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News Special - Parliamentary elections, November
27
Chechen
elections, manipulated normalcy
(Nabi Abdullaev, International Relations and Security Network)
Interview:
A step forward in Chechnya? (Robert Bruce Ware, UPI)
EU
Encouraged by Peaceful Vote in Chechnya (Moscow News)
First
two bitter wars in Chechnya. Then a savage massacre in Beslan. Now
Russia's nightmare is coming true: an explosion of Islamic militancy
across an entire region
(The Guardian)
Results
of parliamentary elections in Chechnya were as predicted (ReliefWeb)
United
Russia leading in Chechen parliamentary elections
(Interfax)
Pro-Kremlin
Party Leads In Chechen Elections (RFE/RL)
Chechnya
Votes for Three-Party System (Kommersant)
Village
administration head killed in Chechnya (Interfax)
Chechen
president says Zakayev can return if pardoned (RIA Novosti)
Human
rights groups skeptical on Chechnya vote (Interfax)
Head
of PACE delegation doubts validity of Chechen elections(Interfax)
Chechen
leader to meet exiled separatists (Financial Times)
Russia
trumpets Chechnya's 'democratic and honest' poll (The Independent)
Mixed
reaction to Chechen vote (Times Online)
Kremlin-backed
Candidates Lead Local Chechen Elections (Voice of America)
Chechnya
votes for parliament (Chicago Tribune)
Separatists
denounce 'farcical' Chechen poll (The Guardian)
Doubts,
Hope as Chechens Vote (Moscow Times)
Chechens
vote but with little faith in parliament (Financial Times)
Chechnya
goes to the polls (Aljazeera)
A
Parliament Built for Kadyrov (Moscow Times)
Hopes
for stability in Chechnya vote (Christian Science Monitor)
Peace
still elusive
as Russia's Chechnya votes (Reuters AlertNet)
The
Chance to Make a Choice (Russia Profile)
Senior
Rebel Gives Up And Appeals to Voters (Moscow Times)
French
Agency Calls Russia Report of Chechen Commander's Surrender Elections
Stunt (Moscow News)
Chechen
Election Offers Little Hope for Stability (IWPR)
United
Russia and Maskhadov's People are set to compete for Chechen voters
(Kommersant)
An
illusion of democracy in war-torn Chechnya (Financial Times)
Weekly News Update - November 23
Chechnya
to vote amid continuing bloodshed
(Reliefweb)
Two
militants killed in Chechnya (Interfax)
4
Are Killed in Clashes in Chechnya, Dagestan (Moscow Times)
International
Islamic forum to be held in Chechnya (Interfax)
Chechen
People Protest Against Military Oppression in Republic (Moscow
News)
Chechens
Tell of Terrifying Attacks on a Dark Road (Los Angeles Times)
Chechnya
Starts Early Voting Ahead of Parliamentary Elections (Moscow
News)
In
Chechnya, war tears brothers apart (Reuters AlertNet)
District
elections official killed in Chechnya (Interfax)
Norway
to help rebuilding effort in Chechnya (Interfax)
Preparations
for parliamentary elections in Chechnya are complete (Prague
Watchdog)
Pro-Moscow
Chechen Official Sues Liberal Weekly for Libel (Moscow News)
Channeling
Despair and Longing Into Chechen Anthems (New York Times)
Military
Says Russian Troops Confess To Chechen Killings (Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty)
Aide:
Chechen PM's Car Crash an Accident (Guardian/AP)
Weekly News Update - December 25
Putin
open to European ideas on Chechnya
(Reuters AlertNet)
Putin
signals Chechnya initiative (BBC)
Russia
Willing to Accept Western Help for Chechnya - Lavrov (Moscow
News)
Despite
progress, Russia has much to do to improve women's rights - UN expert
(UN News Center)
No
Russian conscripts left in Chechnya (Washington Times)
No
conscripts left in Chechnya - defense minister (Interfax)
Chechen
women tortured - UN (News 24)
Qatar
extradites Russian agents (BBC)
Ex-OMON
Sought in Grozny (St.Petersburg Times)
Chechen
Chanteuse (Moscow Times)
Qatar
sends 2 prisoners to Russia (International Herald Tribune)
Convicted
Russian Agents Arrive Home (Guardian)
Prominent
guerilla leader killed in Grozny (Interfax)
Putin's
attitude heralds new hope for Chechnya: German official (EU
Business)
UN
starts integration plan for refugees in Russia's North Caucasus
republics (UN News Center)
Letting
in Zakaev, Belgium would face International Community Discredit
- Foreign Minister (RIA-Novosti)
Russia
does not reject Western help to Chechen economy (Itar-Tass)
Suspected
Terrorists Arrested for Deadly Raid on Police Station Near Chechnya
(Moscow News)
European
Commission ready to take part in Chechen reconstruction (Itar-Tass)
Militant
Killed in Chechnya (RIA-Novosti)
Over
19,000 Chechen refugees wish to stay in Ingushetia (Itar-Tass)
Putin:
foreign help welcome in rebuilding Chechnya (Interfax)
Russian
Forces Kill Rebel Reportedly Involved in Beheading British Hostages
in Chechnya (Moscow News)
Putin
Yes to German/EU mediation on Chechnya (Gateway 2 Russia)
Dzhabrailov
calls on Europe to deny militants' Internet support (Interfax)
Russia
ready to discuss EU involvement in Chechnya (EU Observer)
Putin,
