RAI Novosti
Kyoto protocol member states to define carbon dioxide emission quotas in fall
MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Kyoto protocol member states are to define quotas on carbon dioxide emissions in Montreal, Canada this fall, Economic Development Ministry representative Vsevolod Gavrilov said Tuesday.
"The method of defining carbon dioxide emission quotas has yet to be established... I know of at least six possibilities," Gavrilov said. He added that the emission level might be "pegged to the basic period, or perhaps to the size of each country's GDP like now."
Gavrilov said it would be unfortunate if the participants failed to reach an agreement. "The results of these agreements will call for Kyoto protocol amendments anyway, so members will again decide whether or not to ratify it," the official said.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050816/41166781.html
Russian space shuttle's launch set for 2011
MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) - The first unmanned flight of Russia's Clipper space shuttle has been set for 2011, and the first manned flight has been scheduled for 2012, a senior official from Russia's leading space company told the Delovoy Vtornik (Business Tuesday) weekly.
Nikolai Bryukhanov, the deputy designer general of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation, said that the Clipper would replace the Soyuz and the Buran spacecraft to become Russia's main craft for the coming decades.
The Clipper has several advantages because it is a shuttle craft with improved aerodynamics, which allows the craft to cut regular G-forces by two to two and a half times, and irregular G-forces by five times.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050816/41162935.html
UPDATE: Russian president flies on board bomber to exercise
CHKALOVSKY AIRFIELD (the Moscow region), August 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin took a flight on board a Tu-160 strategic bomber, the Pavel Taran, to visit the site of joint military exercises conducted by long-range strategic Air Force units and the Northern Fleet.
The Tu-160 Blackjack is a multi-purpose strategic bomber designed to destroy land- and sea-based targets using strategic cruise missiles, short-range guided missiles, nuclear and conventional bombs while flying at subsonic speeds at low and medium altitudes and at speeds over Mach 1 at high altitudes. The aircraft has variable geometry wings (from 20 degrees up to 65 degrees) that allow high maneuverability at supersonic and subsonic speeds.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050816/41166148.html
Russia meets obligations on military pullout from Georgia
MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti, Andrei Malyshkin) -- Russia has honored all of its 2005 obligations on withdrawing its military bases from Georgia, a senior officer said Tuesday.
Colonel Vladimir Kuparadze, the deputy commander of Russia's troops in the South Caucasus, said: "We have pulled out what we were supposed to withdraw in 2005. Yesterday, the fifth column ... crossed the Russian-Georgian border. It was the last column to be withdrawn this year."
The HQ of Russia's group of forces in the South Caucasus said 53 vehicles, 42 trailers, and tons of military hardware had been withdrawn from Georgia. Moreover, he said materiel from Russia's former 12th military base in Batumi, Georgia, had arrived in Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiisk and been unloaded.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050816/41166573.html
Gaza pullout a step toward peaceful coexistence - Margelov
MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) - A senior member of Russia's upper chamber of parliament said Tuesday that Israel's withdrawal from Gaza was a major step toward the peaceful coexistence of Israelis and Palestinians. "This should not be seen as the success of terrorist organizations like Hezbollah, even though they are claiming this," said Mikhail Margelov, the chairman of the Federation Council's international affairs committee. "In my opinion, the withdrawal is the result of the Israeli and Palestinian leaders' political will."
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050816/41166455.html
Nuclear storage site in Murmansk to be commissioned two months late
MOSCOW, August 16 (RIA Novosti) - The first stage of a storage facility in the Murmansk Region (European Russia's north) for reactor blocks from dismantled Russian nuclear submarines will be commissioned in November 2005, deputy head of the Federal Nuclear Power Agency Sergei Antipov said Tuesday.
The joint Russian-German construction management committee made the decision to commission the first stage, Antipov said. Originally, he added, commissioning was scheduled for September.
He said the site chosen for this facility had turned out to be more geographically complicated than planned, so the project had become more expensive and the timeframe for its implementation had been extended.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050816/41167260.html
URGENT: all four cruise missiles launched from TU-160 bombers hit targets - Defense Minister
OLENEGORSK (Murmansk region), August 16 (RIA Novosti) - All four cruise missiles launched from TU-160 bombers have hit their targets at the Pemboi target range near Vorkuta (European Russia's northwest) during a military training exercise, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Tuesday.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050816/41167049.html
Russians Want Change
Moscow. (RIA Novosti political commentator Vasily Kononenko) --
Polls recently conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) have revealed a rapid increase in the number of people favoring radical political and economic reforms in Russia. There are almost as many advocates of radical reform as there are supporters of stability, which has been the main achievement of Vladimir Putin's presidency. What is it that has given rise to such unpopular and even risky attitudes?
