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RUSSIA: PUTIN THREATENS AIR STRIKES ON AFGHANISTAN
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Russia might launch air strikes against Afghanistan if that country continues its alleged aid to Chechen separatists, according to a senior Kremlin official.
Sergei Yastrzhembsky, the presidential spokesman for the Chechnya...
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Chechnya - Protest Against Russian Troops
Chechens lined the highway to the town of Mozdok for 20
kilometres (12 miles) on Saturday (14/10) to protest against the
continuing presence of Russian troops in Chechnya.
pan of people on the street in a line
young chechens on horses...
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Chechnya - Appalling Conditions For Refugees
Many of the 3,000 Chechen refugees from the village of Samashki are living in overcrowded club halls and garages with no food, no beds and nowhere else to go.
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refugees crowded in halls
woman complaining
people with tins of...
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Chechnya - Fighting Situation In Argun
The Russian military, firmly in control of Grozny on Wednesday
(8/2), stepped up the aerial and artillery bombardment of Argun,
to the east of the capital. Chechen authorities claimed many
civilians had been killed or wounded during...
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Chechnya - Funeral of Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the former Georgian president who was toppled
from office within a year of being elected, has been buried with
full honours in the autonomous republic of Chechnya.
GROZNY, Chechnya 24/2
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT: VILLAGE
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A southern Chechen village that Russian forces almost destroyed to recapture from rebels is under complete federal control.
The battle for Komsomolskoye lasted two weeks and highlighted the difficulty Russia will have keeping...
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Chechnya - Chechen Rebels Attack Russians
Russian troops who captured the village of Novogroznensky from Chechen separatists on Wednesday (21/2) were shelled by rebels said to have taken up positions in a village just six kilometres away. The rebels shelled Russian troops from...
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Traditional event celebrating paratroopers in Russian capital
Russia marked a traditional day for paratroopers on Thursday with joyous celebrations in the centre of the capital city, Moscow.
Paratroopers gathered in Gorky Park, in the centre of the city, to meet old friends around a fountain - with...
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RUSSIA: ROMANIAN FM MIRCEA GEOANA VISIT
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Russia's foreign minister said on Wednesday the country will permit a mission of Europe's key security monitoring organisation to enter Chechnya in the near future.
Igor Ivanov did not specify a date but his announcement...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT LATEST (2)
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Russian forces said on Friday that they are making progress toward taking Grozny and that they have control of a considerable part of the Chechen capital.
But Chechen snipers continue to pin down Russian troops trying to...
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RUSSIA/CHECHNYA: THOUSANDS FLEE RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES
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The Russian Defence Ministry has warned that Islamic militants might stage new attacks in Russia by slipping across the border among refugees fleeing the airstrikes.
Some 60-thousand people have abandoned their homes since...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: ETHNIC RUSSIANS
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The war in the breakaway republic of Chechnya has been especially hard on the ethnic Russians living there.
Caught up in the fighting, many have no choice but to stay.
Two Russian families in Grozny have been talking to APTV...
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Russia - Gore:Chechnya Is Internal Russian Affair
U.S. Vice President Al Gore in Moscow Thursday (15/12) reiterated
President Clinton's position that the Chechnya crisis is "an
internal Russian matter" and said he hoped it could be settled
through negotiations. Gore's comments were...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: CHECHNYA MARKET EXPLOSION
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Confusion surrounds the market attack in the capital of Chechnya.
Early on Friday, a military commander admitted Russian forces carried out the attack on Grozny, but claimed it was aimed at an illegal arms market and that the...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE AGAINST BAMUT FALTERS
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The corpses of more Russian soldiers are being discovered despite claims by Moscow that the war in Chechnya is almost over.
A Russian offensive around the Chechen village of Bamut faltered earlier this week. On Sunday ...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: CIVILIANS CALL FOR CEASEFIRE
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Chechen farmers are calling for a truce so they can begin their spring harvest.
Local Chechen authorities and elders met with high-ranking Russian command at a check-point between the village of Samashki and the town...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: OSCE CHAIRMAN VOLLEBAEK ARRIVAL
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Chairman of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Knut Vollebaek arrived in Moscow on Monday hoping the Russian leadership would allow him to visit Chechnya.
Vollebaek who is also Norway's Foreign Minister...
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INGUSHETIA/CHECHNYA: ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHRISTMAS
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As millions of Russian Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas, Russian troops and Chechen refugees are spending the holiday on the Chechnya-Ingushetia border.
Some Chechens have called for a holiday cease-fire, but Russian...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: SLEPTSOVSK HOSPITAL
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Chechen and Russian refugees continue to stream out of villages throughout the war-torn republic as Russian forces attack what they call rebel strongholds.
Just across the Chechen border in Ingushetia, Sleptsovsk hospital has...
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Russia - Yeltsin On Campaign Trail
Speaking to voters in the Russian Arctic mining town of Vorkuta on Saturday (25/5), President Boris Yeltsin said that he would begin talks on Monday (27/5) with Chechen rebel leaders, in a last-ditch attempt to end the war before next...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: REBUILDING OF DESTROYED CAPITAL
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Russia's Deputy Prime Minister today (Tuesday) justified his country's war on Chechnya, saying the breakaway region was a "threat to man, society and the state."
While the International Aid agencies and the Russian government...
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Russia - Criticism Of Yeltsin's Trip To Chechnya
Several Russian political figures on Monday (27/5) and Tuesday (28/5) criticised Russian President Boris Yeltsin's trip to Chechnya and Monday's hastily arranged peace plan for the country.
Exterior building of the state Duma (lower...
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CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN "MOPPING-UP OPERATION"
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Russian crack police troops stationed in Urus-Martan in Chechnya continued their so-called "mopping-up" operations on Tuesday, confiscating a cache of weapons from a group of Chechen men.
The professional police force or...
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RUSSIA CHECHNYA: CHECHEN CIVILIAN'S HUMAN CHAIN
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More than 100,000 Chechen civilians formed a human chain today, protesting at the escalating Russian offensive against their Republic.
Many held hands and sang. Some held placards with messages calling for Freedom For...