Schroeder Seek to Resolve Chechnya Crisis on German Visit (Moscow
News)
In
Germany, Putin Backs Chechnya Talks (Guardian)
Putin
Says Ready for EU Role in Chechnya (St.Petersburg Times)
Weekly News Update - December 18
Two
armed Chechens detained in Ingushetia
(Interfax)
Victims
of Russia's 10-year Chechen war ask: why? (Reuters AlertNet)
Hunger
strike reveals strains in Polish asylum system (Reuters AlertNet)
4
Policemen Killed, Weapons Stolen in Rebel Attack in South Russia
(Moscow News)
Kazakhstan:
Chechens mark 10th anniversary of war (Irinnews)
The
bloody decade Russia wants to forget (Sunday Herald)
Chechnya's
Invisible War (IWPR)
Images
of Grozny Ten Years on (IWPR)
Kadyrov
Declares Compensation War (IWPR)
Viewpoints:
War in Chechnya (Alkhanov, de Waal, Khakamada etc.) (BBC)
War
racketeers plague Chechnya (BBC)
Weekly News Update - December 11
In
Pictures: War in Chechnya
(BBC)
Chechnya:
10 years of conflict (BBC)
Chechnya
forum: Ask a panel (BBC)
Russian
War in Chechnya Marks 10 Year Anniversary (VOA)
Special
Report: Beslan: the aftermath (Sunday Times)
Analysis:
Ten Years Of War In Chechnya (PolitInfo.com)
Bringing
troops into Chechnya in 1994 was inadequate measure - Gorbachev
(Interfax)
Caged
room shuts out demons of war - Sebastian Smith (The Times)
Grozny
gangsters hold sway in a wasteland created by Russia - Sebastian
Smith (The Times)
Russia
Defends Policy of Preventive Strikes in Other Countries (Moscow
News)
Putin
Advisor Aslakhanov Says Russia Should Talk to Chechen Commandos
(Moscow News)
Russia,
U.S. Discuss Antiterror Cooperation (Radio Free Europe)
Kremlin
Aide Rules Out End to Chechen War (The Guardian/AP)
A
Chechnya Plan: Talk - Ilyas Akhmadov (Washington Post)
Chechnya
Tore Rights Movement Apart - Nabi Abdullaev (Moscow Times)
Russia
slams Norway over Chechen envoy's visit (Reuters AlertNet)
Alkhanov
wants UN humanitarian offices opened in Chechnya (Interfax)
UN
delegation arrives in Chechnya for visit (Itar-Tass)
How
did rape become a weapon of war? (BBC)
Rights
Group Calls Women The 'Unrecognized' Casualties Of War (Radio
Free Europe)
First
Stop, Poland (Transitions Online)
The
Fiction of Harmonized Standards (Transitions Online)
Russian
soldiers blamed for disappearances (Globe and Mail)
Chechnya
school feeding expands to reach 16,000 students (Reuters AlertNet)
Three
men found dead in Chechnya's Grozny district (Interfax)
Chechen
compensation commission official kidnapped (Interfax)
Chechen
wounds have yet to heal (Houston Chronicle/AP)
Will
Chechnya become a special economic zone? (RIA-Novosti)
Council
of Europe inspectors visit jails in Chechnya (Interfax)
Chechnya:
Ten Years of Violence (IWPR)
Comment:
A War of Unintended Consequences - Tom de Waal (IWPR)
Der
vergessene Krieg - Schwerpunkt Tschetschenien
(Die Zeit - in German)
Weekly
News Update - October 10
Why
Basayev Is So Hard to Capture
(Moscow Times)
Fears
of revenge and retribution loom as 40 days of mourning following
the Beslan hostage seizure nears (Boston Globe/AP)
Landmine
Kills 2 in Chechnya (Voice of America)
Dead
Chechen mercenary had B.C. licence (Globe and Mail)
Russia
Says Europe Playing 'Double Game' On Chechnya (Radio Free Europe)
Rights
'catastrophe' in Chechnya (BBC)
Council
of Europe backs Chechnya conference (Reuters AlertNet)
Chechnya:
Leader Addresses Council Of Europe Amid Critical Report (Radio
Free Europe)
PACE
Approves Resolution on Human Rights in Chechnya, Russia Unhappy
(Moscow News)
No
draft into Russian army in Chechnya this fall (Interfax)
Forthcoming
hearings at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR press release)
Chechen
Separatist Basayev's Web Site Back Online in Finland After Lithuania
Shutdown (Moscow News)
Number
of young women abducted in Chechnya increases (Interfax)
UN
Council ready to adopt new anti-terror measure (Reuters AlertNet)
Caucasus
tension high in October, says aid expert (Reuters AlertNet)
Chechen
warlords to be killed soon (Russia Journal)
Chechnya's
president sworn in under guard (Boston Globe/AP)
Weekly
News Update - September 30
Tracing
a tragedy - Part I
(The Guardian)
Tracing
a tragedy - Part II (The Guardian)
Putin
Reforms Cause North Caucasus Anxiety (IWPR)
Georgia:
Pankisi in Firing Line (IWPR)
Confusion
Surrounds Beslan Band (IWPR)
Kabardino-Balkaria
Fears Spread of Terror (IWPR)
North
Caucasus: Growing Instability Keeps Aid Out Of Chechnya (Radio
Free Europe)
His
Road to Infamy (Transitions Online)
No
Pardon for Budanov (Transitions Online)
Putin's
Chechnya options narrow (Christian Science Monitor)
Negotiator
in Russia School Hostage Case Warns Revenge Could Ignite Regional
Violence (New York Times)
Two
Tragic Septembers - Kuchins, Trenin (St.Petersburg Times)
Quotes
by Bush on Russia and Chechnya (The Guardian)
Bush
Shifts View on Russia to Suit Election Campaign (Moscow News)
Warlord
wanted for Beslan atrocity trapped by Russian-backed forces
(The Independent)
