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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: DZHOKHAR DUDAYEV PRESS CONFERENCE
Russian/Nat
Dzhokhar Dudayev, the rebel president of the Chechnya republic, has compared the actions of President Boris Yeltsin in invading Chechnya, with the actions of Stalin.
In a brief press conference, Dudayev demanded the...
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President Putin on cooperation with the FBI on the US bombers investigation
1. Pull out of President Vladimir Putin walking towards journalists after his televised question-and-answer show
2. Mid of journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Putin, President of Russia:
"Since the Tsarnaevs didn't live in the...
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Ingushetia - Chechen Refugees Hold Peace Festival
Chechen refugees in Ingushetia - part of the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) - are continuing their daily struggle for
survival. The estimated 120,000 refugees - mainly women, children
and the elderly - live in tent camps....
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIANS AND CHECHENS SWAP POWs
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Russian and Chechen forces have swapped prisoners of war.
Intense fighting continues in the Chechen capital, Grozny.
But 50 kilometres away, a young Russian conscript and a Chechen fighter were exchanged Wednesday in a rare...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: REBELS
Russian/Nat
Many of the Chechen rebels who made it out of the capital, Grozny, are moving south toward the rugged mountains, where thousands of their comrades are believed to be concentrated.
Senior Russian military officials say their...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: CHILDREN LEFT ORPHANS IN AFTERMATH OF WAR
Russian/Nat
In the Chechen capital, Grozny, those who remain are trying to return to the rhythms of normal life after being at the centre of a civil war.
But for two young brothers, the war has meant their life can never return to...
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Chechnya - Demo And Russian Bombing Aftermath
Chechens took to the streets again on Tuesday (12/10) to protest
against the presence of Russian troops in their country, and --
despite a formal ceasefire -- the continuing bombing of Chechen
villages. Several hundred people filled the...
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CHECHNYA: MARKET EXPLOSION - CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS
Russian/Nat
Russian officials have been giving contradictory versions of whether their forces were behind a series of explosions in Grozny that killed at least 118 people.
Political leaders - including Prime Minister Vladimir Putin -...
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CHECHNYA: SEPARATIST LEADER ASLAN MASKHADOV WINS ELECTION
Russian/Nat
After two years of devastating war against Russia, Chechens finally celebrated the victory of separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov in presidential elections on Tuesday.
In the capital Grozny, Chechen men and women have been...
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Chechnya - Heavy Casualities Reported
As Russian troops and rebel Chechen fighters battled for control of Grozny on Thursday (7/3), heavy casualties were reported in Sernovodsk, a village in southern Chechnya where the Russians have been attacking rebels for several days.
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: YOUNG MEN CONSCRIPTED INTO ARMED FORCES
Russian/Nat
Autumn means one thing for thousands of young men across Russia - an envelope in the post-box calling them up into the armed forces.
Yet as Russia's army lurches deeper into crisis, it is an offer many are desperate to ...
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Chechnya - Russians Strengthen Hold On Grozny
Russian continued to strengthen their hold on Chechnya on Thursday
(26/1). In the Chechen capital, Grozny, their forces bombarded
rebel-held areas, damaging apartment blocks with shells as
armoured reinforcements entered the city....
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: INJURED CHILDREN
Russian/Nat
Following the heavy fighting for the Chechen capital, Grozny, a number of injured Chechens have been brought to the Khasavyurt district hospital in neighbouring Dagestan for treatment.
Among the many victims of the...
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Chechnya - Troops Move Closer To War With Russia
Chechnya moved a step closer to all-out war on Friday (9/12), as Russian President Boris Yeltsin authorised his government to use force against what he called illegal armed groups in the breakaway republic. Russian forces are massed on...
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RUSSIA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT LATEST (3)
Russian/Nat
Valery Manilov, the Russian army's first deputy chief of staff, told the ITAR-Tass news agency that Russian troops had clashed with insurgents in several areas in Chechnya.
Russian forces say they have occupied a village...
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Chechnya / Georgia - 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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Putin meets top European human rights envoy
1. Exterior of Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow
2. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov handshakes with Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles, Lavrov handshakes with Russia's Human Rights ombudsman...
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Chechnya - Chechen Disarmament / Russian Prisoners
Russian and Chechen negotiators met on Saturday (19/8) near the
village of Kuchaloi to discuss further details of the disarmament
of Chechen rebels and the organisation of self-defence brigades.
Kuchaloi is the first village in...
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Chechnya - Violence During Russian/Chechen Talks
Shooting broke out in Grozny on Tuesday (25/7) near the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
building, where the Russian-Chechen peace talks are being held.
The violence began minutes after talks on the future of...
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RUSSIA: BUDYONNOVSK: HOSTAGE SITUATION UPDATE
Russian/Nat
Russian President Boris Yeltsin flew to the G-7 summit in Halifax Friday despite criticism that he should not leave the country while the hostage crisis in southern Russia continued.
Opposition politicians said Yeltsin had...
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Chechnya - First post-war elections
Chechens hold their first post-war elections on Monday (27/1) with the rebels' former military leader and their star field commander believed to be the top contenders for the presidency.
The apparent frontrunner for president is Aslan...
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RUSSIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES CHECHNYA WITH EGYPT
Russian/Arabic/Nat
Russia's Foreign Minister held separate meetings with his Jordanian and Egyptian counterparts on Wednesday in Moscow.
In his comments after his meeting with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdel IIaq al-Khatib, and the...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN WARPLANES ATTACK TARGETS AROUND GROZNY
Russian/Nat
Russian jets fired rockets on Friday at targets around the capital of Chechnya, the latest in a wave of air attacks on the breakaway republic that have raised fears of a full-scale conflict.
The air raids followed attacks on...
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Chechnya - Exhumation of hastily buried victims
The grim task of digging up the hastily buried bodies of victims of the Chechen war was begun on Monday (11/5) by Chechen and Russian officials. A commission on missing persons comprising Chechen officials and representatives of the...