Text of report by Chechen GTRK Vaynakh TV on 14 December
[Presenter] Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov held a news conference for local and foreign journalists today. The foreign guests were impressed with positive changes in the republic in a short period of time. Akhmed Susuyev has details.
[Correspondent] Foreign journalists started the news conference pleasantly. The first question was about achievements. You have restored so much during a year, when are you planning to complete [restoration], they asked. Kadyrov replied that the programme "no signs of war" would be completed in three years and the republic would be the most beautiful region of the Russian Federation.
A Swiss correspondent asked about construction projects, whereas his Japanese colleague was more concerned about Kadyrov's relations with Moscow and personally with President [Vladimir] Putin.
[Kadyrov] I do [indistinct] him because he is the only man who today can [changes tack] Russia is great and mighty and only President Putin and his team can maintain this.
[Correspondent] There were questions about the killing of [Russian journalist] Anna Politkovskaya and the Kadyrovites movement. Do you like it? No, Kadyrov replied firmly. Our enemies say this. Who are your enemies, he was asked. This question should be put to [exiled Russian tycoon Boris] Berezovskiy and [director of the national information service under the rebel State Defence Committee - Majlis ul-Shura, Movladi] Udugov, Kadyrov replied. In passing, he advised that [rebel foreign minister Akhmed] Zakayev returns to his theatre [Zakayev used to be an actor].
Incidentally, he did not even use the word "to kill" when speaking about Anna Politkovskaya.
[Kadyrov] Politkovskaya was not saying or writing anything. She did not have anything to write about. She used to write bad things about my father [late pro-Moscow Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov]. It I had wanted, I would have done something bad to her at that time. I never fight journalists. That is their job. In addition, she is a female and a mother. It would have been better if she had stayed at home to keep household. But that was her destiny. What can we do? The Almighty is the judge.
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Arrested US citizens' families to protest in Montenegrin capital
Podgorica MINA in Serbian 1022 GMT 15 Dec 06
Arrested US citizens' families to protest in Montenegrin capital
Text of report by Montenegrin Mina news agency
Podgorica: The families of the arrested US citizens accused of planning terrorist actions in Montenegro have said that they have been allowed to hold a protest rally outside the US embassy in Podgorica.
The rally dubbed "America, look after your citizens" is scheduled for Sunday [17 December] from 1200 to 1400 [1100-1300 gmt].
"We are calling on all those who are opposed to the violence against the arrested Malisori [ethnic Albanians living in the Malesija region south of Podgorica and in northwestern Albania] and those who sympathize with us to join us", says the statement signed by Djeljos and Katrina Dedvukaj.
The Montenegrin police had banned this gathering earlier, for reasons of "traffic safety", the organizers said.
Special organized crime prosecutor Stojanka Radovic has accused 18 people, including several US citizens, of planning terrorist actions in Montenegro.
Arrested US citizens' families to protest in Montenegrin capital
Text of report by Montenegrin Mina news agency
Podgorica: The families of the arrested US citizens accused of planning terrorist actions in Montenegro have said that they have been allowed to hold a protest rally outside the US embassy in Podgorica.
The rally dubbed "America, look after your citizens" is scheduled for Sunday [17 December] from 1200 to 1400 [1100-1300 gmt].
"We are calling on all those who are opposed to the violence against the arrested Malisori [ethnic Albanians living in the Malesija region south of Podgorica and in northwestern Albania] and those who sympathize with us to join us", says the statement signed by Djeljos and Katrina Dedvukaj.
The Montenegrin police had banned this gathering earlier, for reasons of "traffic safety", the organizers said.
Special organized crime prosecutor Stojanka Radovic has accused 18 people, including several US citizens, of planning terrorist actions in Montenegro.
FSB Officers Seize 500 Kg Of Explosive In Sakhalin In 2006
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, December 15 (Itar-Tass) - - Officers of the Federal Security Service (FSB) have seized 500 kilograms of explosive, 75 shells and mines, 11 grenades and about 1,500 pieces of ammunition of different calibre. This is the result of work of the FSB Department for the Sakhalin Region in 2006, the press service of the department reported on Friday.