Chechen
Separatist Leader Maskhadov Encircled by Russian Troops - Regional
Official (Moscow News)
Georgia's
Saakashvili Denies Friendly Ties With Chechen Rebels (Moscow
News)
Disbelief
as Chechens held for Russian editor's murder (The Independent)
Chechens
Held In Editor's Death (Washington Post)
Chechens
held over Forbes editor death (BBC)
Russian
Expert Doubts Chechen Trace in Murder of U.S. Editor Klebnikov
(Moscow News)
At
a School in Russia, a World of Emptiness (New York Times)
Russia
'wasted time' during siege (BBC)
Beslan
Hostage-Takers Did Not Want to Die - Former Ingush President Ruslan
Aushev (Msocow News)
Former
Ingush president calls for talks with "moderate" Chechen militants
(Interfax)
Turkish
'Mercenary' Said To Be Among Dead In Chechnya (Radio Free Europe)
Russia
considering retaliatory military strikes outside country (Knight-Ridder)
Analysis:
Beyond Beslan, The Caucasus's Fissures Run Deep (Radio Free
Europe)
Unease
at UN over Russian terror blacklist plan (The Russia Journal)
Russia
wants Chechens put on UN terror list (International Herald Tribune)
Maskhadov
Promises to Put Basayev on Trial (Moscow Times)
Beslan
siege plotter will be tried, vows Chechen leader (The Guardian)
Chechen
Leader Says Basaev Will Be Tried After War (Radio Free Europe)
Chechens'
Terror Links Drawing Attention (The Guardian)
Chechen
rebels kill four Russian servicemen (Reuters)
Moscow
steps up its reign of terror in Chechnya after the horrors of Beslan
siege (Daily Telegraph)
CE:
Chechnya should have human remains identification lab (Interfax)
Three
Chechen women indicted for complicity in terrorism (Interfax)
Shoot
first and ask questions later - if at all (Globe and Mail)
Federal
Forces Launch Major Crackdown on Chechen Rebels (Moscow News)
Russia
Seeks UN Terrorist Asylum Abuse Crackdown (Moscow News)
Chechnya's
consequences - Grigory Yavlinsky (International Herald Tribune)
News
Update - September 23
Rebel
Suspect May Have Collected Foreign Funds
(Moscow Times)
Russian
Security Forces Strike at Heart of Suicide Bomber Network (Moscow
News)
Chechen
community in Russia said to back rebuilding of republic (Gateway
2 Russia)
A
police state minus the police (The Guardian)
Putin's
Chechnya envoy urges end to corruption (Reuters)
In
the Eye of the Storms (Washington Post)
Going
Soviet: Putin and the Beslan Reponse (Eurasianet)
Russia
braces for tough new terror laws (The Guardian)
Russian
Cancels Pardon Request in Chechen Case (New York Times)
Chechens
protest mooted pardon for Russian murderer (Reuters AlertNet)
Killer
colonel drops pardon bid (BBC)
Putin's
Counter-Reformation (Transitions Online)
Patriotic
Provocation (Moscow News)
News
Update - September 20
Operation
to find Basayev, Maskhadov underway in Chechnya
(Interfax)
Russia's
Foray into Preemptive Warfare a New Challenge to its Security Establishment
(PINR)
Life
After Beslan (IWPR)
North
Ossetia Tensions Escalate (IWPR)
Moscow
Must Admit Its Mistakes in Chechnya - Diederik Lohmann
(Moscow Times)
Chechens
See Old Hostilities in New Moscow Policy (NPR - audio)
Putin
faces Chechnya dilemma over jailed colonel (Reuters)
Pardon
for Russian officer would 'spit in the soul of Chechens' (The
Independent)
Pardon
for a colonel is disputed in Russia (International Herald Tribune)
Chechen
Government Fights Budanov Pardon (Moscow News)
Beslan
reveals revolting Chechen Che (Australian Financial Review)
Governor
Backs Pardoning Russian Who Killed Chechen Woman (New York Times)
Lithuania
shuts Chechen rebel site (BBC)
In
Ethnic Tinderbox, Fear of Revenge for School Killings (New York
Times)
Russia
Errors Help Basayev Elude Capture (New York Times/AP)
Russian
Who Killed Chechen May Get a Pardon (New York Times)
Basayev
Says He Was Behind Beslan (Moscow Times)
Grieving
Beslan residents suspect death toll cover-up (The Guardian)
Chechnya
murderer pardoned (BBC)
Chechen
rebel claims Beslan siege (BBC)
Excerpts:
Basayev claims Beslan (BBC)
For
Some Beslan Families, Hope Itself Dies Agonizingly (New York
Times)
Lithuania
Hints At Shutdown Of Pro-Chechen Website (Radio Free Europe)
EU
Should Not Turn Back Chechen Refugees, UN Says (Reuters)
News
Update - September 14
Zakayev
warns west over Chechnya (The
Guardian)
Tragedies
like Beslan killings 'inevitable' (The Guardian)
Chechen
Rebel Envoy Seeks Aid for Peace (The Guardian)
Communication
Breakdown. Could the Kremlin have talked its way out of the massacre
at School No. 1? (Time)
Young
Wolves on the Prowl (Moscow News)
Moscow:
Chechens split over Beslan (Washington Times)
In
Russia, Putin's policies escalate Chechnya crisis - Svante Cornell
(Centre Daily - Baltimore Sun)
Russia
plows new funding into fighting terrorism (International Herald
Tribune)
The
Chechen's Story: From Unrivaled Guerrilla Leader to the Terror of
Russia (New York Times)
Russian
threats alarm Georgia (BBC)
Council
of Europe sounds alarm over Chechnya (Reuters AlertNet)
