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Russia - Chechnya Bomb Victim Zaslavsky Funeral
A full military funeral honouring Russian Colonel Alexander
Zaslavsky, who was killed in a bomb attack in Chechnya, was held
in Moscow on Wednesday (11/10). Russia's Minister of the Interior
Anatoly Kulikov attended the funeral, which...
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RUSSIA: TURKISH PM BULENT ECEVIT VISIT (2)
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Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit has arrived in Russia for a three-day visit expected to focus on economic, political and military cooperation between the two countries.
Ecevit is expected to meet senior Russian...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: UPDATE
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These are the latest APTV pictures from the beleaguered Chechen capital Grozny, where Russian troops on Monday launched their most concentrated attack yet.
1. Presidential palace under fire
2. Plume of black smoke
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Chechnya - Troops Seal Off Shali
Peace talks between Russian officials and Chechen rebel leaders
were postponed Friday (31/5) only hours before a ceasefire was due
to take effect and Russian troops sealed off the town of Shali in
southern Chechnya.
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Security officials in Grozny, in Russia's Chechnya region say militants entered killed several traffic police and occupied a building on Wednesday. Six gunmen were then killed in a battle and fire destroyed the building. (Dec. 4)
Security officials said militants traveling in three cars entered Chechnya's capital, Grozny at 1 a.m. local time, killing three traffic police at a checkpoint. The Moscow-based National Anti-Terrorist Committee, a federal agency, said...
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Japan - Kozyrev Negotiates On Kurile Islands
Talks with Murayama on Chechnya and the Kurile Islands.
Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama met with Russian Foreign
Minister Andrei Kozyrev on Friday (3/3), and urged a peaceful
settlement to the Chechnya conflict. The two met for...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT UPDATE
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Twenty Russian soldiers were reported to have been killed and another 29 injured, in an ambush by rebel fighters in Grozny on Thursday.
It was one of the largest rebel actions in the Chechen capital since Russian forces...
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Chechnya - Fighting Continues In Grozny
Fighting in the Chechen capital, Grozny, on Saturday (9/3) was less fierce than in previous days. But Russian federal troops continued their "mopping up" operation, attempting to regain parts of the city taken by Chechen rebels. Russian...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN ASSAULT CONTINUES
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In Chechnya Russian forces have continued their air bombardment while their military build up continues on the republic's borders.
The last relatively unscathed suburbs south of the capital Grozny also came under fire ...
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Chechnya - Aftermath Of Russian Attack
Russia's military operation aimed at clearing the village of Novogroznensky in eastern Chechnya was reported to have been concluded by Wednesday morning. The storm of the village was undertaken by Russian federal forces working with...
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Chechnya - Russian Grozny Air Raids Continue
Russian warplanes carried out massive air raids on Wednesday
(18/1) on the breakaway republic of Chechnya's capital Grozny.
Since early morning, increasing numbers of Sukhoi fighter-bombers
roared over the city centre, bombing it from...
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Chechnya - Cleanup In Grozny Reveals Grim Harvest
Cleanup in Grozny reveals grim harvest
Dozens of corpses have been found under the ruins of buildings in Grozny during the clearing up of the destroyed Chechen capital. Relatives of those still missing after the massive battle for Grozny...
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Turkey - Protestors Clash With Police
Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police in Istanbul on
Friday (6/1), calling for an end to Russian intervention in
Chechnya.
People gathering at Beyazit Square;
People leaving Beyazit Mosque and joining the crowd;
Demonstrators...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: REBELS TAKE TO THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS
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Russian troops have settled in for what could be a lengthy war of attrition after capturing the last major town held by rebels in Chechnya.
Until it's fall to Moscow's forces on Friday, Shali was the headquarters of...
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RUSSIA: EU DELEGATION ARRIVE IN MOSCOW
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Russian officials say there is no need for any kind of international mediation in its current conflict with the breakaway republic of Chechnya.
The comments come as a top level delegation from the European Union arrived in...
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Chechnya - Unidentified Corpses Discovered
Dozens of corpses have been found under the ruins of buildings in
Grozny during the clearing up of the destroyed Chechen capital.
The corpses are being moved to the central cemetery for
identification. Relatives of those still missing...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: REBELS MOUNT PICKET TO STOP RUSSIAN ADVANCE
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President Boris Yeltsin's recent promises to crack down on the Chechen rebels have been met with displays of defiance in the breakaway republic.
Rebels have mounted a 24-hour picket in the village of Kurchaloi in an...
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CHINA: BEIJING: YELTSIN ATTENDS INFORMAL SUMMIT
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Just three days after leaving hospital, Russian President Boris Yeltsin arrived in China on Thursday for an "informal" summit aimed at firming up support for Moscow's military campaign in Chechnya and at countering U-S...
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RUSSIA:CHECHNYA: BODIES UNEARTHED IN A MASS SHALLOW GRAVE
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Gruesome pictures, said to be of dead Chechen soldiers, women and children, have been obtained by Associated Press Television in Poland.
A senior Chechen official said he smuggled the video out of Grozny, where it was...
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Chechnya - Russian Troop Withdrawal Demo
Over 2,000 demonstrators gathered in the two Chechen villages of
Urus-Martan and Tongichu on Thursday (5/10) and demanded the
general withdrawal of Russian troops which should have begun the
day before. Shouting "Russian troops out" the...
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RUSSIA: JOURNALIST HELD BY RUSSIAN SECURITY ALLEGATION
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A Russian journalist working for American-backed Radio Liberty is being held by Russian security forces in Chechnya, according to new reports.
Russia's Interfax news agency has said the Radio Liberty correspondent, Andrei ...
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Chechnya - Peace Talks In Grozny Break Down
Peace talks between Russia and the Chechen rebels began on
Thursday (25/4), but broke down after less than four hours.The talks were suspended when the Russian delegation, without any explanation,
walked out. The talks were held at the...
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GEORGIA: TBILISI: GOVERNMENT STEPS UP SECURITY
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Chechnya's neighbours have stepped up security following the recent attack by Chechen rebels on the Russian town of Budyonnovsk.
In the republic of Georgia, 40 thousand extra troops have been mobilised to ensure that the...
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Building on fire after gun battle, at least three police officers killed
A publishing house in the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya was in flames on Thursday, after a gun battle broke out earlier in the morning.
Security officials and the leader of Chechnya said gunmen travelling in...