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KHATTAB TO TAKE ON AMERICA?
The official Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported on October 15 that a source within the Combined Group of Federal Forces in Chechnya had stated that "according to operative data, the notorious warlord Khattab is planning to go to Afghanistan to fight against the U.S. troops... MORE
POWELL CAUTIONS MOSCOW.
On October 17, the Associated Press reported that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, while flying to China from India for a meeting of Asian-Pacific foreign ministers, had told reporters traveling on the plane that the United States recognizes that Russia has the right to... MORE
RICE ADVOCATES NEGOTIATIONS.
On October 15 the Russian newspaper Izvestia published the text of an interview conducted with President Bush's national security advisor, Condoleezza Rice. Asked whether "official Washington understands somewhat better what it is that the Kremlin encountered in Chechnya," Rice replied: "We have always said that... MORE
BUSH AND MASKHADOV SPEAK INDIRECTLY.
On October 15, Novaya Gazeta published verbatim the text of a statement it had just received from Washington, DC: "President George Bush has sent a request to the president of the Chechen Republic, Aslan Maskhadov, that he not maintain any ties with bin Laden or... MORE
GEORGIAN PRESIDENT WEIGHS IN.
The October 18 issue of Obshchaya Gazeta carried an interview conducted in Tbilisi with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. Asked whether a group of Chechen fighters led by the well-known field commander Ruslan Gelaev was in fact present in the Kodori Gorge region of Georgia, Shevardnadze... MORE
CHECHENS ATTACK CHECHENS.
On October 17, it was reported that the pro-Moscow police force of Chechnya--to be staffed largely by ethnic Chechens--will consist of 6,256 personnel. Of this number, 5,886 have already begun work. The force is being headed in an acting capacity by police colonel Akhmed Dakaev... MORE
DRAFT BOARD LOOKING AT ENLISTMENT PROBLEM.
Russian military draft boards located in the Chechen Republic have compiled a list of 41,000 residents of Chechnya who are eligible for the draft. It is planned to induct "not less than 5,000 Chechens" by the autumn of 2002. Military medical examinations have revealed that... MORE
FEDERAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT IN CHECHNYA IN A BAD STATE.
On October 17, the online daily Vesti.ru published the text of an interview with Vladislav Reznik, deputy head of the "Unity" faction in the Russian parliament and deputy chairman of the State Duma's Budget Committee. "Unity," as Reznik noted during the interview, "is a presidential... MORE
REFUGEE CAMPS PREPARING FOR WINTER.
The news agency Interfax reported on October 16 that President Ruslan Aushev of Ingushetia has issued a decree setting up a commission to prepare tent camps, where refugees from Chechnya are presently living, for the fast approaching winter. Over 50 percent of the tents in... MORE
CHECHNYA CALLED AN ECOLOGICAL DISASTER.
Writing in the October 18 issue of the weekly Argumenty i Fakty, journalist Lyudmila Averina warned that, "On the ecological map of the planet, Chechnya should be indicated with bright red colors warning: 'Careful! Danger!'" More than 30 percent of the territory of the republic,... MORE