Critics
Say Putin Must Address Security Corruption (Washington Post)
Back
to the U.S.S.R. (Christian Science Monitor)
Putin
tightens grip on security (BBC)
From
Those Putin Would Weaken, Praise (New York Times)
Putin's
Reforms Are Dangerous for Russia (Moscow Times)
Putin's
Plan Contradicts Spirit of Constitution (Moscow Times)
Papers
Say Kremlin Mounting a 'Coup' (Moscow Times)
Powell:
Russia Pulling Back on Democratic Reform (Reuters)
Putin's
grip (Christian Science Monitor)
EU
says Russia reforms should respect human rights (Reuters AlertNet)
News
Update - September 12
Chechnya
War A Deepening Trap for Putin
(Washington Post)
Prisoners
of the Caucasus (New Yorker)
Putin's
outdated illusions are dangerous (Christian Science Monitor)
"The
Whole World Is Crying" (Time)
Russian
Helicopter Shot Down in Chechnya, Crew Killed (Moscow News)
Chechen
rebels 'behind helicopter crash'
(Reuters)
News
Update - September 11
Chechen
Rebels Mainly Driven by Nationalism
(New York Times)
Grief
turns to anger in dark Beslan (The Guardian)
Young
minds scarred by Beslan horror (The Guardian)
Analysis:
Kazakhs In Beslan? The Multiethnic Face Of Post-Soviet Terror
(Radio Free Europe)
Stop
Blaming Putin and Start Helping Him - Fiona Hill (New York Times)
A
Way Out of Putin's Catch-22 (Moscow Times)
State
of Siege. Putin's Strong Hand Is Failing Russia (Washington
Post)
John
Kampfner: Eyeball to eyeball with Vladimir Putin (The Independent)
Allies
Against Terror, Sliding Farther Apart (New York Times)
Q&A:
Stephen Sestanovich on Putin's Chechnya Problem (New York Times/Council
on Foreign Relations)
'I
fear for the future of Chechnya' - Khassan Baiev
(Boston Globe)
Maskhadov:
Chechnya's defiant ex-leader (CNN)
News
Update - September 10
Viewpoint:
Top Chechen commanders - Sebastian Smith
(BBC)
Russia
to launch Beslan inquiry (BBC)
The
Populist Approach (Moscow Times)
A
Way Out of Putin's Catch-22 (Moscow Times)
Hundreds
Demand Extradition of Chechen Separatist From U.S. (Moscow News)
Russian
Journalist: FSB Wanted to Kill Me (Moscow News)
Moscow
Region Governor Orders Sweeping Checks of Migrants (Moscow News)
Moscow
Police Beat Up Cosmonaut in Racist Attack (Moscow News)
Putin
Backtracks on Parliamentary Probe into Beslan Terror (Moscow
News)
6
Chechens Among Beslan Terrorists, No Arabs - Agency (Moscow
News)
Russian
Leader Promises Open Inquiry Into Terror Attack (New York Times)
Russia
Launches Inquiry Into School Siege (Washington Post)
Siege
Deepens Rift With West in Russia (Washington Post)
Analysis:
The Kremlin's Reaction -- Stay The Course
(Radio Free Europe)
Chechnya:
Russia's Second Afghanistan (PINR)
News
Update - September 9
Russia
Says Siege Leader Brutally Killed 3 Followers
(Washington Post)
Russia
tightens Caucasus security (BBC)
Caucasus
conflict fears escalate (BBC)
Foreign
minister attacks Britain for granting asylum to Chechen (The
Guardian)
Wary
villagers fear ethnic backlash after massacre (The Guardian)
From
Dismal Chechnya, Women Turn to Bombs (New York Times)
Putin
Moves to Strengthen Antiterror Forces in South (New York Times)
Russia:
Chechens Were Part of School Raid (New York Times/AP)
Russia's
horror (The Economist)
German
Press Review: Is Chechnya an International Problem? (Deutsche
Welle)
What
Putin Should Do (Newsweek)
Russia
shapes plan of attack (Christian Science Monitor)
Silence
of Political Elite Is Deafening (Moscow Times)
Analysis:
Russian ties with West sour (BBC)
News
Update - September 8
A
Western strategy for Chechnya -Anatol Lieven
(International Herald Tribune)
Siege
Leader Depicted as Brutal Killer Of Own Forces
(Washington Post)
Beslan
Residents Mourn Their City Along With Their Dead (Washington
Post)
Old
Animosities Boil Anew In Wake of School Tragedy (Washington
Post)
Putin
Angered By Critics On Siege (Washington Post)
Russia's
Antiterror Tactics: Reward and a First Strike (New York Times)
Grief
in Russia Mixes With Harsh Words for Government (New York Times)
Anger
rising in volatile Caucasus (Christian Science Monitor)
Beslan Tragedy has Potential to Fan Conflict Across the Caucasus
(Eurasianet)
Putin
puts 6m price on rebels' heads (The Guardian)
Poisoned
by Putin - Anna Politkovskaya (The Guardian)
'Stalin
seems to be his role model' (The Guardian)
Film
taken by militants shows hostages' desperate plight (The Guardian)
Beslan
Protesters Force Dismissal of Regional Govt. in South Russia
(Moscow News)
Moscow
Says U.S. Statements on Chechen Talks Hurting Relations (Moscow
News)
Russia's
FSB Offers $10M Bounty for Chechen Leaders Basayev, Maskhadov
(Moscow News)
Rights
Groups Criticize Russia School Siege "Cover-up" (Moscow
News)
Putin
Is Facing His Biggest Challenge (Moscow Times)
Ossetia
Ministers Fired After Angry Protest (Moscow Times)
Russia:
Beslan Hostage Crisis Rekindles Tensions Between Ossetians And Ingush
(Radio Free Europe)
Russia:
U.S. Urges Chechen Settlement, Sympathizes In School Siege (Radio
