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CLEAN : Trial opens of Russian man accused of murdering former Chechen commander in Berlin
Lawyers arrive for the start of a trial of a Russian man over the assassination of a former Chechen commander in a Berlin park, allegedly on Moscow's orders, a case that risks worsening acrimonious ties between Germany and Russia...
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CLEAN : One year on, locals, parents of pupils "still can't forget" teacher's beheading
One year after teacher Samuel Paty was beheaded by a Chechen refugee (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Chechens volunteer to fight for Ukraine against Russia
A volunteer battalion named after Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, conducts a training process for recruits near Kyiv (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : 'I live with it every day': Moscow theatre siege survivors haunted two decades on
Twenty years after Chechen separatists seized a crowded theatre in Moscow -- spurring a hostage standoff that ended with over one hundred dead -- the survivors remain haunted by the memories and plagued by unanswered questions (Footage...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: REFUGEES FLEE RUSSIAN ADVANCE
Eng/Russian/ Nat
Russia has asked the U-N to provide emergency assistance for the tens of thousands of Chechen refugees fleeing Russian advances in the breakaway republic of Chechnya.
Up to 100,000 Chechens are thought to have already...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON CONCERNED ABOUT CHECHNYA DECISION
Eng/Nat
President Clinton said Sunday he was concerned about Russia's decision to send troops and tanks into the breakaway region of Chechnya.
However, while he called it "an internal Russian affair," Clinton said he hoped that "order...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: CHILDREN KILLED IN LATEST BOMBING
Russian/nat
Russian artillery pounded the towns east of Grozny overnight and in the early morning hours, forcing residents to flee from their bombed- out homes.
APTV spoke to one Chechen couple, devastated by the loss of their five...
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Book launched dedicated to murdered investigative journalist
Moscow, 30 May 2007
1. Tilt down of exterior of Gorbachev Foundation
2. Journalist registering to enter conference room
3. Close up of Anna Politkovskaya's books
4. Assistant giving Politkovskaya's book to a journalist
5. Wide shot of...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA :RUSSIAN ARMY CLAIM
Russian/Nat
The Russian army today claimed it had finally captured the Presidential Palace in the Chechen capital Grozny and raised the Russian flag.
But what they told President Yeltsin would be done in two days has taken almost six...
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INGUSHETIA: NEW MILLENNIUM IN REFUGEE CAMP
Russian/Nat
Thousands of Chechen refugees, who fled from the fighting in their homeland to the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia, spent the start of the new millennium huddling in tents.
For many, the celebrations were given an ironic...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: URUS MARTAN
Russian/Nat
APTN has visited the former rebel stronghold of Urus-Martan on Friday one day after Russian troops raised their flag.
Major General Vladimir Shamanov, the Russian commander who led the attack against Urus-Martan, said that...
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Russia - Fifty Year Celebration Of OMON
As some of their colleagues were fighting Chechen rebels in the town of
Pervomaiskaya, other members of the Russian Special Forces, known by the
Russian acronym OMON, celebrated the troops' 50th anniversary in Moscow on Tuesday (16/1)...
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Aftermath of attack by militants that killed 20 people in the Chechen capital
Residents in the Chechen capital of Grozny removed rubble from several damaged buildings on Friday, following an attack by militants that killed at least 20 people.
The battle left the ten-story Press House, which housed local media...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: RUSSIAN INFANTRY PREPARE TO ATTACK
Russian/Nat
Russian infantry have gathered on the outskirts of the Chechen capital, Grozny, on Tuesday.
They are preparing for a massive attack on the city.
Earlier in the week Russia warned inhabitants to leave the city before December...
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Chechnya/Austria - OSCE Mission To Chechnya
Russian troops on Thursday (12/1) launched their heaviest
artillery bombardment yet of the smashed Chechen capital, Grozny.
The intense shelling resumed early in the morning, firmly ending the
self-declared Russian ceasefire that both...
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Chechnya-Chechen Rebels Reopen Talks With Russians
A Chechen separatist delegation arrived in Nazran on Sunday (9/6)
to reopen peace talks with Russian negotiators on implementing a
ceasefire in Chechnya.
Ext Ingus parliament building, scene of talks
Various russian and chechen military...
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RUSSIA/CHECHNYA: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOLLOWING RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL
Russian/Nat
Flush with victory, Chechens are preparing for their own election, two years after the Russians moved in to crush their drive for independence.
But as the Russians depart, their homeland lies in tatters.
Wrecked buildings, a...
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RUSSIA: BUDYONNOVSK: 200 HOSTAGES RELEASED
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There's increasing doubt over whether an agreement between the Russian government and the Chechen rebels will actually end the four-day hostage crisis.
After a weekend of intense negotiations, the Russians are reported to...
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Russia - Yeltsin Lays Wreath At Ceremony
President Boris Yeltsin on Friday (23/2) laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier to commemorate the celebrations of the Defenders of the Fatherland. Genaddy Zyuganov, leader of the Russian communist party and Yeltsin's main...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT
Chechen/Natsot
Russian forces in the breakaway republic of Chechnya have begun an artillery bombardment of the capital, Grozny.
Artillery batteries up to eight miles from city are firing indiscriminantly on civilian positions despite...
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former Russian agent in talks with Moscow via satellite link up
Russia, Moscow - July 25, 2002
1. Exterior Balchug hotel in Moscow
2. Wide of TV bridge with London
3. Cutaway of news briefing
4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Yuri Felshtinsky, Litvinenko's lawyer:
"According to the Kimkhashkalov's and...
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Russia - Yeltsin Seeks End To Chechnya Conflict
President Boris Yeltsin ordered his leading ministers on
Friday to explain why Russian air attacks had again violated his
promise to stop bombing Grozny. The statements, opening a
Security Council meeting in the Kremlin, came amid...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN SOLDIERS RELEASE
Nat/Sound
President Boris Yeltsin has authorised the Russian government to use force in the breakaway republic of Chechnya, telling his Cabinet to employ "all the means at the state's disposal" to put down armed groups in the...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES CONTINUE
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Warplanes unleashed rockets and bombs on the Chechen capital on Monday, while the Russian military pledged to keep bombing Chechnya until Islamic militants in the breakaway republic are wiped out.
Russian jets bombed...