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--ZYAZIKOV POURS COLD WATER ON CHECHEN-INGUSH REUNIFICATION Ingush President Murat Zyazikov said on October 24 that neither Ingushetia nor Chechnya needs a merger of the two republics. “I, as president of Ingushetia, one of the presidents of the Vainakh people, want to state: today, we... MORE
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--PROSECTUORS WANT 7 YEARS FOR PRO-SEPARATIST JOURNALIST Prosecutors are demanding a seven-year prison sentence for Boris Stomakhin, editor of Radikalnaya politika and a contributing author to the pro-separatist Kavkaz-Center website, who is accused of inciting ethnic hatred and extremism in articles he wrote criticizing the... MORE
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- RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES REFUSE TO REGISTER DUTCH NGO Russia’s Federal Registration Service has refused to register the Stichting Russian Justice Initiative, a Dutch NGO that has represented Russians in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, in cases of abuse in Chechnya. The... MORE
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- CHECHEN VILLAGE REPORTEDLY BOMBARDED Interfax reported on December 1 that the military prosecutor’s office of the Combined Federal Forces in the North Caucasus was looking into reports that a village in Chechnya’s Shatoi district had been bombarded and that the attack had caused civilian... MORE
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- ULMAN AND CO-DEFENDANTS DENY CHARGES Captain Eduard Ulman and three other Russian military officers accused of murdering six civilians in Chechnya four years ago have admitted involvement, but denied the charges against them, RIA Navistar reported on December 12. Ulman, Lieutenant Alexander Kalagansky, Major... MORE
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- CHECHEN REFUGEES IN AZERBAIJAN ASK FOR HELP Kavkazky Uzel reported on January 10 that the Council for Chechen Refugees in Azerbaijan had sent an appeal to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, stating that the situation surrounding Chechen refugees in Azerbaijan... MORE