At a session of the pro-Moscow Chechen government held on February 13, Bislan Gantamirov, a former mayor of Djohar (Grozny) and, until recently, a federal inspector in the Southern Federal District, was presented as a new deputy premier of Chechnya and also as the new... MORE

Writing in the No. 11 (February 14) issue of Novaya Gazeta, the award-winning Russian war correspondent Anna Politkovskaya presented her version of what happened to and around her on February 8-9 in Shatoi District, located in the Chechen highlands. She began by noting that Interfax... MORE

The March 1 issue of Gazeta.ru reported in detail on a February 27 session of the Russian Security Council, one devoted entirely to the issue of Chechnya, and chaired by President Vladimir Putin. In an unusual step, the first part of the meeting was made... MORE

In March 7 it was annouced that, in four days' time, on March 11, representatives of the Russian Accounting Chamber were to travel to Chechnya to examine how budgeted funds earmarked for the restoration of the economy and the social sphere of Chechnya had in... MORE

On March 5, the website Utro.ru carried an interview with General Sergei Babkin, the ethnic Russian official in charge of the pro-Moscow FSB of Chechnya. On the subject of possible future negotiations with Chechen separatists, Babkin expressed himself both categorically and contemptuously: "We do not... MORE

The Russian government appears to be beginning a new push to bring about the return of scores of thousands of Chechen refugees presently living in Ingushetia and Georgia back to the Chechen Republic, even though that republic remains a dangerous combat zone and the overwhelming... MORE

On March 4, Radio Nederland International reported on the visit of its journalist, Geert Groot Koerkamp, to the Chechen capital of Djohar (Grozny). In his report, Koerkamp focused on the endangered fate of one Chechen woman and her family: "Zara Zukhairayeva lives with six children... MORE

Writing in the no. 15 (March 4) issue of Novaya Gazeta, the award-winning Russian war correspondent Anna Politkovskaya described the present state of the Chechen conflict thus: "March 2002 constitutes the thirtieth month of the second Chechen war. If one is to believe the military,... MORE

In the course of an article entitled, "Where Are the Imprisoned Chechens?," which contested reports appearing in the Russian and Western media that there are Chechens fighting against the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, journalist Yury Kovalenko asked: "How has it happened that among the several... MORE