Free Europe)
Russia:
Journalist Detentions Raise Suspicions Of Media Control (Radio
Free Europe)
NGO
Says Journalists Harrassed During Beslan Siege (Radio Free Europe)
Analysis:
The Kremlin After Beslan (Radio Free Europe)
On
First of May street, someone is weeping behind every door (The
Independent)
The
unimaginable horror inside School Number One (The Independent)
One
siege, two stories: how the truth about School One is gradually
emerging (The Independent)
IWPR
special report on Beslan:
Beslan:
A Nightmare Recalled (IWPR)
North
Ossetia Boils With Anger (IWPR)
Ingushetia
Fearful (IWPR)
Beslan
Negotiations Shrouded in Mystery (IWPR)
Chechen
Leaders' Relatives Seized (IWPR)
Basayev
and Maskhadov Under Pressure (IWPR)
News
Update - September 7
Groups
Worry About Russia's Press Freedom
(Washington Post)
Hostage
Takers in Russia Argued Before Explosion (Washington Post)
Russia:
Putin Rejects Open Inquiry Into Beslan Tragedy As Critical Voices
Mount (Radio Free Europe)
Russia:
On Beslan, Putin Looks Beyond Chechnya, Sees International Terror
(Radio Free Europe)
Russian
TV broadcasts siege video (BBC)
Civilians
'began siege shooting' (BBC)
Beslan
searches for its missing (BBC)
Russians
hold mass anti-terror protests (The Guardian)
Rumours
fuel anger and threats of revenge (The Guardian)
News
Update - September 5/6
Simmering
rivalries of the Caucasus
(Financial Times)
Ethnic
Strife Looms in Wake of Beslan School Tragedy
(Moscow News)
Russian
Media Blast Putin for Lies Over Terror Attacks (Moscow News)
Questions
Mount as Russia Mourns Its Children (Moscow News)
Web-Site
Collects Over $135,000 for School Siege Victims (Moscow News)
Thousands
Attend Funerals As Russia Mourns (Radio Free Europe)
Russia:
World Reacts In Horror To Beslan Hostage Drama (Radio Free Europe)
Russia:
Troubling Questions Remain About Bloody Beslan Siege (Radio
Free Europe)
Russia
Begins Two Days Of National Mourning (Radio Free Europe)
Media
Watchdog Concerned About Russian Journalists (Radio Free Europe)
Chechnya
collecting money for Beslan terror victims (Interfax)
Humanitarian
organizations to continue aid to Beslan - UN official (Interfax)
New
school, medical center to be built in Beslan (Interfax)
Russia
Admits It Lied On Crisis. Public Was Misled On Scale of Siege
(Washington Post)
Under
a 'Crying' Sky, Beslan's Dead Are Laid to Rest (Washington Post)
Suspect:
We wanted to start a war (CNN)
Victims
of a conflict without end (The Economist)
Analysis:
The hostage-takers
(BBC)
'Hostage-taker'
interviewed on TV (BBC)
Press
fury over siege bloodbath (BBC)
Mass
funerals while Russia mourns (BBC)
Chechnya:
Why Putin is implacable (BBC)
Russians
seek answers after siege (BBC)
In
School's Ruins, a Town Confronts the Unthinkable (New York Times)
Russian
Rebels Had Precise Plan (New York Times)
Moscow's
Gloom Deepens as Fear Becomes Routine (New York Times)
An
Agonizing Vigil Leads to Reunion or Despair (New York Times)
Beslan
Gripped by Grief and Anxiety (IWPR)
Beslan
Siege Unravels, Slowly and Bloodily (IWPR)
It's
Time to Worry About the North Caucasus (Moscow Times)
Zakayev
Was Asked to Assist in Negotiations at the School (Moscow Times)
Bombers'
justification: Russians are killing our children, so we are here
to kill yours (The Guardian)
Russia
mourns Beslan's dead (The Guardian)
Putin
warns of security backlash (The Guardian)
Leading
Russian journalist 'poisoned' (The Guardian)
A
Vision of Hell (Transitions Online)
A
Chernobyl Moment (Transitions Online)
News
Update - September 3/4
There
will be another Beslan (opinion-The
Guardian)
Trauma
in the Caucasus (leader - The Guardian)
Bloodbath:
up to 200 die as siege ends in mayhem (The Guardian)
Botched
operation was a disaster waiting to happen (The Guardian)
Russia
School Siege Ends in Carnage (Washington Post)
'All
of a Sudden, the Big Bomb Blew Up'. For Children, Indelible Images
of Mayhem' (Washington Post)
Putin's
Silence on Crisis Underscores Chilling Trend (Washington Post)
Putin
shuts crisis region borders (BBC)
High
death toll in Russia siege (BBC)
'Disturbing
failures' in school assault (BBC)
Putin
on the defensive (BBC)
Eyewitness:
Scenes of chaos (BBC)
Restrained
coverage by Russian TV (BBC)
Terror
in Russia - RFERL Special (Radio Free Europe)
International
Terrorist Gang Headed by Militant Thought Dead (Moscow News)
Terrorists
Told Putin Advisor They Had 1200 Hostages (Moscow News)
Two
Emergency Situations Ministry planes deliver injured children from
Beslan to Moscow (Interfax)
Shock
and bewilderment as siege ends (Financial Times)
More
than 150 killed in Russian school siege (Financial Times)
Hostages
Escape During Fighting Between Captors and Soldiers
(New York Times)
Russian
TV Turns Away From Crisis (New York Times)
Weekly
News Update - August 30
Due
to the extraordinary nature of recent events, coverage will be continually
updated through the coming days. Check back often!
