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Fighting resumes as soon as ceasfire ends in Grozny.
Sporadic shelling and small arms fire broke an uneasy calm in the
Chechen capital, Grozny, on Monday (20/2). The fighting restarted
almost as soon as the Russo-Chechen ceasefire ended...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN/CHECHEN PEACE DEAL HANGS IN DOUBT
Russian/Nat
A peace deal for breakaway Chechnya hung in doubt on Sunday as President Boris Yeltsin withheld his key approval of the recent peace pact over the Chechen war.
The peace agreement, which commits both sides to deal with...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY LATEST SITUATION
Russian/Nat
Fighting has eased in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, allowing people out into the streets to get water.
But Russian reinforcements are pouring into the republic, and other troops are said to be getting extra...
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Chechnya - Chechens Celebrate Russian Stand-Off
Hundreds of jubilant Chechens gathered in the breakaway republic's
capital Grozny to celebrate the end of a stand-off with Russia.
ws square, ring of chanting chechens
gvs of jubilant chechens
boy runs through crowd with flag
man saying...
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RUSSIA: ARMY OFFICERS FEAR YOUNG MEN WILL DODGE MILITARY SERVICE
Eng/Russian/Natsot
Russian Army officers fear that more young men than ever will dodge military service because of the war in Chechnya.
The next draft of recruits is due to report for duty in the spring.
But last year over 30-thousand...
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INGUSHETIA: HOSPITALS STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH WOUNDED
Russian/Nat
Chechnya's hospitals are in crisis, following a recent outbreak of fighting in the area southeast of Grozny.
Doctors say they can't cope with the influx of wounded and have almost no medicine left to save lives.
They're being...
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Chechnya - Russian Mobile Hospital Deployed
A unique mobile hospital was deployed in Sleptsovskaya
to treat the wounded population of Chechen areas occupied by
Russian troops. The highly mobile emergency hospital is a Russian
invention for handling emergency situations like...
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Negotiator says hostage takers refused food for children
1. Various, troops walking with guns and kit
2. Man watching
3. Soldiers placing barrier in road
4. Troops walking next to building
5. Mid shot, troops
6. Panning shot, civilians standing next to road
7. Close shot, concerned-looking...
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Putin says Russian missiles can pierce any missile defence system
1. Wide shot of Kremlin
2. Close up of clock tower
3. Wide shot of podium
4. Reporter asking question
5. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian President:
"These are disgusting cartoons that offend believers' feelings. I recall how...
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Chechnya - Russian Shells Kill 18 In Chechnenaul
Eighteen people were killed in the Chechen village of Chechenaul,
10 kilometres south of the capital Grozny on Monday (6/2)
night as Russians forces continued their artillery assault on the
region. The few remaining residents of Grozny...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: REBELS
Russian/Nat
Chechen separatist rebels say they will fight the Russian army for as long as it takes to achieve victory.
Exclusive APTN footage shows groups of armed rebels camped in the foothills of Southern Chechnya.
Their leaders say...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA CONFLICT - 200 RUSSIAN CASUALTIES IN 10 DAYS
Russian/Nat
Russian troops have suffered more than 200 casualties in the past ten days, according to Russian news agencies, as Moscow's forces continue to try to seize the capital of the rebel republic of Chechnya.
The Interfax news...
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Chechnya - Refugee camp
A leading official in Chechnya's Moscow-backed government provoked an angry response during a visit to a refugee camp on Thursday (22/8) from Chechens who fled their homes to avoid Russian military attacks. Nikolai Koshman, the chairman...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: OUTBREAK WARNING OF DISEASES NOW WAR IS OVER
Russian/Nat
Health officials in Chechnya are warning of an outbreak of disease following the end of the war in the breakaway Russian republic.
Despite the uneasy peace that has taken hold since August, the lengthy conflict has created...
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Chechnya - Heavy Fighting Continues
Russian forces have been locked in a fierce battle with rebels in the central Chechen town of Goiskoye, about 35 kilometers (20 miles) south of the capital, Grozny. Although there is supposedly a ceasefire in place as part of a new peace...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: DUMA DEMONSTRATION
Russian/Nat
Russia's former prime minister Yegor Gaidar was jostled by hardline communist demonstrators on Wednesday as he entered parliament for a debate on the crisis in Chechnya.
During the debate itself, deputies rejected a plan that...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: LYUBYANKA SQUARE PROTEST RALLY
Russian/Nat
While world leaders lined Red Square to watch the grand military parades commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Soviet victory over the Germans, another gathering took place nearby.
Tens of thousands of Russians...
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Chechnya - Memorial Ceremony For Gamsakhurdia
A memorial ceremony for former Georgian president Zviad
Gamsakhurdia was held on Tuesday (22/2) in the Chechen capital,
Grozny. The body of the ousted president was discovered last week
in a remote Georgian village and brought to Grozny...
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CHECHNYA: STARIYE ATAGI: WOUNDED
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While Russian troops continue to meet stubborn resistance from Chechen fighters holed up in the village of Komsomolskoye, civilians in the areas now under Russian control are counting the cost of months of war with Moscow....
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USA - Christopher Comments On Yeltsin
Speaking in Washington prior to his departure for Geneva on Monday
(16/1), the US Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, has
outlined some of the issues he will raise with his Russian
counterpart, Andrei Kozyrev. Addressing a news...
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British actress speaks out in support of Chechen rebel.
1. File Vanessa Redgrave at Jane Fonda Tribute NY 8/5/01
2. Sot Vanessa Redgrave : " I still believe that if you go to somebody and you try and tell
them the truth, and if you are telling them the truth, if they're a
human being, it'll...
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RUSSIA: CONFLICT IN CHECHNYA: HUMAN RIGHTS
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Russia's human rights commissioner for Chechnya said on Friday that acting president Vladimir Putin is concerned about human rights in the breakaway republic.
Vladimir Kalamanov, former minister of migration appointed to the...
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Rally over killing of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova
1. Mid of protesters with posters, flag
2. Mid of a woman with a photo of slain human rights activist Natalya Estemirova
3. Close up of poster reading (Russian) "The handwriting of government: death"
4. Mid of protesters with posters...
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Russia - Soldiers Return From Chechnya
The first regiment of Russian soldiers withdrawn from Chechnya under President Boris Yeltsin's peace plan for the region arrived home on Monday (1/7) to a hero's welcome.
train arrival;
band playing
train arriving;
tanks on the...