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20050816/41164321.html
The New York Times
Israeli Forces Take Control of Largest Settlement in Gaza Strip
By STEVEN ERLANGER
and DINA KRAFT
Published: August 16, 2005
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza, Aug. 16 - Israeli settlers and sympathizers threw stones and eggs at soldiers and police officers at the largest settlement in Gaza today in an emotionally searing confrontation, as Israelis of the same generation confronted one another over the government's order to vacate the coastal territory captured by Israel 38 years ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/16/international/middleeast/16cnd-gaza.html?hp&ex=1124251200&en=5d3c8d04e217ac82&ei=5094&partner=homepage
In the Hospital, a Degrading Shift From Person to Patient
By BENEDICT CAREY
Published: August 16, 2005
Mary Duffy was lying in bed half-asleep on the morning after her breast cancer surgery in February when a group of white-coated strangers filed into her hospital room.
Without a word, one of them - a man - leaned over Ms. Duffy, pulled back her blanket, and stripped her nightgown from her shoulders.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/16/health/16dignity.html?incamp=article_popular_1
Memorial to Troops Killed in Iraq Is Vandalized in Texas
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
Published: August 16, 2005
CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 16 - Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, who has set up a vigil near President Bush's ranch here, said today that she was "very disturbed" that hundreds of small crosses bearing the names of dead American troops had been knocked down, and that her now 10-day protest was "only the beginning" of national movement to bring all American forces home from the war.
In reaction to the growing anger of many local residents over the crowds and disruptions, Ms. Sheehan's supporters said it was likely that she would move "Camp Casey," her roadside encampment named after her son, to a 300-acre piece of property closer to the president's ranch. Ms. Sheehan's supporters said that the owner of the property was sympathetic to their cause, but his identity could not be confirmed and it was unclear if the deal was complete.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/16/national/16cnd-sheehan.html?hp&ex=1124251200&en=af8e94f8f933baa4&ei=5094&partner=homepage
For the Fun of It, Remember?
Kevin Bentley, caught midwalk at the corner of Castro and 18th Streets, a hub of gay life in San Francisco.
By GUY TREBAY
Published: August 14, 2005
San Francisco
PEOPLE could hardly have been expected to have safe sex before the concept existed, as Edmund White once pointed out, and this thought is worth keeping in mind when you pick up "Let's Shut Out the World." Its author, Kevin Bentley, 49, an editor and a writer with a small but devoted Bay Area following, happens to be one of the rare men of his generation who reveled in the libertinism for which 1970's San Francisco was infamous and survived to tell the tale.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/14/fashion/sundaystyles/14bentley.html
Dubya-Dubya-Dubya.Follies.com
By ROB KENDT
Published: August 16, 2005
One measure of a successful parody is that its targets don't get it; they embrace or reject it at face value. By that standard the joke Web site whitehouse.org (not to be confused with the real deal, whitehouse.gov), inaugurated in 2001 just a few months after its central bête noire, President Bush, has been a minor triumph of counterprogramming.
The administration has not taken the bait (apart from a threatening letter from Vice President Dick Cheney, later gleefully posted and pilloried on the site). But on the evidence of "Dear Dubya: Patriotic Love Letters to Whitehouse.org," now in an extended run at the Brick Theater, some of the administration's more credulous supporters - along with the usual mixed nuts - have been taken in by the ruse.
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2005/08/16/theater/reviews/16duby.html
http://whitehouse.org/
The Moscow Times
U.S. and Russia Take Helsinki by Storm
Isinbayeva set another world record.
HELSINKI -- Lauryn Williams won her second gold medal at the World Athletics Championships by anchoring the U.S. women's 400-meter relay team to a world-leading time and Dwight Phillips won his second successive long-jump title on his first leap Saturday.
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva set a new world record in the women's pole vault, which had been postponed from Wednesday to Friday because of bad weather.