School
hostage taking:
Intl
Red Cross calls for resolving conflict in N. Ossetia peacefully
(Interfax)
Russia
siege goes into third day
(BBC)
A
terrible lesson from a classroom in Beslan (The Guardian)
'Military
action is no alternative' (The Guardian)
Russian
Town's Young Treasures Under Threat (New York Times)
Risk
to children limits time and options for Putin
(Reuters)
Rally
in Ingushetia urges terrorists to free hostages
(Interfax)
Chechen
rebels deny links to bombing, hostage drama
(Reuters)
Putin,
Too, Finds 'War on Terror' Unwinnable
(Time)
Russia's
own war
(Editorial - Boston Globe)
Russia
Rules Out Force in Hostage Drama
(Reuters)
Russia:
Hostage Drama In North Ossetia Enters Second Day; At Least 12 Civilians
Dead
(Radio Free Europe)
Russian
press in agony
(BBC)
31
released from Russian siege school (The
Guardian)
26
Hostages Released From Russian School
(Washington Post)
Chechen
Conflict Now Rages Beyond Russia's Expectations
(Washington Post)
'Exchange
us for our children. What are they guilty of?' (The
Guardian)
New
breed of extremist turns fight for independence into unrelenting
holy war (The Guardian)
Russia
talks to hostage takers (BBC)
Secrity
Council, in presidential statement, condemns hostage-taking
(UN Security Council Press Release)
Analysis:
Putin's permanent problem - Tom de Waal
(BBC)
Russia
Wants UN Security Council Session on Terror Attacks
(Moscow News)
Hostage
Crisis Unfolds in Russia as Guerrillas Seize School
(New York Times)
Attackers
storm Russian school
(BBC)
Mixed
reactions at Chechen poll (BBC)
Russian
School Attackers Threaten to Kill Children (Reuters)
Plane
crashes:
Honoring
the Dead With Hours of Lies
(Moscow Times)
The
Black Widows' Revenge (Time)
Chechnya
'Black Widows' linked to sabotage of Russian jets (Daily Telegraph)
Chechen
bombed Russian jet 'in revenge for brother's death' (Independent)
'Something
Happened Fast' in Crashes (Moscow Times)
The
Public Has a Right to Know (Moscow Times)
Plane
Crashes Won't Hurt Putin In Chechen Vote (Washington Post)
Pro-Moscow
Chechens, Separatists Deny Involvement in Plane Crashes (Moscow
News)
Russians
Find Explosives on 2nd Plane (New York Times)
Explosive
Suggests Terrorists Downed Plane, Russia Says (New York Times)
A
nation's fears reawakened (The Economist)
Moscow
sees terrorist hand in air crashes (The Guardian)
Russia's
Crashes and Chechnya (Christian Science Monitor)
Presidential
Election:
HR
Watchdog Calls for Cancellation of Chechen Election Results
(Moscow News)
As
Expected, General Wins Chechen Vote
(New York Times)
Doubts
voiced over Chechen poll
(BBC)
Chechen
vote 'tainted by fraud'
(CNN)
Kremlin's
man wins Chechen poll
(BBC)
The
Candidate Picked by the Kremlin Seems to Be the Voters' Choice in
Chechnya (New York Times)
Blast
Kills Man at Chechen Polling Station (The Guardian/AP)
Chechen
favourite was always Moscow's man (Reuters)
Chechen
Election Officials Declare Presidential Vote Valid (Radio Free
Europe)
Kremlin
Man Set to Win Tense Chechnya Election (Reuters)
Kremlin
Man Heads for Chechnya Win (Washington Post)
Chechnya:
Election Appears Sown Up (IWPR)
Money,
Phones for Chechen Voters (Moscow Times)
Chechens
Look to Election With Fear and Resignation (New York Times)
Peace,
Stability on Chechens' Minds Before Election (Moscow News)
Chechnya
Holds Election to Replace Leader (New York Times/AP)
Analysis:
Will Moscow's Man Be Elected Chechnya's New Leader? (Radio Free
Europe)
Chechnya:
Few Surprises Expected In Presidential Vote (Radio Free Europe)
Bulgarian
- OSCE Rep at Chechnya Elections (Novinite.com)
Miscellaneous:
Russia
Girds Itself For War
(Radio Free Europe)
Putin
points the finger in the wrong direction
(Economist)
Chechen
Separatists Say "Third Force" Behind Terrorist Attacks
(Moscow News)
Chechnya
Gripped by Stalinist Terror, or Where Do Suicide Bombers Come From
(Moscow News)
After
a Spate of Bombings, Moscow's Full of Foreboding (New
York Times)
10
dead as girl blows herself up (Daily Telegraph)
No
Change for Chechnya (Washington Post)
Challenge
to Chechen rebel (The Guardian)
New
Chechen leader vows peace
(Reuters)
War
without end - opinion
(The Guardian)
Europe's
darkest corner - Tom de Waal (The Guardian)
Chechnya
Bans Masks, to Open Fire on Infringers (Reuters)
Grozny
Sends Arab Envoy to Moscow (Moscow Times)
Officially,
there is no war and life is better. In reality, chaos still reigns
(The Guardian)
Military
measures alone will not cure Chechnya (The Daily Telegraph)
Grim
prospect of the war without end (The Daily Telegraph)
Remembering
Basayev's Raid Five Years On (Moscow Times)
Supreme
Court Reverses Acquittal of Russian Soldiers Who Killed Chechen
Civilians (Moscow News)
Court
rejects Chechnya acquittal (BBC)
Weekly
News Update - August 23
Chechens
Looking Abroad for Peace (Moscow Times)
The
Kremlin's Choice for Chechnya (Transitions Online)
In
Rare Visit, Putin Travels to Chechnya After Attacks (New York
Times)
Putin
Visits Chechnya After Rebel Attacks (New York Times)
Putin
Flies to Chechnya Ahead of Vote (Moscow Times)
About
50 rebels eliminated in Chechnya - military (Interfax)
Gunmen
Attack Police in Chechen Capital (The Guardian)
Police
killed in pre-poll Chechnya attacks -agency (Reuters)
About
20 international observers to monitor Chechen elections (Interfax)
Meet
the Chechen Lenin and the Chechen Zidane (Moscow News)
Operations
in Chechnya should not be conducted by masked men - opinion
(Interfax)
Liberals
Against Naming Moscow Street After Chechen President (Moscow
News)
Situation
in Chechnya Improving - Defense Minister (Moscow News)
Draftees
not to be sent to Chechnya (The Russia Journal)
4
Russians killed in Chechnya (International Herald Tribune)
Second
chance awaits Chechen child needing heart surgery (Newsday.com)
Electoral
Violations Prompt Letter to Putin From Chechen Public Figures
(Moscow News)
An
opportunity in Chechnya (International Herald Tribune)
Dancing
in the dark (Times Online)
Weekly
News Update - August 16
Puppet
State or Failed State?
