Blackmail: People threatened
by shelling if they refuse to vote
Russian occupation authorities in Chechnya promise to subject to shelling one
or another village in case of refusal to take part in illegal "referendum of new
constitution" to be held late in March. The information has been obtained from
the residents of Chechnya who managed to leave their native villages and
towns recently. According to them, Russian authorities try to force the Chechens
to go to the referendum and get necessary votes through blackmail.
In the meantime, the President of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov
warned the Russian authorities and their collaborationists that Chechen forces
would not allow conducting of anti-national referendum on the territory of Chechnya.
Ibraghim Musostov specially for Chechenpress, 18.02.03.