But another botched relay performance and confusion surrounding Allyson Felix's absence from the U.S. 400-meter squad marred Saturday's otherwise distinguished array of fine performances.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/08/15/091.html
Russia's Economic Maneuvers
By Alexander Golts
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Thirteen years ago, when Moscow and Beijing agreed that Russia would start shipping arms to China, the announcement made waves around the world. Military analysts began talking about the possibility of a new alliance between Moscow and Beijing that would take an anti-American tack.
Now these predictions appear to be coming true. On Thursday, Russia and China will commence their first joint military exercises, in which around 10,000 soldiers and officers will participate.
The Russian military's top brass insists that this is nothing unusual. They point out that Russia regularly conducts exercises with troops from other nations along the Pacific rim, such as the United States and Japan. This year, for example, the military also plans to hold joint maneuvers with India.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/08/15/006.html
At the Edge of the Middle Kingdom
By Andrei Piontkovsky
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The Holy Alliance formed in 1815 by the emperors of Russia and Austria and the king of Prussia was an attempt to protect the existing social order in Europe from the "orange" plague of the day, bourgeois revolution.
Though Alexander I instigated the alliance, it was his brother, Nicholas I, who put its principles into practice. Intoxicated with his role as the gendarme of Europe, Nicholas regularly sent his armies of serfs dressed up in soldiers' overcoats to crush uprisings on the fringes of his empire.
It all ended badly, however. Intent on playing its imperial games, Russia slept right through the Industrial Revolution. Following its humiliating defeat in the Crimean War, the country fell into decline as a world power.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/08/15/007.html
Putin Breaks Sound Barrier
Putin preparing to board a Tu-160 strategic bomber at the Chkalovsky airfield on Tuesday en route to a war game.
President Vladimir Putin, sitting in the pilot's seat, broke the sound barrier Tuesday as he flew in a long-range bomber to a Northern Fleet outpost to attend a war game similar to one that embarrassed the armed forces last year.
After opening the MAKS 2005 air show at the Zhukovsky airfield, Putin was whisked to the Chkalovsky Air Force Base northeast of Moscow to board a waiting Tu-160 supersonic jet.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/08/17/001.html
Chicago Tribune
Battered by drought, elms falling to disease
Area towns losing hundreds at a time
By Erika Slife, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporter Grace Aduroja contributed to this report
Published August 16, 2005
Once he's spotted the curling leaves on the outstretched branches of a stately American elm tree, Scott DeRoss' heart sinks. A forester for the village of Brookfield, he knows that just behind the tree's armor of gray bark, the Dutch elm disease fungus has begun to spread.
And this year has been heartbreaking--the village has lost 12 elms so far, compared with one or two in a typical year.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0508160184aug16,1,15820.story?coll=chi-news-hed
'Ugliest' Dog Is a Thing of Beauty to His Owner
Some people won't even touch Susie Lockheed's pooch, a champion of hideousness. But she's dedicated to him despite the world's opinion.
By Wendy Lee
Times Staff Writer
Published August 15, 2005
SANTA BARBARA — Some may call it a tale of beauty and the beast. But Sam, a 14-year-old pedigreed Chinese crested, and a three-time champ in the World's Ugliest Dog Contest, is the dog of Susie Lockheed's dreams.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-me-uglydog15aug15,1,1572018.story?coll=chi-newsopinionperspective-hed
Braun has had "discussions" about mayoral bid
The Associated Press
Published August 16, 2005, 2:56 PM CDT
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun says she has talked with people about running for mayor but has no plans to become a candidate in 2007.
Braun, who became the nation's first black female senator in 1992 and served one term, works as an attorney at a Chicago real estate development firm.
"I'm a businesswoman now and I have no current intention of running for any political office," she told the Chicago Sun-Times for its Tuesday editions.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050815braun,1,6140759.story?coll=chi-news-hed
I find the BEHAVIOR of Bush's neighbors appalling. To imagine these people who obviously feel privileged firing off guns and with the fear they might use them. Then to realize mowing down crosses by the roadside was an idea that even crossed the mind of a hate filled Crawford resident. Well. Excuse us for living ! Bush's neighbors are very violent people. Could they be Neocons? Who do they socialize with. PLEASE keep them out of New York City. Who knows what they will do there !
Some Seek Restrictions Near Bush Ranch
By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer
Published August 16, 2005, 11:43 AM CDT
WACO, Texas -- Some of President Bush's neighbors asked county leaders Tuesday to prevent large gatherings near the Crawford ranch like the ongoing anti-war protest led by a mother of a soldier who died in Iraq.