(Transitions Online)
Chechnya
marks 'special' birthday (BBC)
Chechen
Boys Named After President to Get Money (Moscow News)
Chechnya:
The Jobless Horde (IWPR)
Putin
for Parliamentary Elections in Chechnya Soon (Moscow News)
Chechen
Fighters Kill Four Russian Soldiers (Radio Free Europe)
Over
200 criminal cases opened in Chechnya for misuse of funds (Itar-Tass)
Chechnya's
Terek Scores 1:0 Against Poland's Lech Poznan in UEFA Cup (Moscow
News)
OIC,
Arab League to observe Chechnya poll (Khaleej Times)
Chechnya
must be given broad autonomy - mufti (Interfax)
Russian
History Books Accused of Bias (The Guardian)
Female
Chechen Suicide Bomber Identified by Relatives (Moscow News)
Foreign
terrorist groups ordering rebels to disrupt Chechen election - FSB
(Moscow Times)
Weekly
News Update - August 9
4
Go on Trial in Mozdok Suicide Blast
(Moscow Times)
Top
Chechen Muslim Says Peace Must Involve Rebels (Moscow News)
Chechnya
wants to be free economic zone (The Russia Journal)
Rights
Groups Protest Closing of Chechen Newspaper (Moscow News)
Alkhanov:
Chechnya Needs Help (Moscow Times)
Akhmadov
Granted Asylum in the U.S. (Moscow Times)
Chechen
Presidential Candidate Warns of Continued Economic Problems
(Voice of America)
Chechnya
ecology condition causes serious concern (Itar-Tass)
Asylum
decision by U.S. fuels ire (Washington Times)
U.S.
Asylum for a Chechen Angers Russia (New York Times)
A
Conversation with Anne Nivat (WBUR Radio/Audio File)
Moscow
slams Chechen's US asylum (BBC)
Humans
behind the havoc (Book reviews - Jerusalem Post)
4
Are Killed in Rebel Attacks in Chechnya (Moscow Times)
Learning
to Parrot (Transitions Online)
Light
and Dark in the Pankisi Gorge (Transitions Online)
Chechen
Values Survive Despite War, Violence (Radio Free Europe)
Rap
rises in war-torn Chechnya
(Tiscali Music)
Weekly
News Update - August 2
Analysis:
Sole Serious Challenger Barred From Chechen Ballot
(Radio Free Europe)
Chechen
Leader Vows To Kill Election Winner (Radio Free Europe)
Red
Cross Closes Monday for Worker Kidnapped in Russia
(Moscow News)
One
year later, still no news of ICRC staff member abducted in Chechnya
(ICRC)
Chechen
Elections Spur Stability Concerns in North Caucasus (Eurasianet)
In
Promising Light in Chechnya, Moscow Shines It on One of Its Own
(New York Times)
Maskhadov
Vows to Kill Election Victor (Moscow Times)
In
Chechen election, Moscow's heavy hand is everywhere (International
Herald Tribune)
Chechen
Rebel Leader Promises Fiercer War (Moscow News)
Chechnya
clash kills three Russian police
(Reuters AlertNet)
New
Paramilitary Force in the Making in Chechnya (Moscow News)
Conference
Called to End Chechen War (New York Times/AP)
Chechen
Newspaper Closed Down Over Critical Articles (Moscow
Times)
Chechnya's
Maskhadov claims deadly rebel attack in southern Russia (Channel
News Asia)
Qatar
Court Upholds Russians' Sentences (The
Guardian)
Video
Shows Chechen Rebel Leader Arms Heading Raid (Reuters)
Weekly
News Update - July 26
Analysis:
Chechen Strongman Fights To Preserve His Private Army
(Radio Free Europe)
Analysis:
Light Shed On Ingush Militants' Motives (Radio Free Europe)
Saidullayev
Barred From Vote (Moscow Times)
Top
Rival to Moscow's Pick Barred from Chechen Poll (Reuters)
7
Candidates on Ballot for Chechnya's Election (Moscow Times)
New
Paramilitary Force in the Making in Chechnya (Moscow News)
Head
of Chechen Village, Two Others Die in Explosion (Moscow Times)
Chechen
bomb kills policeman (The Guardian)
Syrian-born
Journalist Appointed Chechen Envoy to Putin (Moscow News)
Blast
Near Russian Base Wounds 8 People (The Guardian)
Russia:
Putin Dismisses Head of General Staff In Military Shake-Up (Radio
Free Europe)
Audit
Chamber head Sergei Stepashin criticizes Chechen government restoration
methods (Itar-Tass)
Interview
with Akhmed Zakayev (Moscow News)
Weekly
News Update - July 19
Putin
Fires 3 Generals In Attempt to End Feud (Washington
Post)
Rebel
Leader Maskhadov Warns Chechnya War Will Spread (Moscow News)
Russian
Commandos Kill 19 Chechen Rebels Over Weekend
(Moscow News)
United
Russia Leader Killed in Shali (Moscow Times)
Chechen
rebel leader says war may spread (Reuters)
Chechen
politician slams Western media over rebel's letter (Interfax)
UN
says foreign staff still unable to return to Russian republic of
Ingushetia (UN News Centre)
Stavropol
Territory prosecutor's office accepts Jevikova missing person case
for investigation (Interfax)
Chechnya
'struggling with crime'
(BBC)
Demise
of the Kadyrov Clan (Moscow News)
Running
for Chechnya's Riskiest Job (Moscow Times)
12
Chechnya Security Forces Said Seized (The Guardian)
Russians
in Qatar Appeal Life Sentence (Moscow News)
President
of Chechnya unhurt after deadly bomb blast (International Herald
Tribune)
Chechen
leader escapes injury in motorcade attack; heavy fighting near Grozny
(CBC News)
Weekly
News Update - July 12
North
Caucasus: Is A Chechnya-Style Conflict Brewing In Ingushetia?
