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INGUSHETIA: CONFLICT LATEST
Russian/Nat
Thousands of Chechen refugees have been stuck in the Northern Caucasus republic of Ingushetia as Russian artillery and airforce continued strikes at the neighbouring breakaway province of Chechnya in a bid to return into...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: FIGHTING INTENSIFIES OVER A HILL (2)
Russian/Nat
Russian jets and artillery pounded targets around Grozny as federal soldiers battled Chechen fighters for control of a key hill overlooking the city.
On Wednesday, Russian bombs and rockets destroyed houses and apartment...
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Russia - Demos Protest Chechnya Action
Several thousand people demonstrated in St Petersburg's main
Kazanskaya Square on Sunday afternoon (15/1) against the war in
Chechnya. In Moscow, several hundred people staged another
anti-war demonstration in Pushkin Square. The...
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Chechnya - Negotiations Resume To Extend Truce
Negotiations resume with agreement to extend truce
Russian and Chechen rebel negotiators held a new round of peace
talks in Grozny on Wednesday (28/6) and agreed to extend the truce
between their forces. The talks resumed as Russian...
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CHECHNYA: ARGUN: OSCE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
German/Eng/Nat
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O-S-C-E) will launch a medical assistance programme in Chechnya.
The announcement was made by the group's chairwoman, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, during a one day trip...
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BULGARIA: CLINTON PRAISES DEMOCRACY COMMITMENT (3)
English/Nat
On his first ever visit to Bulgaria, U-S President Bill Clinton praised this former communist nation for its commitment to democracy and economic reform.
Clinton's two-day visit to Bulgaria is designed to underscore...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GROZNY: YELTSIN ORDERS HALT TO BOMBING
Natural/Sound
Russia's President Yeltsin Wednesday ordered a halt to the bombing of Grozny, the capital of the breakaway republic of Chechnya.
Air strikes against the city are due to cease from midnight Moscow time (2100 GMT).
But...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: KREMLIN WARNING FOR FURTHER ATTACKS
Russian/Nat
The Kremlin warned Chechnya today to prepare for further attacks, after Russian warplanes bombed residential neighborhoods and administrative buildings in the breakaway republic's capital.
A Chechen spokesman claimed one...
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Chechnya - Civilians caught in fighting
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is attempting to help hundreds of civilians wounded or left homeless after two weeks of fighting in Grozny. Doctors have been operating on the wounded, and medical supplies, food and...
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Chechnya - Celebrations For Cease-Fire
Chechens on Friday (4/8) celebrated a "Day of Victory" to mark the
signing of a cease-fire between Russian troops and Chechen rebels
in the breakaway Caucasus republic. In the village of Sernovodsk on
the border of Ingushetia and...
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RUSSIA: RADUYEV HEADS ANTI-MASKHADOV PROTESTS
Chechen/Nat
A few thousand anti-Maskhadov protesters, led by Chechen warlord Salman Raduyev, rallied on Thursday at a in Grozny, Chechnya, while Russian forces stepped up air and artillery attacks against militants in the breakaway...
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RUSSIA: AL GORE URGES PEACEFUL SOLUTION IN CHECNYA
Russian/Eng/Nat
U-S Vice President Al Gore called for a ceasefire in the breakaway republic of Chechnya and expressed his concern over the new outbreak of violence there.
Speaking at a joint press conference in Moscow with Russian...
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RUSSIA: BUDYONNOVSK: HOSTAGE SITUATION
Russian/Nat
Moscow is reportedly ready to suspend military action in Chechnya in return for the release of about two thousand people held hostage by Chechen rebels in a hospital in southern Russia.
Interfax news agency reported early...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: BOMB BLAST AT SUBWAY STATION
Russian/Nat
A bomb blew up at a busy subway station in central Moscow during the evening rush hour on Monday, injuring nine people.
The explosion took place shortly before 7 p.m.local time at the Belorusskaya station, in an underground...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RUSSIAN TROOPS PREPARE FOR BATTLE
Russian/Nat
Russian forces have switched their attack from the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny to its southern outskirts.
Villages south of the city have also come under attack on Sunday.
APTV cameras have been following some of...
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USA: WARREN CHRISTOPHER OUTLINES FORTHCOMING SUMMIT AGENDA (2)
English/Nat
U-S Secretary of State Warren Christopher outlined the thorny issues on the agenda for the upcoming Clinton-Yeltsin summit at a White House news conference today (Thursday.)
He said President Clinton will stress U-S...
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Clampdown ahead of VE day celebrations
1. Wide shot Kremlin
2. Police checking documents
3. Close up soldier on the street
4. Policemen with a dog patrolling the street
5. Wide of Pushkin Square, in the centre of Moscow
6. People taking photos
7. SOUNDBITE (English)...
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RUSSIA: YEKATERINBURG: YELTSIN VISITS HOME TOWN
Russian/Nat
Boris Yeltsin is visiting his home town of Yekaterinberg, where he is expected to announce that he will seek a second term as Russia's President.
He took the opportunity to talk tough on Chechnya, an issue which may prove one...
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Latest aerotechology unveiled at MAKS airshow
Zhukovsky airport, Moscow region, Russia - 17 August 2011
1. Wide of Russian fighter jets Sukhoi T-50 in air
2. Russian Prime minister Vladimir Putin watching the air show
3. Zoom in of T-50 in air
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ilya Kedrov,...
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Chechnya - Troops withdraw from Grozny
Jubilant Chechens in Grozny on Thursday (29/8) cheered as Russian and rebel troops continued to withdraw from the battered capital. Some 4,000 Russian troops and 2,000 rebels have withdrawn from the capital over the past 24 hours and...
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Chechnya - Election campaign
On the threshold of next week's presidential elections in Chechnya the
residents of Grozny were calmly carrying on their day to day business on Monday (20/1).
Election posters lined the streets of the capital and photographs of...
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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA CONFLICT - ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE
Russian/Nat
As the Russian army continues its assault on Chechnya, its aviation commander has given his assessment of damages to the military.
Russian General Colonel Vitaly Pavlov said 147 Russian helicopters have been damaged since the...
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Russia - Grozny WWII Veterans
Dignitaries in Moscow are celebrating the end of World War II, but
the Russians now seem set on reducing one of their own cities to
rubble, an echo of what they did to Berlin in 1945. Russian World War II veterans have been among the...
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CHECHNYA: GROZNY: PACE DELEGATION ARRIVES (2)
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A delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) arrived in the troubled North Caucasus on Saturday.
The nine-member delegation led by Lord Judd is investigating the Russian offensive in...