As noted in last week's issue, a "Television-Bridge" was held on July 25 at the Balchug-Kempinski Hotel in central Moscow during which serious questions were raised before an unofficial commission chaired by State Duma deputy Sergei Kovalev concerning the September 1999 terrorist bombings of Moscow... MORE

On August 29, a leading Russian polling organization, The All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), published the results of a Russia-wide poll taken during the period August 21-27. "Thirty-one percent of respondents," VTsIOM reported, "deem it necessary to continue the military actions... MORE

Writing in the September 5 issue of the Moscow Times, the well-known Russian military correspondent Pavel Felgenhauer drew attention to a key recent development: "The pattern of the war in Chechnya," he observed, "seems to be changing. On August 19, rebels shot down an Mi-26... MORE

Giving the lie to rumors spread by several pro-Putin websites, journalist Boris Kagarlitsky noted that he had just interviewed Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov and thus determined that the Chechen president is in fact alive, not dead. The interview with Maskhadov will appear in one... MORE

The August 22 issue of the twice-weekly Novaya Gazeta featured an interview conducted by military journalist Vyacheslav Izmailov with Usman Masaev, deputy chief of administration for investments and economic development under the pro-Moscow head of the republic, Akhmad Kadyrov. "The budget of Chechnya for 2002,"... MORE

The 6th of September, Vremya Novostei noted, marked the celebration of Chechen Independence Day, a holiday established by the late separatist president Dzhokhar Dudaev. This year, the holiday is being observed by the head of the pro-Moscow Chechen administration, Akhmad Kadyrov, by officials of his... MORE

The September 3 issue of the weekly Ezhenedel'nyi Zhurnal carried a report by journalist Evgeny Pakhomov entitled "Deportation to One's Home," which sums up his observations made during a recent visit made to the Chechen capital of Grozny (Djohar) to look into conditions at Points... MORE

The September 5 issue of the weekly Moskovskie Novosti featured an interview with the official Russian human rights ombudsman, Oleg Mironov. Mironov is one of only three Russian federal officials appointed directly by the Russian parliament, the State Duma; the other two are the heads... MORE

On the evening of September 3, the newspaper Izvestia reported, Lord Judd of Britain, co-chair of the Joint Working Group for Chechnya of the State Duma and the Council of Europe, arrived in Moscow. "While still in the airport's VIP lounge, Lord Judd affirmed that... MORE