(Radio Free Europe)
Weekly
News Update - July 3
Rebel
Leader of Chechens Resurfaces on Videotape
(New York Times)
Caucasus/U.S.:
Washington Backs Kremlin On Chechen Exile In America (Radio
Free Europe)
Chechnya's
first women's magazine (BBC)
Two-Faced
Chechnya Policy - Anne Applebaum
(Washington Post)
Russians
jailed over Chechen rebel killing (The
Guardian)
In
Chechen Presidential Race, Kremlin Takes Center Stage
(New York Times)
Over
80 Civilians Missing in Chechnya in 2004
(Moscow News)
Court
Acquits Officers Charged With Murdering Chechen Civilians
(Moscow News)
Suspected
Leader of Ingushetia Attack Killed
(Moscow News)
Case
opened on accidental killing of family in Chechnya
(Interfax)
Russia
says kills leader of raids near Chechnya
(Reuters Alertnet)
Rebel
raid the last straw for Chechen refugees in Ingushetia
(AFP)
Chechnya:
Checkpoint Lottery (IWPR)
Putin
blamed as Chechnya war spreads
(Reuters)
Five
die in clash in Russia's Ingushetia
(Reuters Alertnet)
Broadening
the Chechen Peace Process
(Moscow Times)
Weekly
News Update- June 27
Guerrilla
Raids Force Chechen Refugees to Flee Again
(New York Times)
Tales
of Night of Terror in Russian Region
(New York Times)
Local
Rebels Said to Join in Chechen Group's Raids Across Border
(New York Times)
Rebel
Cause Bolstered by Injustice
(Moscow Times)
Bloody
Raid Stuns Ingushetia
(IWPR)
Not
so small any more
(The Economist)
Putin
gives Ingushetia more troops
(The Guardian)
Resolving
war in Chechnya
(International
Herald Tribune)
Chechnya
has become a danger to us all (Op-ed)
(International Herald Tribune)
West
blamed for Chechen rampage
(Scotland on Sunday)
Former
Chechen pro-Russian top official shot dead in Moscow
(Channel News Asia)
Refugees
from Russia's Chechnya Flee Police Raids
(Reuters)
OSCE
international observers to monitor presidential elections in Chechnya
(Pravda)
Russia
Attacks Raise Concerns in Chechnya
(The Guardian)
Russia:
A Terrorist In Life Is A Terrorist In Death
(Radio Free Europe)
Chechnya
abuses 'go unpunished'
(BBC)
Russia:
Ingushetia Mourns Its Dead Amid Renewed Concerns For Regional Stability
(Radio Free Europe)
Ein
Rebell auf Stimmenfang? (in German)
(Der Standard)
Weekly News Update-June 18
Chechnya:
Time for an International Role? by Tom de Waal
(IWPR)
Chechen
Leader talks to RFE/RL
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
'A
second Chechnya'
(The Guardian)
Eleven
candidates claim Chechnya presidency
(Itar-Tass)
Five
security officers killed during fight in Chechnya
(Interfax)
Rights
Lawyer Khamzayev Dies
(Moscow Times)
Putin's
heavy hand could halt Russia's rise/George Soros
(International Herald Tribune)
Chechnya's
Top Cop Tapped for President
(Moscow Times)
Slovak
woman aid worker missing near Chechnya
(Reuters Alertnet)
Assassination
Suspects Held in Chechnya
(The Guardian)
Strasbourg
Court to Hear Chechen Complaints
(Mosnews)
Pankisi
Gorge: A Refuge No More
(Transitions Online)
CAN
Interview in the Chechen Times
Putin
meets Chechen minister, boosts his poll hopes
(Reuters Alertnet)
Weekly
News Update-June 10
Young
men vanishing in Russian region
(Washington Post)
Fresh
terror fears as bomb kills nine in Russian market
(The Guardian)
Russian
delegation in Georgia to discuss repatriation of refugees from Pankisi
gorge
(Civil Georgia)
Killings
on the Increase
(Institute for War and Peace Reporting)
Grozny
Returnees Remain Penniless
(Institute for War and Peace Reporting)
Comment:
Kremlin Weighs up its Options
(Institute for War and Peace Reporting)
Political
Confusion After Kadyrov
(Institute for War and Peace Reporting)
Report
by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights on the
Rigakhoi Bombing
Andrei
Piontkovsky:Russia Must Be True to Its Words in Chechnya
(Moscow Times)
Surprise
victory of Chechen soccer club
(BBC)
Russian
news anchor sacked for interview with widow of Chechen rebel leader
(BBC)
Struggle
of reconstruction
(NYTimes)
14
Ingush doctors employed by international NGO accused of being suicide
bombers
(Moscow News)
Chechens
March on Europe - With a Ball
(IWPR)
Looking
for Kadyrov's successor
(Radio Free Europe)
PACE
rapporteurs studying situation in Chechnya
(Interfax)
Weekly News Update-May 30
Dmitri Trenin
speaks about Chechnya at the Carnegie Endowment:
www.ceip.org/files/events/events.asp?EventID=704
Chechens Worried
About Future Leader (Institute for War and Peace Reporting):
www.iwpr.net
Pankisi Chechens
concerned about Georgian-Russian rapprochement (Eurasianet):
www.eurasianet.org
Book review
of the new book on Chechnya by Trenin/Malashenko (Eurasianet):
www.eurasianet.org
New election
date set for Chechnya (BBC online):
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3735631.stm
Students abducted
in Chechnya (BBC online):
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3714151.stm
Reliefweb update
on the month of April (Reliefweb is the web portal of the United
Nations' humanitarian agencies):
www.reliefweb.int
UN to continue
work in Chechnya (Reliefweb):
www.reliefweb.int
Chechen Leader's
Death Dashes Hope for Normalcy (NYTimes):
www.nytimes.com
Chechen soccer
team wins all-Russian title (Moscow Times):
www.themoscowtimes.com
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