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Europe - Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Litvinenko, France
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his opponents cast their votes in March in presidential elections. Two Belarusian exit polling organisations gave Lukashenko more than 80 percent of the votes after just two hours of voting....
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Chechnya - Heavy Fighting Rages In Grozny
Heavy fighting raged in the Chechen capital of Grozny on Sunday
(1/1) as Russian troops blasted their way into the city. Russian snipers had taken up positions across the city centre and were firing
indiscriminately at people in the...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: CHECHNYA INFORMATION HOTLINE
Russian/Nat
A telephone hotline has been set up in Moscow to provide information for worried parents who have sons fighting in Chechnya.
The Defence Ministry has refused to give out details, but now journalist Aleksander Trushin has...
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USA: STATE DEPARTMENT PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
Russia's aggressive three-month campaign in Chechnya has drawn condemnation from Washington.
The U-S government says it's worried about leaflets dropped in Grozny warning residents to flee ahead of a planned air attack.
The...
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Father of man shot dead by FBI during Boston bombing investigation
1. Various of Abdul-Baki Todashev, father of Ibragim Todashev, Chechen man shot dead earlier this week by US law enforcement agents, looking through old photographs of his son
2. Close of old school photo
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian)...
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Chechnya/Dagestan - Military Campaign
One of the senior Russian officers leading the attack on Grozny
was killed in the rebel Chechen capital on Saturday (7/1) as
Moscow's forces strove to crush the city's defenders.
The troops did not try to seize the city centre, staying...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: HARDSHIP FOR REFUGEES
Russian/Nat
Refugees fleeing the fighting in Grozny are finding conditions just as hard in other parts of Chechnya.
An estimated 500-thousand people have left their homes since the Russian assault on the capital and are living in other...
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4:3 Rights groups: Chechnya still unstable despite recent building boom
Grozny, Chechen Republic, Russia - March 7, 2011
1. Wide of Grozny's Kadyrov avenue
2. Mid of rubble, Kadyrov avenue in background
3. Wide of construction site next to river, central Grozny
4. Mid of mound, bulldozer working in...
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RUSSIA: 45TH DIVISION PREPARES TO RETURN TO CHECHNYA
Russian/Nat
The 45th Division of the Russian Interior Ministry is preparing to return to the war in Chechnya after being given a two month respite from the fighting.
On Sunday members of the division attended a ceremony at their base...
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INGUSHETIA: COUNCIL OF EUROPE DELEGATION VISIT
Russian/Eng/Nat
A Council of Europe delegation was surrounded by women demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya when it visited a refugee camp in Ingushetia on Sunday.
The nine-member delegation is investigating...
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INGUSHETIA: REFUGEES CONTINUE TO ARRIVE FROM CHECHNYA
Russian/Nat
Refugees continue to stream into Ingushetia from war-torn Chechnya.
Sometimes as many as four thousand Chechens cross the border each day, fleeing the war in Chechnya.
Cold and frightened refugees were waiting at the border...
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Chechnya - Russian Servicemen Captured
Russia confirmed on Monday that 47 of its servicemen had been
captured when its troops entered the rebel region of Chechnya on
Sunday (11/12). Volunteers ready to defend Chechnya from advancing Russian troops took up positions in the...
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CHECHNYA: KOMSOMOLSKOYE: RENEWED FIGHTING
Russian/Nat
There was fighting between Russian army units and Chechen rebels in the village of Komsomolskoye in southern Chechnya on Monday - one day after a top Russian general said Russia had regained control of the village.
The...
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Egypt - Perry Discusses Chechnya With Mubarak
US Defence Secretary William Perry said on Saturday (7/1) he
discussed the situation in Chechnya with Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak, and that they were both concerned over the continuing
fighting there.
Photo-op with U.S. Defence...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT: CIVILIANS CONTINUE TO HIDE
Russian/Nat
Despite the fact that the latest ceasefire in Chechnya seems to be holding, desperate civilians in the capital Grozny continue to hide out in their cellars.
But they are using the lull in the fighting to mourn the dead and...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: CHECHEN REBELS RETURNING
Russian/Nat
A convoy carrying Chechen rebel negotiators home from peace talks was blasted by a series of remote-control bombs Tuesday.
Seven people were reported injured in two attacks - including a Russian soldier who was accompanying...
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+4:3 Politkovskaya probe completed, mastermind remains unknown
Moscow, Russia - 16 October 2012
1. Wide of desk where Anna Politkovskaya, murdered Novaya Gazeta journalist, worked
2. Close of photo of Politkovskaya on the wall in the room where she worked
3. Close of flowers, a photo of...
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Chechnya - Refugees Return To Grozny
The Russian News Agency, Tass, says the leaders of warring Russian
and Chechen forces began a second round of talks on Wednesday
(15/2) in the hope of buttressing the temporary ceasefire agreed
earlier this week. The latest firing comes...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: UPDATE
Natural Sound
Russian troops are reportedly preparing for a new round of fighting as the battle for the Chechen capital Grozny continues.
On Sunday, the Russians pounded rebel positions in the Chechen capital with tanks, rockets and...
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Chechnya - Troops withdraw from Grozny
With a helicopter gunship escort overhead, the final elements of the Russian army in the south of Chechnya made their way towards the border on Thursday (29/8). The huge convoy of tanks, troop carriers and trucks was followed by jubilant...
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Chechnya - Aftermath Of Attack
Residents of the Chechen village Urus Martan, 40 km east of the capital Grozny, sifted through the ruins of their homes on Saturday (11/5) following the latest Russian raids. Russian Federal Forces confirmed that they had carried out a...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: ANOTHER DAY OF HEAVY FIGHTING
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Grozny has been rocked by another day of heavy fighting - the ninth day of the Russian offensive to take the Chechen capital.
Artillery rounds were fired every few seconds and heavy machine gun fire was also ...
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Russia - Chernomyrdin Meets Troopers' Mothers
Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin on Friday (20/1)
met mothers of some of the troops fighting in Chechnya. Over the
last few weeks mothers and other relatives of soldiers sent to the
region have mounted a large anti-war...
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Chechnya - OMON Troops Search Homes In Grozny
A unit of the elite Russian special OMON troops scoured the Chechen capital Grozny on Wednesday (3/4) in search of weapons, bombs, drugs and other contraband. Chechen families watched nervously as armed men searched under mattresses, in...