Several residents have complained of blocked roads and traffic jams in the last week since dozens of people joined Cindy Sheehan's protest by pitching tents off the winding, two-lane road leading to Bush's ranch.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-peace-mom,1,5183416.story?coll=chi-news-hed
How to handle those CTA panhandlers
By Kyra Kyles
RedEye
Published August 16, 2005
I use newspapers or books as a shield to avoid eye contact.
I fake a cell phone conversation, pretending to be so engrossed in the words of the unseen "caller" that I don't hear the constant pitches.
I stare out the window, even if I'm in the tunnel and the view is nothing more than blackness.
But despite all my tricks, sometimes I just can't dodge the panhandlers and vendors aboard the "L." And, frankly, I shouldn't have to.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/redeye/chi-050816public,1,1310884.story?coll=chi-news-hed
How do you deal with panhandlers? This message board is now closed, but please enjoy the comments already posted.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-050816panhandlers-board,1,7041059.graffitiboard?coll=chi-news-hed
Atlanta OKs panhandling crackdown
By Dahleen Glanton
Tribune national correspondent
Published August 16, 2005
ATLANTA -- After listening to hours of heated opposition from homeless people and their advocates, the City Council on Monday passed a tough anti-panhandling ordinance that forbids anyone from begging for money in most of downtown.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0508160180aug16,1,6508707.story?coll=chi-news-hed
What steps Chicago takes
Chicago Tribune
Published August 16, 2005
Chicago passed an anti-panhandling law in 2004 banning people from soliciting money throughout the city within 10 feet of a bus shelter or bus stop, a public transportation vehicle or facility, any vehicle parked on a public street or alley, a sidewalk cafe or restaurant, a gas station or within 10 feet in any direction of an ATM machine, bank or currency exchange.
The fine for the first and second offenses within a 12-month period is $50. The fine for a third offense within a 12-month period is $100. There is no jail time required. Police said most of the violations have involved aggressive panhandlers.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0508160178aug16,1,1129935.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Moscow News
Russian Media Tycoon’s Wife to Sue British Paper for Pornography Libel
Olga Rodionova, the wife of a Russian banker and media tycoon, is going to sue Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper for libel, the Trud daily reports. The paper wrote recently that Rodionova intended to star in softcore porn and the woman, whose naked photos appeared in such editions as Playboy and Penthouse, claims that the report was false.
The beautiful, buxom woman has stunned Moscow high society by posing naked for dozens of men’s magazines, while her husband not only did not mind her doing this but also encouraged her. She posed naked stroking a stuffed bear and lying on a Soviet era propaganda banner surrounded by Russian police officers and appeared wearing only a pair of dark glasses under a portrait of Leonid Brezhnev, the former Communist Party Secretary General, in the arms of a soldier who caresses her as several other servicemen wait their turn.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/10/rodionova.shtml
Open Season Declared on "Yeltsin's Family" Faction
By Nelli Monastyrskaya The Moscow News
Following ex-PM Kasyanov, CIS Executive Secretary Vladimir Rushailo could end up in the crosshairs of Russia's law enforcement agencies
State Duma deputy Aleksandr Khinshtein has issued yet another query - this time against Vladimir Rushailo.
