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Chechnya - Counting of votes
Former rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov looked set to win Chechnya's presidential elections on Tuesday (28/1), as Chechens anxiously awaited the results of the first post-war poll.
WS car arriving at MASKHADOV HQ,
horn beeping loudly in...
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Chechnya - Russians murdered
A day after six Red Cross workers were gunned down as they were sleeping, masked gunmen burst into a Grozny apartment Wednesday afternoon (18/12) in Chechnya and shot all six Russian inhabitants.
No one yet has claimed responsibility for...
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Chechnya - Russians Launch Heaviest Bombardment
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 Separatists Hold Argun
Chechen separatists said on Tuesday (27/12) that their forces were
still holding the village of Argun, on the outskirts of Grozny,
the scene of fierce fighting with Russian troops. After two days
of air strikes, most of the Chechen...
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Chechnya - Russians Tighten Grip On Grozny
Heavy shellfire crackled Saturday (14/1) across Grozny as Russian
troops sought to tighten their grip on the city center and
strangle Chechen resistance. Periods of uneasy quiet overnight
provided some respite from two days of intensive...
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WRAP Aid arrives at children's hospital, adds voxpops
1. Nurses looking through medicines in cupboard
2. Close shot medicine
3. Nurses looking through medial aid boxes
4. Aid boxes
5. Nurse opening medical cupboard doors
6. Various, nurses taking stock
7. Various, boxes of medicines
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Russia/Chechnya - Leaders Vote In Elections
Russian ultra-nationalist leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky on Sunday
(17/12) cast his vote in parliamentary elections in which his
Liberal Democrats and the revamped Communists were expected to win
considerable support. In Grozny, Chechnya,...
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Chechnya - Russian army continues to withdraw
The Russian army continued to withdraw large numbers of troops from the Chechen capital Grozny on Friday (30/8). Hundreds of soldiers loaded their weapons into trucks as they prepared to leave the ruined city.
WS russian trucks behind...
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RUSSIA: SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN CHECHNYA FIGHT TO RECOVER FROM INJURIES
Russian/Nat
Although the war in Chechnya looks like it may be finally drawing to a close, many of the wounded are still fighting to recover from their injuries.
But for some Russian soldiers at the military hospital at Rostov on Don,...
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INGUSHETIA: COUNCIL OF EUROPE VISITS REFUGEE CAMP
Russian/Nat
A top Council of Europe official visited one of the Ingushetia refugee camps on Wednesday to see firsthand the conditions there.
Lord Russel-Johnston was accompanied by the Russian Minister for the Interior Vladimir...
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INGUSHETIA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: ATROCITIES (V)
Russian/Nat
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
Russian warplanes bombarded the icy slopes of Chechnya's southern mountains on Friday as convoys of troops poured into the foothills to root out rebels.
As the fighting continues, allegations are...
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French FM on Iraq and Chechnya
1. Wide shot exterior Russian Diplomatic Academy
2. Shot of flags
3. Wide shot Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov and French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin entering press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Dominique de Villepin,...
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Russia - Lebed
General basks in peace as Yeltsin approves deal
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has given his full backing to the peace accord that his Security Council chief Alexander Lebed signed in Chechnya. Yeltsin came off the fence to approve the...
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CHECHNYA: HOSPITAL: ALLEGED WOUNDED CIVILIANS
Russian/Nat
Russian aircraft moved towards Chechnya's southern mountains on Tuesday, while ground troops tried to block routes used for moving rebels and supplies to southern strongholds.
As the military moved south - APTN obtained...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN PRISONERS OF WAR
Russian/Nat
Russia may have begun pulling troops out of Chechnya, but some Russian soldiers won't be returning home.
Fourteen soldiers have been sitting out the war in the southern Chechen village of Chiri Yurt.
Some of the prisoners of...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: YELTSIN TO ADDRESS RUSSIAN NATION
Russian/Nat
President Boris Yeltsin is to address the Russian nation on state
television in the next few days - but he has rejected a request to
go before Parliament tomorrow and explain his decision to bomb the
breakaway republic of...
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RUSSIA: EU PRESSURE TO END RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT
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The European Union piled more pressure on Russia on Friday, calling for an end to the hostilities and respect for the lives of the civilian population in Chechnya.
The appeal came from Irish foreign minister David Andrews,...
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RUSSIA: FRENCH REPORTER DETAINED BY RUSSIANS LATEST
French/Russian/Nat
A French reporter detained by Russian troops in the Caucasus said on Tuesday that she was well treated by security officers and fully intends to continue covering the conflict in Chechnya, despite her ordeal.
Anne...
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Putin address to nation, comments on redeveloping nuclear weapons
1. Marble hall of the Kremlin
2. Russian President Vladimir Putin entering, shaking hands with chairmans of both chambers of the Russian Parliament
3. Cutaway audience
4. Putin walks to the rostrum
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir...
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Chechnya - Demonstrations In Shali And Grozny
Chechens gathered in the war-torn capital Grozny on Monday (11/12) and in the rebel stronghold of Shali, to mark the first anniversary of the beginning of the war. Several hundred people
demonstrated in Shali, in southern Chechnya,...
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GEORGIA: CONTINUED SEARCH FOR RED CROSS WORKERS
Russian/Eng/Nat
Georgian authorities were continuing the search late on Monday for three missing Red Cross workers in the Pankisi Gorge area of Georgia, which borders on the war-torn republic of Chechnya.
The pictures obtained by APTN...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN FORCES CLOSE IN
Russian/Nat
Chechen fighters continued to reinforce positions north of the Chechen capital on Tuesday as Russian troops drew ever closer.
Moscow's forces were some 10 kilometres (6 miles) of Grozy.
Russia launched the offensive after...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: FUNERALS HELD FOR DEAD AS CEASEFIRE HOLDS
Russian / Nat
The ceasefire seems to be holding across Chechnya one day after it was declared.
But though peace may save many lives - it has come too late for some.
And as Chechens buried their dead, they renewed their calls for Russian...
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Chechnya - Election Apathy
Despite objections by Chechen rebels, the Moscow-backed government
in Chechnya is pressing ahead with plans for leadership elections
on December 17, to coincide with elections to Russia's parliament.
However, there is little enthusiasm...