so mad at Russia? By Masha Gessen |
| | Two apartment buildings in Moscow and one in the south of Russia exploded, killing more than 300 people. | | | The Russian Constitution recognizes the right of federation members to secede—and Chechnya tried to claim this right. | | | For the next three years, Chechnya, whose infrastructure had been bombed out of existence, turned into a state run by and for criminals. |
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http://www.slate.com/id/2106287
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| | Chechnya « Territorial Disputes « Issues « Society |
| | Infoplease.com: Timeline of Key Events in Chechnya - Key events from Czar Nicholas I's invasion to recent Grozny attacks | | | Vyacheslav Mironov: Assault on Grozny Downtown - Translated parts of a documentary book by a Russian officer who was in Chechnya in 1995/96. | | | The Smashing of Chechnya - A case study in the role of human rights in Western foreign policy, by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed. |
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http://www.localadsearch.com/Society/Issues/Territorial_Disputes/Chechnya
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| | CBC News Indepth: Chechnya |
| | The ceasefire provided for presidential and parliamentary elections in Chechnya, which were held in January 1997. | | | Maskhadov declared martial law in Chechnya as well as a ghazevat, or holy war, in which all men of eligible age were ordered to fight. | | | In May 2000, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared direct rule of Chechnya and appointed Akhmad Kadyrov, a former construction worker and Muslim cleric, to be the head of the Chechen government. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/chechnya
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| | Chechnya on Encyclopedia.com |
| | CHECHNYA [Chechnya] or Chechen Republic, region (1990 est. | | | The risks of independent reporting in Chechnya: by not adhering to government regulations, 'these newspapers are vulnerable to attack from all sides.'.(Words and Reflections) | | | Russian forces killed Maskhadov, who was considered a moderate Chechen rebel leader, in 2005. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/Chechnya_History.asp
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| | A Dirty War: A Russian Reporter in Chechnya | | | Special and human rights reports, press releases, and daily top story by the staff of Radio Liberty. | | | Covers events in the Islamic world and brings the latest information about the war in Chechnya, the facts of genocide, and the position of the defending side - the Chechen Mujahideen. |
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http://www.world-newspapers.com/chechnya.html
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| | Chechnya is a breakaway republic in Russian North Caucasia seeking independence from Russia. | | | Even today, many Chechens consider themselves loyal to their teip above all, one reason why it has been difficult to forge a united political front against Russia. | | | Imperial Russian forces began moving into Chechnya in 1830 to secure Russia's borders with the Ottoman Empire. |
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| | DNN: Chechnya Watch |
| | Rights Groups Say Brutality On Rise Among Russian Troops In Chechnya | | | Russia ends OSCE Chechnya mission - OSCE monitors humans rights | | | Latest Chechnya bombing linked back to Russian military |
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http://etori.tripod.com/dajjalsystem/dnn-chechnya.html
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| | Chechnya @ Physicians for Global Survival, Canada --> |
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| | Find Chechnya search engines with Search Engine Colossus | | | Handy travel search engine, with travel directory, and friendly travel forums... | | | SEARCH ENGINES - MOTEURS DE RECHERCHE - MOTORES DE BUSQÚEDA - SUCHMASCHINEN |
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