According to the press service, FSB specialists continue combating poaching at sea and illegal export of seafood products to ports of foreign countries. As a result, 133 tonnes of crabs, 40 tonnes of sea urchin, 17.5 tonnes of red caviar and other seafood products worth 21.5 million roubles have been confiscated from poachers in 2006.
Today's priority task of FSB specialists working in Sakhalin, as representatives of the press service said, is to protect personal rights and freedoms, achievements in the field of high technologies, ensure information security, as well as fight with terrorism, political and national extremism.
According to the press service, FSB specialists continue combating poaching at sea and illegal export of seafood products to ports of foreign countries. As a result, 133 tonnes of crabs, 40 tonnes of sea urchin, 17.5 tonnes of red caviar and other seafood products worth 21.5 million roubles have been confiscated from poachers in 2006.
Today's priority task of FSB specialists working in Sakhalin, as representatives of the press service said, is to protect personal rights and freedoms, achievements in the field of high technologies, ensure information security, as well as fight with terrorism, political and national extremism.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Litvinenko's father urges USA to end support for Russia
Valter Litvinenko, the father of Aleksandr Litvinenko who died in London on 23 November from radioactive poisoning, has asked the government and people of the USA to stop giving economic assistance to Russia.
In an appeal to the US government and nation posted on Chechenpress rebel website on 7 December, Litvinenko said:
"US citizens, dear President Bush. Do not give assistance to Putin's criminal government, do not make for the strengthening of his unlimited power. Do not listen to his smooth speech and false exhortations. He is lying... I appeal to you with only one request - do not support Putin's murderous regime so that a nuclear weapon does not kill your children just like it killed my son."
Litvinenko urged President Bush to demand Putin's apologies for everything that has happened in Russia since 1917.
[Description of Source: Tbilisi Chechenpress (Internet Version-WWW) in Russian -- Official news agency of rebel Chechen government; located at www.chechenpress.com]
In an appeal to the US government and nation posted on Chechenpress rebel website on 7 December, Litvinenko said:
"US citizens, dear President Bush. Do not give assistance to Putin's criminal government, do not make for the strengthening of his unlimited power. Do not listen to his smooth speech and false exhortations. He is lying... I appeal to you with only one request - do not support Putin's murderous regime so that a nuclear weapon does not kill your children just like it killed my son."
Litvinenko urged President Bush to demand Putin's apologies for everything that has happened in Russia since 1917.
[Description of Source: Tbilisi Chechenpress (Internet Version-WWW) in Russian -- Official news agency of rebel Chechen government; located at www.chechenpress.com]
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Arab volunteer fighter replaces killed Chechen rebel commander
Text of report by Kavkaz-Tsentr news agency web site
17 December: Amir Mukhannad became the new commander of a group of Muslim volunteers fighting in Chechnya against Russian occupation troops on 9 December after the death of Amir Abu-Khafs al-Urdini, Qoqaz.net has reported quoting a representative of the Chechen command.
Amir Mukhannad offered his condolences to Muslims and the family of Al-Urdini and said that every fighting mojahedin wanted to become a martyr. Amir Mukhannad said that jihad [holy war] continued in Chechnya and the Caucasus.
London-based Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reports that Amir Mukhannad hails from a Gulf country and arrived as a volunteer to participate in the jihad in Chechnya about 10 years ago. Amir Mukhannad is about 35, the newspaper said quoting Islamic sources.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Cocaine Supply To Moscow Black Market On The Rise - Police
CEP20061205950451 Moscow ITAR-TASS in English 1924 GMT 05 Dec 06
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MOSCOW, December 5 (Itar-Tass) -- The supply of cocaine to the Moscow black market is growing amid the growth in synthetic drugs, Sergei Tikhonenko from the Russian Interior Ministry's investigation bureau said on Tuesday.
