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Chechnya - Anniversary Of Soviet Victory
Russian forces in Chechnya on Thursday (9/5) celebrated the 51st anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War with a military parade in the Chechen capital Grozny. The parade, held at an airport on the edge...
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CHECHNYA: 6 RED CROSS WORKERS HAVE BEEN SHOT DEAD
English/Nat
Six foreign Red Cross workers have been shot dead, Tuesday, at a hospital in Chechnya.
Unidentified attackers broke into the hospital compound at Novye Atagi, 17 kilometres (11 miles) Southwest of Grozny, the Chechen...
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Russian PM arrives Belgium
1. Plane landing
2. Various of plane on runway
3. Putin and wife Lyudmila getting off plane being greeted by Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel
4. Various of Putin and wife getting into car
5. Putin waving to press
6. Motorcade...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: FIGHTING CONTINUES
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Heavy fighting continues in the Chechen capital of Grozny, despite reports of a possible movement towards a ceasefire.
Chechen officials say Russian armed forces have agreed to stop using heavy artillery by this evening,...
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RUSSIA: FOREIGN TERRORISTS AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY
Russian/Nat
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have signed a statement
that both countries will stop providing shelter to "foreign terrorist groups".
Moscow is unhappy at Turkish support for...
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Chechnya - Bombing Of The Presidential Palace
WTN - bombing - Chechnya
vs shelling in town centre
chechen fighters in street
chechens in street watching shelling
shell hits presidency building
car turns back, drives away from direction of shelling
vs of chechen fighters in...
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STILLS of MI-26 helicopter of type reportedly crashed
1. Various internet stills of MI-26 helicopter
At least 80 servicemen were killed when a Russian troop transport helicopter crashed in Chechnya on Monday, Russian news agencies reported.
The Mi-26 helicopter went down near the Russian...
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CIS - Former Soviet States Remember Those Killed I
Former Soviet states remember those killed in WW-2
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) remembered on Tuesday (9/5) the hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed in World War II. The cities of Grozny, Tblisi, Kiev, St Petersburg...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT LATEST
Russian/Nat
While Russian leaders make bold predictions of imminent victory in Chechnya, weary paratroopers fighting rebels in the hills claim the bloodshed is far from over.
After overrunning the northern plains of Chechnya with little...
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RUSSIA: DAGESTAN: EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR HAND OVER OF HOSTAGES
14 January 1996. Pervomayskaya, Dagestan.
1. Russian helicopter flying overhead.
2. Armoured car manoeuvering in the mist
3. Various of column of special forces troops marching towards Pervomayskaya
4. Various of tanks and armoured...
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CHECHNYA: CHECHEN SNIPERS ATTACK TROOPS
Russian/Nat
Taking over Southern Chechnya appears to be proving an arduous task for the Russian army.
Hiding in the mountains, Chechen rebel snipers claim to be delivering hit-and-run attacks on Russian troops without sustaining many...
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Russia - 3rd Year Of Independence In Chechnya
The leader of the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya vowed on
Tuesday (6/9) to fight "to the end" for full independence as his
forces prepared new attacks against strongholds of his
Moscow-backed opponents. Speaking to a crowd of...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: TANKS DEPLOYED ON OUTSKIRTS OF CITY
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Armoured personnel carriers have taken up position on the outskirts of Moscow as opposition grows to President Boris Yeltsin's decision to crack down on the breakaway republic of Chechnya.
The move came as Russia's...
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Chechnya - Russian Offensive Continues
The thud of artillery and the crack of gunfire shook Chechnya
early on Thursday (29/12) as Russian troops and the vastly
outnumbered rebels engaged in fierce battles both in and around
the capital. On Wednesday, hundreds of Russian...
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Chechnya - Rebels Infiltrate Capital, Battle With
Chechen rebels infiltrate capital, battle with Russians
Russian forces and Chechen fighters loyal to separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev fought a fierce battle in Grozny on Sunday night and Monday morning (1/5) after the rebels...
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Chechnya/Russia - Fighting Continues
Government and opposition forces battled with tanks and artillery
on Saturday (26/11) in the centre of Grozny, capital of the
breakaway Russian Caucasus republic of Chechnya. About 30
opposition tanks entered Grozny, some of them...
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Chechnya - Civilians Buy Bread & Collect Water
Civilians braved sporadic shell and mortar fire to seek food and
water on Grozny's battered streets on Monday (23/1).Some of those who remain in the capital ventured nervously into the streets taking advantage of the relative quiet to...
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UK: RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN VISIT: ARRIVAL
Natural Sound
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Britain on Sunday for his first visit to the West since his election victory last month.
Putin will spend a busy 24 hours in London where he is due on Monday to meet Prime...
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CHECHNYA: KOMSOMOLSKOYE: REBELS CONTINUE FIGHTING
Russian/Nat
Russian soldiers have surrounded rebels in the southern Chechen village of Komsomolskoye, who are fighting on despite earlier promises to surrender.
The commanders say several dozens rebels are holding out and have attempted...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIANS PLAN NEW MILITARY OFFENSIVE
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A Russian Defence Ministry spokesman has confirmed that planning is under way for a new military offensive against rebels in Chechnya.
But despite the threat of renewed fighting in the breakaway republic, refugees continue to...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: FIGHTING
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The battle for the southern Chechen village of Komsomolskoye is continuing for a sixth day.
Russian warplanes and artillery relentlessly bombarded rebel targets in the besieged town on Friday.
The battle for Komsomolskoye,...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: DZHOKHAR DUDAYEV READY TO DISCUSS PEACE
Nat/Sot
Chechnya's President has reportedly told the Russians that he is ready to discuss peace, according to a Moscow Radio station and the Russian Interfax news agency on Thursday.
They claim that Dzhokhar Dudayev has sent a telegram...
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Russia - Border Defence
Two Russian MiG squadrons were on standby alert on Wednesday
(17/8) at the Primorsko Akhtarsk air force base 600 kilometres
from Chechnya to enforce the borders with the southern Russian
breakaway region. Two elite regiments of SU-25...
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Russia - Ceasefire Agreement Signed
Chechen rebel leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev arrived in Moscow on Monday (27/5) for a round of peace talks with Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
It will be the highest-level meeting between the two sides since the war in Chechnya began in...