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CHECHEN/INGUSHETIA BORDER: REFUGEE CRISIS
Russian/Nat
As the Russian deadline expires for everyone to leave the Chechen capital of Grozny, the flow of refugees escaping to the neighbouring province of Ingushetia continues.
But Russia appeared to back off from its ultimatum that...
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Russian kept as slave in Chechnya returns home
Tbilisi
1. Hotel where Vladimir Yepishin was staying
2. Yepishin leaving the hotel
3. Sign "Hotel"
4. Yepishin throwing away his old clothes
5. Old clothes in rubbish skip
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Yepishin, Former slave
"In...
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Osama bin Laden urges Muslims to join him in Holy War
1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida leader:
"Enlisting to fight in the name of God for one hour is better than praying to God for sixty years. One hour in the line of battle, to uphold the name of God against the Jews, the...
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Chechnya - Opposition Denies Russian Attack Claims
The leader of the Chechen opposition on Tuesday (22/11) denied
that Russian forces were involved in the fighting around the
border village of Bratskoye on the weekend. Umar Avturkhanov,
leader of the Provisional Council which was set up...
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Rally againts alleged human rights abuses in Chechnya
1. Wide of rally
2. Protesters laying flowers and candles
3. Close of burning candle
4. Poster with picture of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya``s portrait
5. Grigory Yavlinsky Head of the opposition Russian Yabloko party speaking...
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Russia-Military Operations In Chechnya Are To End
Russian President Boris Yeltsin has announced that all Russian
military operations in Chechnya are to end at midnight (2000 GMT)
on Sunday (31/3).
Yelstin at desk making statement in russian
TRANSLATION: In accordance with the program,...
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Russia forces say Chechen rebel leader killed
Moscow, Russia - 1996
1. Various Aslan Maskhadov (clean shaven man in grey suit and traditional hat) meeting Russian President Boris Yeltsin
Chechnya, Grozny - 1996
2. Chechen rebels walking through village, villagers watching
3....
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: POLICE DAY - RUSHAILO LAYS WREATH
Russian/Nat
Russia's Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo laid a wreath on Wednesday morning to honour the country's policemen on Police Day.
Speaking to journalists afterwards, Rushailo paid tribute to the Interior Ministry forces...
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Various - Gaidar In Prague, Russian Chechnya Demo
Rebel fighters battled Russian forces inside buildings near the
presidency in Grozny on Sunday (15/1) but held onto the towering
palace, the symbol of resistance in the Chechen capital. Russian opposition leader Yegor Gaidar flew into...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIANS CONTINUE SHELLING TOWN OF ARGUN
Russian/Nat
Civilians trickling out of Argun Tuesday said the Russian army had continued shelling the town throughout the night.
The Russians began their attack on Argun Monday, a day after Chechen rebels had seized the police station in...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: REOPENING OF RAILWAY LINK WITH MOSCOW
Russian/Nat
It's a long track back, but slowly the signs of peaceful life are returning to Chechnya.
Closed for nearly two years, the passenger railway linking Grozny to Moscow is once again open for business -- bringing the comfort...
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Chechnya - Pro Dudayev Demo
Hundreds of Chechens staged a demonstration in Grozny on Monday
(7/8) to show their support for Chechen President Dzhokar Dudayev
and to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the progress of
peace negotations with Russia.
ws...
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INGUSHETIA: KARABULAK REFUGEE CAMP (V)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
The European Union reiterated its concern to Russia on Thursday about increased fighting in Chechnya and the plight of refugees, hinting the EU may be seeking to mediate in the crisis.
But...
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CHECHNYA: GENERAL KAZANTSEV - NO PLANS TO STORM GROZNY
Russian/Nat
Russia's military on Thursday again claimed it was not planning to storm the Chechen capital Grozny, saying the city would come under Moscow's control as a result of a "special operation".
Speaking at Russia's main base in...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: RUSSIAN STATE TV
Russian/Nat
In the war with Chechnya, President Boris Yeltsin seems to have lost another ally.
Russian television, once considered the president's biggest supporter, is no longer content to agree unreservedly with his every act.
This is...
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CHECHEN BORDER: RUSSIAN FLAG FLYING OVER GUDERMES
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
Russian troops have tightened their hold on the breakaway region of Chechnya.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says the Russian flag is flying over the breakaway region's second-largest city,...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: BATTALION PREPARING TO BECOME OFFICIAL ARMY
Russian/Nat
With Chechnya's President elect Aslan Maskhadov soon to be inaugurated, the tiny breakaway region is setting out on the road to independence.
But what will become of some 30-thousand armed separatists who fought...
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Russia - Chechen Rebels Leave; Human Shields
Chechen rebels on Monday (19/6) released the bulk of their 1,500
hostages and took in their place dozens of volunteers and other
officials to act as human shields. The rebels then boarded a
convoy of red buses and drove towards Chechnya....
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WRAP Latest on investigation, more funerals
1. Federal Security Service (FSB) special forces guard next to table with bombs, grenades and other weapons taken from Chechen terrorists after the siege ended at the Russian Foreign Ministry
2. FSB explosives expert handling nail bomb...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT WRAP
Russian/Nat
The Russian military on Friday launched a three-pronged attack on Grozny in an apparent attempt to test the strength of the rebel defences in the Chechen capital.
The Russians sent armoured vehicles towards Grozny, with the...
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CHECHEN BORDER: M-S-F CAMPAIGN AGAINST RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
English/Nat
A Nobel Peace Prize winning group has launched a vigorous campaign against Moscow's military offensive in Chechnya.
Medecins Sans Frontieres is accusing the Russian military of disregarding international laws in the breakaway...
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Chechnya - Rebels Attempt To Take Hostages
Special forces of the Russian army and local police forces remained on full alert in breakaway Chechnya's capital, Grozny, on Saturday (24/2) following Friday's anniversary of the deportation of Chechens by dictator Josef Stalin. In...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: LATEST SITUATION
Natural Sound
The Russians say their flag is flying over the ruins of the presidential palace in the centre of the breakaway republic of Chechnya.
Chechen fighters abandoned the building, the symbol of their independence, after Russian...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: 7 PEOPLE KILLED IN BOMB BLAST
Russian/Nat
Seven people were killed and 22 injured on Tuesday when a bomb ripped through an underground walkway packed with hundreds of commuters and shoppers in central Moscow.
A second bomb was found and defused near the scene of the...