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Chechnya-Komsomolskoye Recovering From Bombardment
The village of Komsomolskoye in southern Chechnya, is recovering
from two days of heavy bombardment by Russian forces. As in many
Chechen villages of late, Russian troops threatened to attack the
village, which lies about 30 km south of...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: HEAVY FIGHTING CONTINUES
Russian/Nat
Heavy fighting continued in and around the Chechen capital of Grozny on Monday with Russian troops pressing ahead with a military onslaught aimed at crushing the rebels' resistance.
Federal aircraft targeted Grozny, where...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: CHECHEN FIGHTERS ROCKET ATTACK
Nat/Sot
Moscow is to send three delegates to the breakaway republic of Chechnya in an effort bring about a cessation of fighting.
President Yeltsin ordered troops to the Caucuses region two weeks ago to try and restore constitutional...
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Chechnya - Chechen Christmas
Some workers of the International Red Cross spent Christmas in
the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya on Monday (25/12), but
said they thought there was little to celebrate.
Outside Grozny, Russian tanks rolled through the streets...
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CHECHNYA: CHECHEN WARLORD REPORTEDLY SEIZED
Russian/Nat
Russia's acting President, Vladimir Putin said on Monday that a leading Chechen warlord, Salman Raduyev had been captured by the military.
It was reported that Raduyev was seized on Saturday in Chechnya.
The rebel is said to...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: LATEST SITUATION
Natural Sound
Russian troops launched a massive new attack on Grozny Saturday.
Warplanes struck the centre of the Chechen capital and intense artillery fire rained down.
But the presidential palace is still reported to be in Chechen...
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INGUSHETIA: TWO CHECHEN CHECK-POINTS CLOSED
Russian/Eng/Nat
Russia has closed two of Chechnya's checkpoints with Ingushetia.
The Russian state news agency, ITAR-Tass says this is to stop Chechens from fleeing the fighting and also to keep Chechen refugees from returning home.
In...
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Protesters take to the streets of the capital over Estemirova killing
1. Mid of protest against the murder of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova
2. Tilt-up protester holding banner, reading: (Russian) "Only cowards kill women"
3. Close of photograph of Estemirova
4. Set-up of head of For Human Rights...
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RUSSIA: PM BLAIR & PRESIDENT PUTIN MEET (2)
Natural Sound
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has met with acting President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, the first meeting between Putin and a western leader.
The two were expected to discuss the war in Chechnya, the country's economic...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: OSCE DELEGATES VISIT GROZNY
English/Nat
Human rights delegates Monday compared Grozny to the German city of Dresden - destroyed by Allied bombers during World War Two.
Delegates returned to Moscow aghast at the carnage they witnessed in the Chechen capital.
One...
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INGUSHETIA: DOCTORS NEED MORE MEDICAL SUPPLIES
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
Doctors in Ingushetia say they need more supplies to cope with the increasing number of civilian casualties resulting from the Russian military campaign in Chechnya.
In a hospital in Galashky,...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: ORPHANAGE BOMBED IN DECEMBER
Russian/Nat
APTV has tracked down a group of Chechen children whose Grozny orphanage was bombed in December - an attack that prompted outrage from around the world.
The orphans have been discovered, safe and well, in the care of a woman...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: FIGHTING (V)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
Bombardment of the southern Chechen village of Komsomolskoye has continued for a sixth day.
Russian warplanes and artillery are relentlessly crushing rebel targets in the besieged town, but...
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RUSSIA: AIDS
Russian/Nat
Russia has marked the International Day of Remembrance for those who have died from Aids as part of the wider United Nations appeal.
Several dozen mourners attended a service in memory of Russian Aids victims at the Kosma and...
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RUSSIA: COMMUNISTS TO TRY TO IMPEACH YELTSIN
Russian/Nat
A Russian parliamentary panel seeking to impeach President Boris Yeltsin has finalised its guilty verdict and is ready to present it to the full legislature next week.
The panel, which has found Yeltsin guilty on all five...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: TROOPS MAN ARMED CORDON AROUND GROZNY
Russian/nat
The Russian troops forming an armed cordon around the city of Grozny are blasting Chechen positions with artillery and consolidating their positions.
In response, thousands of Chechens are gathering throughout the region...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: 4TH ANNIVERSARY OF SELF PROCLAIMED INDEPENDENCE
Russian/Nat
Rebel Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev has threatened to bring his battle to Russia if the Russians don't give up their battle for the breakaway republic.
The statement coincided with the fourth anniversary of self-proclaimed...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: FRESH BOMBING RAIDS ON GROZNY
Eng/Russian/Natsot
Russian forces tightened their grip on the Chechen capital Grozny on Saturday, carrying out fresh bombing raids on the city.
The assault sent further waves of refugees pouring out of Grozny towards the border with...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: ARMY DAY
Moscow, Russia, 13 October 1999
1. Wide shot of APC driving across parade ground
2. Mid shot three soldiers firing machine guns
3. Tracking shot troops retreat, firing
4. Tracking shot soldiers run, firing, clamber on to APC
5. Midshot...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: RUSSIAN ATTACK CONTINUES
Russian/Nat
Russian artillery and aviation continue to bombard the capital of the rebel republic of Chechnya, despite the approaching O-S-C-E summit in Istanbul at the end of this week.
With over 200-thousand refugees already having...
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RUSSIA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: POLITICIANS
Russian/Nat
Leading Russian politicians have been expressing their concerns about the course of the war in Chechnya, as Russian forces battle to retake two key Chechen towns partly overrun by rebel fighters.
Acting President Vladimir...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT LATEST
Russian/Nat
The Russian military command says only two pockets of rebel resistance remain in the Argun gorge in southern Chechnya.
One is near the towns of Selmentauzen and Ulus-Kert, the other is in the village of Komsomolskoye.
The...
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Russia: Terrorism, Egypt Hotel, Paris Bomb, Japan: Aum Shinrikyo
Russia: Terrorism
In February, a bomb ripped through a Moscow metro train pulling out from Avtozavodskaya station, killing 39 people and injuring 134 in Moscow's deadliest terrorist attack in years. Russian President Putin accused...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN POLITICIANS VISIT FRONT LINE
Russian/Nat
While the Kremlin talks tough about the consequences if Chechnya refuses to disarm, Russian politicians have been trying to convince Russian soldiers not to attack civilians.
Members of the Russian parliament flew into...