The president of the autonomous republic of Ingushetia, Ruslan Aushev, has faulted the Russian Ministry for Federation and Nationality Affairs "for the fact that tens of thousands of Chechen refugees on Ingush territory have not received hot food for more than two months." Aushev noted... MORE

On the afternoon of June 15, the Romanian foreign minister, Mircea Geoana, who also serves as the chairman-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for the present calendar year, arrived in the Chechen village of Znamenskoe in Nadterechny District to reopen... MORE

As the summer of 2001 began, there was accumulating evidence that the Chechen separatists were attempting to seize the initiative in the twenty-one-month-long conflict, which has now lasted longer than the earlier 1994-1996 war. On June 21, the chairman of the Defense and Security Committee... MORE

Recent developments in Chechnya's second city, Gudermes, appeared to bear out Magodmadov's interpretation of the situation. On June 19, three powerful car bombs exploded, virtually simultaneously, at the buildings of the pro-Moscow Chechen Supreme Court, the temporary headquarters of the regular police, and the headquarters... MORE

On the night of June 19 to June 20, the exchange of gunfire in the Chechen capital was the fiercest in the past month. According to Major Mikhail Mazuk of the pro-Moscow police force of Leninsky District, "During the night there were confirmed eleven large-scale... MORE

Commenting on such events, Il'ya Maksakov, a journalist who covers the war for Nezavisimaya Gazeta, and a colleague, wrote: "With each day, the war in Chechnya is becoming more and more serious, but the Russian leadership is not, on the one hand, in a position... MORE

On June 24, it was announced by the Russian forces in Chechnya that the notorious Chechen Wahhabi field commander Arbi Baraev had been killed in the course of a special operation (Gazeta.ru, June 25). Danish specialist Norbert Strade commented: "I doubt that this constitutes a... MORE

Responding to questions from Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina during testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 20, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell stated a propos of Chechnya: "I know that from day one we've been pressing the Russians to find... MORE