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RUSSIA TARGETS BRITISH ACTRESS AND DENMARK FOR ZAKAEV TIES
Hundreds of people reportedly connected to the pro-Putin youth group Marching Together demonstrated near the home of actress Vanessa Redgrave in west London in December to protest her links to Chechen separatist emissary Akhmed Zakaev, Britain's Sunday Times reported on January 2. They also held... MORE
RUSSIAN AGENTS’ RETURN FROM QATAR MAY FINALLY DISCREDIT THE ISLAMIC WORLD IN THE EYES OF CHECHNYA’S REBELS
On December 23, two Russian military intelligence agents, who had been found guilty by a court in Qatar of the murder of former Chechen president and separatist leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiev, returned to Russia. Their return was a result of a special agreement between the governments... MORE
NEW POLICIES OF A CHECHEN REBEL LEADER: PRAGMATISM AND SELF-RELIANCE
Six months have passed since the murder of Aslan Maskhadov in the Chechen village of Tolstoi-Yurt on March 8. There was speculation after the Chechen president's death about who would replace him as rebel leader. The Russian authorities did their best to inspire an armed... MORE
PUTIN REPORTEDLY SIDES WITH ALKHANOV—FOR NOW
Kommersant published an article on May 6 confirming that the Kremlin had sided with Chechen President Alu Alkhanov following the reported shoot-out between members of his security service and members of security forces loyal to Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov (see Chechnya Weekly, May 4).... MORE