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Russia-Chechnya-landmine Teenager killed by landmine in Chechnya MOSCOW, March 22 (AFP) - A 15-year-old boy has been killed by a landmine in the Urus-Martan region, southwest of the Chechen capital Grozny, ITAR-TASS news agency quoted the Russian interior ministry as saying on Monday. The adolescent's death on Sunday came just three days after three other children under 13 were wounded by a shell in Urus-Martan. The shell, which the children found in a ravine, exploded when they threw it in a fire. On March 18 a 17-year-old shepherd was also killed by a landmine in Chechnya's northeastern Naursk region. Olara Otunnu, a United Nations' special representative who visited Russia in June 2002, said at the time Chechnya was "one of the most landmine-polluted areas of the planet". March 19th 2004 · Prague Watchdog Timur Aliyev, North Caucasus - About 200 people from the Republic of Ingushetia staged a rally today next to the road that connects Nazran with Magas, demanding to know the whereabouts of their relatives. The demonstrators held signs stating, "Free Our Relatives Now!"; "Tell Us Where Our Kidnapped Relatives Are"; "Zyazikov, Stop the Terror of Your Nation Unleashed by Special Services." "We gathered here to learn where our loved ones had been taken and who were the abductors. We want to let President Putin know what’s going on around here." This statement was made to our Prague Watchdog correspondent by Magomev Yandiyev, whose son Timur was abducted two days ago (see PW's report). The protesters said that during the past two weeks, 21 people have been kidnapped by unknown armed and masked men in Ingushetia. "We have no idea where they are or who are the abductors," said Yandiyev. Another participant, Magomed Mutsolgov, said that his brother was kidnapped in Karabulak last December; men in military uniforms and masks shoved him into a Niva car and took off. "The policemen who stopped the car at a checkpoint and saw the abductors claimed that they were members of the Federal Security Service (FSB) working in Ingushetia. We contacted all the forces, the presidents of Russia and Ingushetia, the Prosecutor's Office and the FSB, but were unable to find out who kidnapped him, what crime he’s accused of or where he was taken," he said. Mutsolgov added that everyone had denied their involvement in his disappearance. "However, via payments and relatives they finally told us that he’s probably in Grozny at Khankala, Russia's military base. All this reminds me of 1937, when people suddenly disappeared off the streets and no court proceedings or investigations were ever held. Special services operate here like bandits." The rally on the outskirts of Nazran continued until the police and Deputy Interior Minister Ziyaudin Kostoyev arrived. He asked all the protesters to disperse and promised to personally look into these abduction cases. However, only after the police threatened to forcibly break it up did the rally finally end. eng.kavkaz.memo.ru 20/3/2004 Representatives of unidentified security agencies have abducted and taken away in an unknown direction over 20 residents of Ingushetia since the beginning of the year. On March 19, relatives and friends of abducted and missing people, who have been driven to despair by the unsuccessful search, staged a spontaneous action of protest on the outskirts of Nazran. More that 200 people demanded that the authorities take immediate measures to search for and release the detainees. Protesters held banners "Stop extrajudicial executions in the streets of the republic", "Tell us where our abducted relatives are", "Zyazikov, stop the terror against people unleashed by security services". "We only want to know who those people in masks and camouflage are and why they are entitled to administer extrajudicial executions in the streets of the peaceful republic. Is there anybody who is really able to protect us from security agents today?" asks the father of Timur Yandiyev, who was abducted by servicemen in the street in Nazran on March 16. The meeting lasted for about an hour. Police officers started coming to the scene at 16:00 Moscow time. In half an hour, they managed to persuade the protesters to break up. Author: Malika Suleymanova 22.3.2004 CHECHNYA. (NGOs’ Council Information Centre) On 18 March, in the outskirts of Novoterskoe village in Naurskiy District of Chechnya, a 17-year-old local resident died. There is information that the young man who tended sheep near the village, was blown up by a mine. The young man died on the spot from sustained injuries. His name is to be confirmed. Translated by Olga Sharp SRChF PRIMA News Agency [2004-03-19-Chech-06] Source: Own correspondent
The Chechen Times 15.03.2004 A woman from Urus-Martan is killed at a checkpoint On March 1, 2004 Russian servicemen at a checkpoint situated between Urus-Martan town and Guekhi village, Urus-Martan district of the Chechen Republic, opened unprovoked fire and killed Khaskhanova Lyuba Salamovna (born 1985). One of witnesses, a taxi-driver, Sultan by name (his surname isn’t revealed for the safety purposes) told a reporter of the Information Center at the Society for the Russian-Chechen Friendship about the tragedy. According to him, the girl was riding in «VAZ 21063» car. There was a diver in the car too. When the car passed the checkpoint, the servicemen opened fire at it all of a sudden. The driver was seriously wounded. The Information Center hasn’t managed to find out his name. There is unconfirmed information that his relatives took him out of the republic.
50 collaborators disappear in Chechnya An interesting report came from Chechnya. Kavkaz Center’s sources reported that 50 armed Kadyrov’s collaborators disappeared a few days ago, supposedly last Tuesday. The source reported that on that day abandoned cars were discovered in Upper Terek District, but no collaborators were spotted. The entire Chechnya is full of all sorts of rumors in this regard. According to one of the versions, the collaborators just ran away from their ungrateful service to Moscow’s puppet, sold their weapons to the Chechen troops (to Mujahideen) and left the territory of Chechnya. Another version says that an armed group of collaborators joined the Chechen Armed Forces. So far no one knows what really happened. But 2-3 days after that incident the reports started coming in from Chechnya that Russian invaders started raiding some specific units of collaborators and so-called pro-Russian police. No information is available on whether these activities of the invaders are tied to the disappearance of the collaborators. Kavkaz-Center News 2004-03-22
Human rights activists from Russian watchdog center Memorial said that since the beginning of this year over 60 people have been kidnapped in Chechnya. Memorial’s representative Dmitry Grushkin says that 26 people have been released, 35 disappeared without a trace and 2 were found dead. Radio Liberty reported that Mr. Grushkin mentioned that according to the reports from human rights activists, bandits from personal security service of the ringleader of Chechnya's puppet regime Kadyrov are often involved in the kidnappings. Kavkaz Center’s source in Ingushetia reported that Tuesday March 16 in Nazran, Ingushetia armed Russian invaders with masks and camouflage uniforms on kidnapped and took away Timur Yandiyev, b. 1978, student of extramural department of the University of Ingushetia, native of Karabulak. Mr. Yandiyev is married and has a daughter. He was kidnapped right on the premises of the company, where he works as a system administrator, and taken away. The source reported that the management of his company contacted the police and the FSB of Ingushetia, as well as the traffic patrol service, but no information about Timur Yandiyev’s whereabouts has been revealed. Kavkaz-Center News 2004-03-18 |