| 04 November 2003
Russian ministry officials abducted in Chechnya Grozny, 4 November (RIA Novostei): Two officials of the Russian Justice Ministry's Chechnya directorate and an officer of the combined force have been abducted in Urus-Martanovskiy District of Chechnya, Ruslan Atsayev, representative of the republic's Interior Ministry, told RIA today. "The abduction took place at 2000 [1700 gmt] on 3 November on a road between the villages of Shalazhi and Gekhi-Chu," Atsayev said. Interfax, 04 November 2003 3 pro-Moscow officials abducted in Chechnya Two officers of the Chechen Justice Ministry and one civilian employee of the Combined Group of Forces in the North Caucasus have been abducted in Chechnya's Urus-Martan District. A representative of the Chechen Interior Ministry told the press on Tuesday that the three people were kidnapped about 20-00 on Monday while on the way between two villages. About 20 armed people stopped their car, made the representatives of the authorities to get into another car and fled the scene of crime. Law enforcers are working o establish the whereabouts of the abducted.
Russian armoured vehicle kills five women CHECHNYA. The Chechen Committee for National Liberation has reported that on 28 October an armoured vehicle carrying Russian soldiers close to Urus-Martan crashed with a RAF car, with passengers inside. Five women were killed. According to eye-witnesses, the armoured vehicle was driving along the road when it suddenly turned to one side and literally crushed the taxi. The five female passengers, who have not been identified, died as a result of the collision. Their remains have been taken to the Urus-Martan mosque. The Committee reports that today relatives identified the bodies of two of the women and took them for burial. The others are still in the mosque. After the accident the armoured vehicle was removed to an unknown location. The driver of the RAF car managed to escape from the driving seat and was unharmed. PRIMA News Agency [2003-11-03-Chech-06] 2003-11-05 14:42
FSB of Russia
analyses activity of some international humanitarian organisations in
Ingushetia "The missions of some international humanitarian organisations are engaged in open propaganda in the camps for migrants, aimed against the stabilization of the situation in Chechnya and Ingushetia," Ivan Pomeshchenko said. According to him, "the activity of such organisations is now being thoroughly analyzed by the bodies of the Federal Security Council of the Russian Federation." Speaking about the return of Chechen migrants from Ingushetia to Chechnya, Pomeshchenko underscored that "the process is taking place on a merely voluntary basis." According to him, the results of the latest public poll of the migrants show that only two percent of the respondents refuse to return to Chechnya. In October, more than 1,200 migrants voluntarily returned to Chechnya. The chief of the Migration Service Department of Ingushetia pointed out "the great assistance of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in resolving the problems of the Chechen migrants." |