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Novye Aldy – before and after
February, 5th 2010

The weather in early February 2000 was nasty, cold and grey. It was as if nature were responding to the horror of what was taking place and to the fear that was spilling over everywhere. After their defence of Grozny the Chechen insurgents had fled to the mountains, leaving dead and wounded as they went. Now that Russia’s generals and politicians had tasted real victory they were almost impossible to stop...

Aldy – a case still open
February, 5th 2010

A film about the events of February 5, 2000 in the village of Novye Aldy, Chechnya, where OMON security police from St. Petersburg, Russia, carried out a "mop-up” operation. Residents of the village say that after the raid they buried 82 corpses, and the Memorial human rights centre later documented the killing of at least 56 people. No insurgents were among those who were shot – all were civilians: old people, women and children...

A.Zakaev The Kremlin is getting ready to abolish the autonomies in the North Caucasus
February, 5th 2010

Everything that has been happening in Russia, whether it be political changes, achievements or failures – everything has a direct or indirect connection to Chechnya. This is why my colleagues and I have been closely monitoring the processes which are taking place there. According to our observations and analysis Russia’s attempt to separate the Republics of the North Caucasus and the bordering Stavropol region into a distinct district, despite the present tragic situation...

Zakayev says that he is not intended to return
February, 12th 2009

I expressed my appreciation - I can now express my appreciation to those who are concerned about my fate - but my position differs principally from the position of those who today entrust themselves to the Russian leadership and actually terrorize their own people...

Chechen leader probed for alleged rights abuses
February, 12th 2009

Prosecutors did not tell the public the Kadyrov investigation had been conducted until word emerged that Falter, a Vienna weekly known for its investigative reporting, was preparing to publish an article about it on Wednesday...

New evidence available for use of Chechen tombstones in buildings
May, 27th 2008

There is new evidence that Russians used pieces of the monumental Chechen tombstones as construction materials in the late 1940s after the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, which was the absolute authority then in power across the entire Caucasus, exiled Chechens both to Siberia and the Central Asia...

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