INFORMATION CENTER OF THE SOCIETY
OF RUSSIAN-CHECHEN FRIENDSHIP
Press release No. 360, February 17, 2003
In Chechnya people continue to disappear.
A railway bridge is mined in Grozny.
Restoration work in the capital of the Chechen Republic goes on at its height.
One more case of forced disappearance in Grozny.
Report from the Chechen Republic
Achkhoi-Martan district
In Chechnya people continue to disappear
On February 12, 2003 even during the visit of Alvaro Khil-Robles to Grozny Chechen
citizens were still subject to forced disappearances.
For example, on February 12, 2003 at night in the village Achkhoi-Martan unknown
people in masks and camouflage seized Khusein Zavliev, aged 19. During the detention
the man's relatives were subject to beating.
At 05.00 a.m. armed people in masks drove away from his house the father of three
children Mansur Mairbiev, aged 24, who lives in 70 Sovetskaya St.
Relatives of the disappeared appealed to all law-enforcement structures of Achkhoi-Martan
district, however, received no certain facts about the location of Khusein and
Mansur. District militiamen thought that the men had been captured by members
of federal units.
(From our correspondent.).
Grozny
A railway bridge is mined in Grozny
On February 13, 2003 at 10.20 a.m. in Saikhanov St. of Grozny all movement towards
the bridge over railway lines was stopped. According to militiamen, the bridge
was blockaded because of the received information that it had been mined.
(From our correspondent.).
Restoration work in the capital of the Chechen Republic goes on at its height
On February 12, 2003 in Leninsky district of Grozny a building company "InterBusiness-55"
started to restore the highest building of the Chechen capital. Partly destroyed
during the first Chechen war, the 16-story-house was a place of sight-seeing.
At present workers clear up the area. We hope that soon Grozny will take its previous
view.
(From our correspondent.).
One more case of forced disappearance in Grozny
On February 14, 2003 Magomadovs, residents of Grozny, appealed to our correspondent.
As it became known, on February 6, 2003 members of federal units arrived in APCs
at the Magomadovs' house that is situated in Kluchevaya St. Soldiers, many of
whom were in masks and camouflage, broke into the building and started a search.
Having found nothing criminal, they seized Magomadov Ruslan Abashevich (1966)
and drove him away in the unknown direction.
According to relatives and neighbors, Ruslan has never been engaged neither in
the so called illegal armed formations nor in criminal groups. Relatives of the
man appealed to various law-enforcement structures (militia, Federal security
Service, procurator's office) and republican administration. However, Magomadov
is still registered missing.
(From our correspondent.).
Editor in chief Stanislav Dmitriyevsky.
Editor of this edition Oksana Bazhina.
This edition has been put out with the support of The National Endowment for Democracy,
as part of their "Russian-Chechen Information Partnership".