The principal charges against him center on the possible abuse of office (when he was interior minister) in building a villa located in a government-controlled gated community in the settlement of Arkhangelskoye (Moscow Region). Khinshtein has already sent a formal query to the RF Registration Chamber. In particular, he has doubts about the provenance of funds that were used to build the villa. Furthermore, the Duma deputy says that Vladimir Rushailo's performance as CIS executive secretary has been extremely unsatisfactory. "In the course of the recent elections in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Rushailo not only failed to uphold Russia's interests, but even tried to play his own games, in particular carrying out orders from the capital of the world's freemasonry - London," Khinshtein explained to this reporter. The statement concerning Rushailo's "subversive activities" has already been sent to the Russian president with copies to the CIS heads of state.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-30-2
German Pope's Alter Ego
By Aleksandr Soldatov The Moscow News
The first 100 days of Benedict XVI's pontificate dispelled old fears but brought up new problems
The new pope was widely expected to show German toughness and pedantry. The clergy of the Roman Catholic Church was in suspense, fearing that the easy-going era of John Paul II would be followed by the tightening of screws and the enforcement of order. But now the first 100 days of Benedict XVI's pontificate have passed and the fears have been dispelled. Having become the pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger replaced his image as an austere dogmatic and "Cerberus" of church canon, befitting the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with that of a "benevolent pastor" - a soft and even somewhat shy person. People who know the pope well, however, say that this is not at all an image swapping trick. It is simply that the new office - the highest in the Christian world - has revealed to this world Joseph Ratzinger's latent, second ego. This is why many of the forecasts, based on an erroneous, or rather an incomplete perception of the new pontiff, have not been fulfilled.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-30-17
Bird Flu Spreads Westward in Russia
Denis Bulanichev, Alina Chernoivanov
Bird flu in Russia has reached the Chelyabinsk region from southern Siberia. This is the sixth region in the country where the AH5N1 strain of the virus has been discovered in domestic birds. And while it is potentially deadly for humans, no human cases have been registered yet.
On Monday, the Chelyabinsk region in the southern Urals became the sixth to join the contaminated zone. Veterinarians registered the outbreak in the settlement of Oktyabrskoye, where 60 birds died over the weekend, the region’s vice governor, Andrei Kosilov, announced on Monday. And experts have already identified the cause — testing the dead birds revealed the deadly strain. To avoid spread, local authorities decided to cull 400 domestic birds, including 270 chickens, 60 ducks, and 70 geese.
http://www.mosnews.com/feature/2005/08/15/birdflu.shtml
North Korea Has Right for Peaceful Nuclear Program — Russian Official
The People’s Democratic Republic of Korea has the right to develop its civilian nuclear capacity and can expect cooperation with other countries if it returns to the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said Monday in an interview.
“Russia has always insisted that as a sovereign state, the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, can develop its peaceful nuclear program in keeping with international law,” Alexeyev was quoted by Xinhuanet as saying in an interview with South Korea’s Joong Ang Ilbo daily newspaper.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/15/koreatreaty.shtml
Cow Parade Arrives in Moscow
The first of an anticipated 500 fiber-glass cows has made its appearance last in Moscow’s Central Mall off the Red Square. In fact, between August and October, cows will literally dot the metropolis — in various shapes, sizes, colors, and even sounds.
The “Cow Parade” originated in Switzerland, in 1998, but as it comes to Moscow, dozens of artists and famous people are trying their hand at decorating the fiber-glass animals. And while a jury is still deliberating who some of the other artists will be, just about anyone can try decorating a cow here.
http://www.mosnews.com/images/g/s109.shtml
Racist Sentiments Grow in Russia — Survey
The number of people with racist views in Russia has increased by more than 20 million, a respected daily reported Monday citing the results of a survey carried out by the All-Russian Public Opinion Center (VTsIOM).
The survey revealed that the number of people with these views had gone up from 11% to 16% within a year, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported. The Levada Analytical Center said its research showed that 58% of Russians supported the idea of a “Russia for Russians.”
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/15/sentiments.shtml
Russia needs a UN Resolution regarding Chechnya. At this point one has to wonder why the world hasn't helped to stop the terrorists in Chechya. It's been a long time. There is too much investment by both sides of this to have them settle it alone.
Total Death Toll of Post-Soviet Chechnya Conflicts Stands at 160,000 — Official
Chechnya, the Head of the State Council of the republic Taus Dzhabrailov was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying.
The number includes also the death toll among Russian servicemen, policemen and the rebels. 30,000-40,000 of those killed were ethnic Chechens, Dzhabrailov said. The official stressed that the majority of the dead were ethnic Russian civilians, who had no place to hide and had to stay in war-torn cities, while ethnic Chechens stayed with their relatives in villages.
As MosNews reported last week, Russian Defense Ministry announced that more than 3,450 Russian troops have been killed in Chechnya since federal forces re-entered the southern Russian region six years ago.
According to the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, 3,826 troops were killed and 17,892 were wounded during the first Chechen campaign, which started in 1994 and ended in 1996. 1,906 are missing in action. Based on data from human rights organizations, anywhere from 60,000 to 100,000 civilians were killed during the conflict.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/15/chechnyatoll.shtml
Five Servicemen Killed in Militant Attack in Chechnya
The military commandant of Chechnya’s Urus-Martan district and four other officers were killed in a militant attack near the village of Roshnichu early Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.
