Anna Politkovskaya: Kadyrov will never be Chechnya president
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posted by zaina19 on October, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/13/2006 1:49 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 7/10/2006 Anna Politkovskaya: Kadyrov will never be Chechnya president In her interview today to the special correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot," Anna Politkovskaya commented on Ramzan Kadyrov's carrier prospects and the stormy construction activities unfolded in the restless Russian province on the eve of the jubilee of Chechnya Prime Minister. We remind you that on Thursday, October 5, Kadyrov reached his 30 years - the age, at which he may become president under the Chechen Constitution. "Despite the universal beastliness, set up by journalists who went in plenty to lick the known places in Tsontoroj and all our rest insane Russian VIP-managers, who found it a great honour to celebrate a 30 year jubilee of a certain individual premier of a tiny republic, I think that Kadyrov has poor prospects," Anna Politkovskaya spoke in a confident voice. "I can't know whether Putin wants ... >> full...
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Mother of Elina Ersenoeva, the last Basaev's wife, kidnapped in Chechnya
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/13/2006 1:52 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 11/10/2006 Mother of Elina Ersenoeva, the last Basaev's wife, kidnapped in Chechnya On October 6, in the village of Starye Atagi of the Grozny Rural District of the Chechen Republic, the members of unknown power units kidnapped mother of earlier disappeared Elina Ersenoeva, a string correspondent of the "Chechenskoye Obschestvo" newspaper and the last wife of Shamil Basaev. This news is reported in the message of the Russian-Chechen Information Agency that got into the editorial office of the "Caucasian Knot." On October 6, unknown people called the woman up and said that they had information on the location and fate of her kidnapped daughter. The strangers offered Elina Ersenoeva's mother to come to meet them at the building of Rural Administration and to take information from them. On her way to the building, the woman was kidnapped by a group of persons ... >> full...
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11/10/2006 Lidia Yusupova, human rights activist from Chechnya, may be awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/13/2006 1:56 PM CAUCASIAN KNOT / NEWS 11/10/2006 Lidia Yusupova, human rights activist from Chechnya, may be awarded Nobel Peace Prize Lawyer Lidia Yusupova, employee of the "Memorial" Human Rights Centre's representative office in Grozny, Chechnya capital, who is specializing on violation of human rights in Chechnya, may become the third laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize from Russia during the whole history of this prestigious award. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize this year and is among the tenner of most perspective candidates. A native of Grozny, Yusupova is soon going to get back from Moscow to Chechnya, despite the threats of murder and kidnapping. Today, the "Nezavisimaya Gazeta" reported about this. Lidia Yusupova herself told the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" that only yesterday, from a correspondent who approached her for comments, she learnt that she was a probable nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. "We supposed ... >> full...
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Murdered Russian journalist buried
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posted by zaina19 on as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/10/2006 2:16 PM Murdered Russian journalist buried by Tuesday 10 October 2006 12:01 PM GMT Rallies were held in Moscow demanding an investigation The funeral of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist who was murdered on Saturday, has taken place in Moscow. Dozens of Politkovskaya's colleagues, public figures and admirers of her work gathered at the Troyekurovskoye cemetery on Tuesday. Politkovskaya was shot and killed at her apartment block in central Moscow. Prosecutors have linked her murder to her work and many politicians and journalists have described her murder as political. She won prominence in Russia for her criticism of the government's policies, in particular its conduct of the war in Chechnya. Admirers Nikolai Smirnov, an architect from St Petersburg who flew to Moscow to pay his respects to his favourite writer, said: "She was a unique woman in today's Russia, which has only a small bunch of honest people in politics and journalism. "Unfortunately, this is ... >> full...
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From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 10/10/2006 3:03 PM Tuesday, October 10, 2006 Russia: Where's Putin? Russia - Funeral : Women throw flowers on the road in front of the car carrying the coffin of Anna Politkovskaya at Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow, 10Oct2006 The hearse carrying the body of Anna Politkovskaya makes its rose-strewn way toward the Troyekurovskoye cemetery in Moscow (epa) Expressions of sorrow and calls for justice have been heard from numerous world leaders and rights watchdogs since the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya on October 7. But in the days since Russian President Vladimir Putin has been largely silent, offering his first public comment only today. MOSCOW, October 10, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- More than a thousand mourners today gathered at Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery for the funeral of Anna Politkovskaya, a woman many described as one of the country's bravest and most influential journalists. "There have been other journalists in Russia who wrote the truth, but ... >> full...
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