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New Report: “Beslan: Russia’s 9/11?”
Report by John Dunlop Chronicles Hostage Crisis, Russian Coverup
For Immediate Release
Contact: Glen E. Howard, +1 202.364.2466
Washington, DC — The Jamestown Foundation and the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya (ACPC) today published a major investigative report concerning the September 2004 terrorist attacks in Beslan, Russia. Authored by Stanford University expest and [...]

On September 1, 2004 Chechen terrorists took an entire school hostage and in the resulting firefight with the Russian security forces many children and parents died.
PBS aired an episode this summer about the tragedy that I discussed previously.
A few days ago a visitor to my site left a URL for a website created by the [...]

Wide Angle, a show on PBS hosted by Bill Moyers did an episode about the Beslan School tragedy last night. I was excited that anything related to the ongoing war in Chechnya would get any air time at all in the U.S. so I made some time in my evening to watch it.
The show [...]

On July 12 at 9:00pm the PBS show “Wide Angle” will begin it’s 2005 season with an hour episode about the Beslan school siege by Chechen terrorists. As Russia allows very little news to escape about the war in Chechnya, this show promises to be very interesting. From the description on the website [...]

Mark N. Katz writes a nice short article in the Washington Times about Putin’s motivations to continue the conflict in Chechnya.
Analysis: Putin’s self-defeating policy
Moscow’s failure to quell the Chechen insurgency has humiliated the Russian armed forces… But after promising to pacify Chechnya, such a withdrawal could cause grave damage to Putin politically… In short, [...]

Gavin points out an article written by Jonathan Steele about Europe’s new strategy concerning the war in Chechnya in the Guardian.
So it is with Chechnya, Europe’s longest-running but least visible war. When Vladimir Putin, its architect, met the leaders of France, Germany and Spain in Paris last week, the subject was not discussed. Silence was [...]

Moscow has committed a grievous error by murdering Aslan Maskhadov, the legitimate President of Chechnya. Not only was this man elected in a free election that was recognized by the west, but he continued to champion peace - most recently by decreeing a month long cease-fire during February. Only days before his death [...]

Aslan Maskhadov, the elected President of Chechnya was killed today in a raid by Russian forces on a bunker he was hiding out it. One must wonder who Moscow has to negotiate with now that the only rebel leader who was interested in peace is dead. Actually, it seems to make perfect sense. [...]

The Chechen Republic of IchkeriaResources concerning current events and the crisis in the Russian breakaway republic of Chechnya.
BlogsChechnya: News, Opinion, Ranting
NewsGoogle News - ChechnyaYahoo News - Chechnya ConflictChechnya NewsChechnya WeeklyRadio Free Europe / Radio Liberty - Crisis in ChechnyaKavkaz Center (pro-independence)Chechen Press (pro-independence)
Chechen Sites - Pro-IndependenceMinistry of Foreign AffairsThe Chechen Times
Chechen Sites - Pro-MoscowChechnya Free
OrganizationsAmerican [...]

Saturday marked the 10th anniversery of the day on which President Boris Yeltsin sent Russian troops into Chechnya. For an excellent summary of the conflict over the past ten years, including comparisons of Yeltsin’s war (1994-1996) and Putin’s war (1999-present) read the article written by Liz Fuller at Radio Free Europe, Analysis: Look Back [...]