All the victims were in an investigative group, dispatched to the scene of an attack on the home of head of the village administration Shamkhan Beksultanov and led by Military Commandant Alexander Kayak, Interfax reports.
After Beksultanov’s house attack and arson was reported to the police, a military unit set off for help and in a clash that followed five officers, including the commandant, were killed, and two more wounded, RIA Novosti adds.
It was earlier reported that four officers died, and two servicemen were wounded when their motor vehicle hit a mine in the village of Roshnichu.
No losses have been reported on the militants’ side, although there are numerous blood stains where the clash took place, Gazeta.ru adds.
An investigation is in progress.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/14/chechnyasoldiers.shtml
12-Year-Boy Killed by Car Bomb Blast in Chechnya Capital
Chechen capital of Grozny on Monday. Eleven people were injured, Interfax news agency reported.
The car blew up near a big store, a gas station and a cafe. A police car parked nearby was also damaged.
The blast interrupted the government meeting in Grozny. Chechen president Alu Alkhanov ordered to make all possible measures to find and detained involved in the incident.
The Echo Moskvy radio station said that according to unconfirmed reports the blast claimed three lives.
15.08.2005 15:04 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Total Death Toll of Post-Soviet Chechnya Conflicts Stands at 160,000 — Official
14.08.2005 12:12 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Five Servicemen Killed in Militant Attack in Chechnya
12.08.2005 12:49 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Sister of Chechen Rebel Warlord Abducted in Russia’s Chechnya
11.08.2005 11:15 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
3,459 Troops Killed in Chechnya in 6 Years — Russian Defense Ministry
09.08.2005 15:00 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Every Chechen Town to Have a Street Named After Slain President Kadyrov
09.08.2005 13:47 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Russian Republic of Ingushetia Bans Gambling Following Chechnya’s Lead
04.08.2005 19:58 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Chechen Top Religious Authorities Declare Jihad on Wahhabism and Terrorism
03.08.2005 11:25 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Pro-Russian Leader Bans Gambling Business in Chechnya
02.08.2005 13:03 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Red Cross Stops Work in Chechnya to Mark Employee’s Kidnapping
24.07.2005 10:50 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Dagestan Train Blast Kills One, Wounds Four
20.07.2005 20:08 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Suspects in Chechnya Police Car Blast Detained, Death Toll Rises to 15
20.07.2005 11:59 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Chechnya Mourns Terrorist Attack Victims, Expects More Bombs
19.07.2005 16:46 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Death Toll in Car Blast Rises to 14, Chechen Leader Blames Basayev
19.07.2005 14:53 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
10 Killed in Police Car Blast in Chechnya
18.07.2005 11:42 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Chechen Victims of 1944 Stalinist Deportation Say Compensation “Insulting”
17.07.2005 17:39 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Tax Officials Held in Chechnya on Extortion Charges
16.07.2005 14:40 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
8 Killed in Helicopter Crash in Chechnya
15.07.2005 15:43 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Pro-Moscow Leader Opposes “Chechen Terrorists” Label
15.07.2005 15:26 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
UK Ready to Hand Over Chechen Rebel Envoy Zakayev if Russia Proves Guilt — Ambassador
14.07.2005 18:08 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Czech Aid Agency Says Russia Forces Closure of Chechnya Office
07.07.2005 15:19 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Russia’s Defense Minister Says Conscripts Will No Longer Serve in Chechnya
07.07.2005 13:32 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
51 Soldiers Killed in Chechnya Over Past 6 Months — Defense Ministry
06.07.2005 13:26 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Police Raid in Volatile South Russia Region Ends in Bloodshed
06.07.2005 11:16 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Chechen Warlord Basayev Says He Would Target Moscow Olympics
05.07.2005 17:32 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Explosion Hits Police Post in Troubled Dagestan, 2 Killed
05.07.2005 12:21 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Politician Killed in Latest Attack in Russia’s Dagestan
04.07.2005 16:01 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Top Police Officials Fired for Failure to Stop Terrorists in South Russia
04.07.2005 12:39 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Suspects in Chechnya Train Blast Had Extremist Literature — Investigators
04.07.2005 12:20 MSK, MOSNEWS.COM
Chechen Government Says Rock Festival Cancelled Amid Security Fears
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