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TITLE: Moscow Correspondent Anna Politkovsksys Arrested by the FSB |
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PUB: Russia Today |
DATE: February 23, 2001 |
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According to Vyacheslav Izmailov, military observer of "Novaya gazeta" newspaper, his colleague, Anna Politkovskaya, who was to have gone with the head of Chechen government Stanislav Ilyasov to a mountain village of Makhety, Vedeno district, has been detained in the village by the FSB officers. She went there, having received a letter, signed by 90 village families, seeking to leave the village because of their conflict with the federal troops. FOREIGN MINISTRY LAMBASTES EUROPARLIAMENT Russia's Foreign Ministry expressed surprise over the recent resolution on Chechnya, passed by European parliament. It says the resolution contains an assortment of old accusations and allegations which have nothing in common with the present reality, like allegations about "illegal detentions of civilians in concentration camps", appeals top the warring sides for a cease fire, and demands that Russia resume talks with separatists under the supervision of international organizations. MAYOR OF GROZNY SPEAKING ON HIS POWERS TO FIGHT CRIME The Mayor of Grozny, Bislan Gantamirov, expressed serious disapproval of the work of local Chechen police force, which, in his words, "took refuge in Gudermes, fighting local market merchants, hooligans and petrol stations' operators, instead of the real bandits". Gantamirov complained that out of 200 police officers of Leninski District Police department only six have IDs and carry machine guns. This actually makes him powerless in fighting crime in the capital. COSSACKS PLATOON IN CHECHNYA According to commander of 205th mechanized brigade, Colonel Sergei Tulin, a platoon of Cossacks has been formed there, which guard key installations in Shelkovski district. FIGHTING COUNTS According to the headquarters of the federal task force in Chechnya, during February 19 the army positions came under fire 11 times. Two freight trains on Gudermes-Argun railroad were also attacked. 40 explosive devices were defused, three of them on state highways. In a shoot out in Leninski district of Grozny two separatists were killed and one serviceman was wounded. Next day two Chechen policemen and three civilians were killed in Grozny. (C) 2001 Glasnost Foundation END |