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RUSSIA: UNHCR CHIEF SADAKO OGATA VISIT
English/Nat
The U-N High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata has arrived in Moscow to discuss the situation of the Chechen refugees in Ingushetia.
Ogata's programme includes meetings with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, Minister for...
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Georgian troops arrest suspected militants in raid
1. Various of Georgian troop vehicles arriving in the Pankisi Gorge - driving past camera
2. Various wide exterior shots of Georgian base in the Pankisi Gorge
3. Various of Georgian troops beside armoured vehicles
4. Various of 12...
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Chechnya - OSCE has deployed election observers
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has deployed 72 election observers in Chechnya to ensure there is no voting fraud in Monday's first round of voting in the first post-war elections.
Armed woman walking down...
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RUSSIA: RADIO LIBERTY JOURNALIST BABITSKY LATEST
Russian/Eng/Nat
Europe's top human rights body threw its weight behind freed Russian radio reporter Andrei Babitsky on Friday on the eve of a two-day fact-finding mission to war-torn Chechnya.
Babitsky, held in a Russian detention camp...
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Anti-US protest ahead of US Pres Bush's visit to region
1. Medium shot of crowd with a child holding an anti-Bush banner (US President George W. Bush)
2. Crowd shouting anti-Bush slogans and waiving the black flags
3. Mohammed Mansur Ali Qadri giving speech
4. Wide shot of representatives...
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Chechnya - Streets wrecked and deserted
Despite a ceasefire in the Chechen capital Grozny today, few of
the residents who have not already fled were to be seen on the
streets. The central market, once a hub of activity, stood abandoned.
Bodies still lay in the...
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CHECHNYA: ASLAN MASKHADOV WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Russian/Nat
The first official results released Wednesday confirmed that Aslan Maskhadov won an overwhelming mandate from Chechen voters.
Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev conceded defeat in the presidential elections, but he...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: RIVAL DEMONSTRATORS CLASH
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Demonstrators from rival Chechen factions clashed today in Grozny as weary negotiators appeared near to reaching a settlement to end the seven-month war.
The peace talks were suspended today to give both sides time to...
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Chechnya - Russian Shelling & Bombing Resumes
Russian tanks and jets resumed shelling and bombing the Chechen
capital, Grozny, on Thursday morning (12/1). After a brief lull,
the fighting is reportedly becoming more intense. Salvo after
salvo of artillery fire was slamming into the...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT LATEST
Grozny: Chechnya - Recent XFA
1. Various wide shots of Grozny
2. Russian jet in air
3. Wide of rebels in bunker
4. Rebel soldier with RPG launcher
5. Rebel soldier with another rebel loading his belt
6. Close shot of hand...
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RUSSIA: YELTSIN BLAMED FOR HANDLING OF BUDYONNOVSK SITUATION
Russian/Nat
The Russian government has come under attack after it capitulated to the demands of the Chechen rebels who took more than a thousand people hostage in the southern city of Budyonnovsk.
Politicians and ordinary people say...
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Chechnya - POW-Handover At Peace Talks
Chechnen officials on Sunday (July 9) handed over three Russian
prisoners of war during the resumed peace talks in the Chechen
capital, Grozny. The three soldiers were taken prisoner during the
first day of Russia's assault on Grozny on...
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RUSSIA: PRESIDENT YELTSIN REGISTERS AS CANDIDATE FOR JUNE ELECTIONS
Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin was officially registered on Wednesday as a candidate in the June 16 presidential elections.
Yeltsin's candidacy was approved after his campaign team handed in the required one (m) million...
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CHECHNYA: "RUSSIA CONTROLS 90 PERCENT OF THE REPUBLIC"
Voice and effects
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia now controls over 90 percent of the breakaway republic of Chechnya.
A Russian commander in Chechnya promised in an interview on Thursday to take full...
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Russia - Recapture Of Chechnya's City Gudermes
T/I 10:48:55 or 11:13:47
Russian federal troops on Sunday (24/12) announced the recapture
of Chechnya's second largest city, Gudermes.
Reporters were allowed into outlying regions of Gudermes, but the
city centre, where most of the heavy...
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Police storm a house killing eight militants, including two women
1. Wide of Makhachkala skyline
2. Russian soldiers firing guns from the back of truck
3. Soldiers waiting by door to building
4. Top shot of armoured personnel carrier (APC) moving down road
5. Wide of explosion by house
6. APC moving...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: UPDATE
Russian/Nat
Russia intensified its attack on the breakaway republic of Chechnya on Monday.
Russian planes staged bombing raids on military targets and power plants, as troops fought their way toward the capital from two...
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Chechnya - Rebel Fighters' Grozny Withdrawal
Chechen soldiers packed their bags on Thursday (9/2) and left the
last remaining district in their hands - Chernorechiye, south west
of Grozny. The fire from the near-by oil refinery continued to
burn and looked to be spreading.
burning...
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FINLAND: HELSINKI: EU SUMMIT: PHOTO CALL
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After winding down their two-day summit, 15 European Union leaders posed for the family photograph on Saturday after sitting down to lunch with their prospective counterparts from Turkey and the 12 other East European and...
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Chechnya - Situation
Gaidar warns Yeltsin as Chechens parade paratroop PoWs Rebel fighters battled Russian forces inside buildings near the presidency in Grozny on Sunday (15/1) but held onto the towering palace, the symbol of resistance in the Chechen...
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RUSSIA/CHECHNYA: WWII VICTORY DAY PARADES UPDATE
Russian/Nat
Russia has staged an old-fashioned Soviet-style parade on Red Square to celebrate Victory Day, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany.
The parade served as a platform for Russia's presidential candidates, including ...
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Chechnya - Mountain Villages & Grozny Refugees
Russian troops appeared closer to taking the capital of the
breakaway republic of Chechnya on Sunday (15/1), but the battle is
unlikely to end with the fall of Grozny. Chechen villages
have battled Russia imperial forces for generations...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: RESIDENTS' DAILY STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
Russian/Nat
As peace talks struggle on in the Chechen capital, Grozny, for the city's residents daily life remains a battle for survival.
Despite a 100 (m) million dollar reconstruction fund promised by Moscow, local authorities say...
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Newspaper headlines and voxpops following bombing
1. Wide of press kiosk
2. Various of newspapers with pictures of blast
3. Wide of people walking past kiosk
4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Albina Avtekina, local resident:
"Its terrible. It is not impossible to tell. The underground is under...