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RUSSIA: MSF AID WORKER KIDNAPPED IN CHECHNYA
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An American working to restore medical care in war-shattered Chechnya was kidnapped by masked gunmen who pulled him from his car and drove away, officials said Wednesday.
Kenny Gluck, 38 travelling on Tuesday in a four-car...
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Prominent Russian journalist and Chechnya war critic found dead
1. Wide shot of Anna Politkovskaya speaking on stage
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Anna Politkovskaya, Author and Commentator on recent Chechen Wars:
''The situation has not changed (in Chechnya). The people there have no human rights, like...
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RUSSIA/CHECHNYA: OBSERVERS ARRIVE IN ADVANCE OF ELECTIONS
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International election observers have been arriving in Chechnya in advance of Monday's voting.
After 20 months of bitter fighting to keep Chechnya in the Russian fold, the Kremlin has little choice but to let Monday's...
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RUSSIA: RUSSIAN MILITARY GUERILLA WARFARE TRAINING
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Russian president, Boris Yeltsin may be keen to end the unpopular war in Chechnya but Russian troops continue to prepare for battle with the hill tribes of the breakaway republic.
The Russian military has taken up the new...
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Chechnya - Goverment Minister Accuses Russia
Chechen negotiators on Friday (11/8) accused Russia of sabotaging
peace talks and of violating the joint military accord signed less
than two weeks ago by preparing a new military offensive against
breakaway Chechnya. Akhmed Zakayev,...
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MOSCOW: SECURITY MEASURES TIGHTENED AFTER BOMB 1
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Security measures have been tightened in the Russian capital Moscow on Wednesday after Tuesday's bomb blast which ripped through one of the cities busiest areas killing seven people and injuring scores of others.
Two men...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: PEACE TALKS OFFERED
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As a Russian deadline to disarm passed, Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev is reported to have offered to hold talks with Moscow, without pre-conditions.
In the rebel republic of Chechnya, young men are preparing to sacrifice...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW/CHECHNYA: PEACE TALKS CONTINUE
Moscow and Southern Chechnya 5 July 1995
1. Wide shot Russian tanks roll through southern mountain regions of Chechnya
2. Wide shot same rolling past river
3. Close up tank crew and soldiers on tank
4. Tanks roll through...
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RUSSIA: WIDOWS OF POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN CHECHNYA
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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Alexy II on Tuesday expressed their support for the relatives of Russian police officers killed in action in Chechnya.
On the eve of the professional police holiday, the...
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UK: LONDON: RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR CHERNOMYRDIN VISIT
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The Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin met British counterpart John Major Wednesday for talks on boosting economic cooperation.
One of the aims of the of the Russian premier's trip is to unfreeze projects whose ...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN PoWs RECOVER IN HOSPITAL
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Russian authorities said Monday that Chechen troops are regrouping in the capital, Grozny.
Armoured Russian vehicles are reportedly being fired on from strategic points.
Hundreds of Chechen irregulars are patrolling the...
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Chechnya - Fighting
Warplanes bomb road near Chechen capital
Russian forces shelled the Prigorodony district of Grozny on
Sunday (5/2) while warplanes bombed the southern section of the
Baku-Rostov highway, the only secure road in and out of the
Chechen...
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Chechnya - Battle for Grozny Continues
Defiant Chechen rebels regrouped Friday to defend their battered
capital street by street, despite the loss of the presidential
palace and a continuing barrage of Russian artillery.
0.00 chechen fighter running to house
0.02 ws...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN ARTILLERY POUNDS GROZNY
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The Russian army pounded the centre of Grozny with shells and rockets Friday, trying to wear down rebel Chechen troops still holding key positions in the shattered capital.
With Russian armour pouring in, both sides in the...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: REBELS STILL HOLD GROZNY
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Chechen rebels have held on to the centre of Grozny, repelling attacks by Russian troops who pounded the battered Chechen capital with artillery and aircraft fire as they tried to recapture the city.
The rebels, who launched...
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RUSSIA: DEFENCE MINISTER IGOR SERGEYEV PRESS BRIEFING
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Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev announced on Friday that Russian Federal Forces would have an easier time driving Chechen rebels out of the mountains than removing from their positions in Grozny.
Sergeyev said that...
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USA: WASHINGTON: ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI
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U-S policy on the Chechen crisis is a complete failure, a former top security advisor said Monday.
Zbigniew Brzezinski believes the Clinton administration is way behind European governments in responding to the escalating...
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Ingushetia/Chechnya - Refugees Flee Chechnya
Thousands of refugees from the conflict area in Chechnya have
found shelter in the neighbouring Caucasian republic of
Ingushetia, according to Russian agencies. More than ten Chechen
families were given temporary accomodation on...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: EXCESSIVE BRUTALITY ON BOTH SIDES ALLEGATIONS
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Russian troops kept up their assault on Grozny and its outlying villages Saturday, undeterred by a European mission sent to Chechnya to investigate allegations of excessive brutality by both sides in the conflict.
The...
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INDIA: MUSLIMS STAGE ANTI RUSSIA PROTESTS
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Thousands of Muslim worshippers, lead by a prominent cleric, have flocked into the streets of Delhi to protest against Russia's campaign against Islamic rebels in Chechnya.
Despite the impromptu nature of the demonstration...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: FIGHTING CONTINUES
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Chechen rebels are reported to have run out of ammunition for their anti-aircraft guns, leaving Russian jets free to bomb the capital of the breakaway southern republic at will.
But Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev...
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Russia - Zhirinovsky denies end to Chechen war
Ultra-nationalist Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, leader of the liberal democrat party, said on Thursday (29/8) that the war in Chechnya had not stopped. Speaking at a press conference on "the real truth about Chechnya" in...
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Russia - Kidnappers Caught
On Tuesday afternoon (28/6) three kidnappers boarded a bus with 40
passengers as it left the Rostov-to-Baku highway for the spa town of
Mineralniye Vody. The third mass kidnapping in Russia's south in seven months ended early on...
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USA: WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF LEON PANETTA PRESS CONFERENCE
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White House Chief of Staff, Leon Panetta, said Sunday he hoped China would reconsider recalling their ambassador from the US.
Panetta, speaking in Washington, was also optimistic about the outcome of the hostage crisis in...