"The drug situation in Moscow is characteristic of megalopolises. Rather high living standards and the developed transport system are add-on factors," he said.
The Moscow black market is offering opium, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines, including ecstasy, Tikhonenko said. "A large amount of narcotic pills are confiscated in the city," he said.
Cocaine has recently become available in Moscow. It sells at approximately $110-120 per gram.
Some 90-95% of drugs sold in Moscow are imported. Moscow and the suburbs also top the list of seized drug shipments (300 this year), he said. They are followed by the Murmansk, Irkutsk and Leningrad regions, the Krasnoyarsk and Krasnodar territories, and St. Petersburg.
About 100,000 drug-related crimes are annually exposed in Russia, and 60% of the crimes are committed by organized groups, head of the Russian Interior Ministry's Department for the Suppression of Organized Crime and Terrorism Stanislav Orlov added.
"This year alone we have exposed 66,000 serious drug-related crimes and over 550 cases of drug contraband, and solved over 2,300 crimes perpetrated by groups of drug dealers," Orlov said.
Drug dealers are increasingly using the Internet to sell and advertise drugs, he said.
"We can see narcotic drugs being advertised on the Internet. The dealers are posting original formulas of synthetic drugs and concluding drug deals," he said. Drug dealers are also using the Internet to watch the progress of large shipments and to sell small batches of narcotics.
"A number of drug dealers have been paid for precursor chemicals and narcotics with e-money," Orlov said. Drug money has also been sent through the international system of monetary transfers. "These circumstances complicate the exposure of illegal drug deals," he said.
The prevention of drug crimes on the Internet is a special concern, Orlov said. "A special department of the Interior Ministry is searching the Internet for drug-related websites and referring the information to specific police units," he said.
[Description of Source: Moscow ITAR-TASS in English -- main government information agency]
CEP20061205950451 Moscow ITAR-TASS in English 1924 GMT 05 Dec 06
[Computer selected and disseminated without OSC Editorial intervention]
MOSCOW, December 5 (Itar-Tass) -- The supply of cocaine to the Moscow black market is growing amid the growth in synthetic drugs, Sergei Tikhonenko from the Russian Interior Ministry's investigation bureau said on Tuesday.
"The drug situation in Moscow is characteristic of megalopolises. Rather high living standards and the developed transport system are add-on factors," he said.
The Moscow black market is offering opium, heroin, cannabis and amphetamines, including ecstasy, Tikhonenko said. "A large amount of narcotic pills are confiscated in the city," he said.
Cocaine has recently become available in Moscow. It sells at approximately $110-120 per gram.
Some 90-95% of drugs sold in Moscow are imported. Moscow and the suburbs also top the list of seized drug shipments (300 this year), he said. They are followed by the Murmansk, Irkutsk and Leningrad regions, the Krasnoyarsk and Krasnodar territories, and St. Petersburg.
About 100,000 drug-related crimes are annually exposed in Russia, and 60% of the crimes are committed by organized groups, head of the Russian Interior Ministry's Department for the Suppression of Organized Crime and Terrorism Stanislav Orlov added.
"This year alone we have exposed 66,000 serious drug-related crimes and over 550 cases of drug contraband, and solved over 2,300 crimes perpetrated by groups of drug dealers," Orlov said.
Drug dealers are increasingly using the Internet to sell and advertise drugs, he said.
"We can see narcotic drugs being advertised on the Internet. The dealers are posting original formulas of synthetic drugs and concluding drug deals," he said. Drug dealers are also using the Internet to watch the progress of large shipments and to sell small batches of narcotics.
"A number of drug dealers have been paid for precursor chemicals and narcotics with e-money," Orlov said. Drug money has also been sent through the international system of monetary transfers. "These circumstances complicate the exposure of illegal drug deals," he said.
The prevention of drug crimes on the Internet is a special concern, Orlov said. "A special department of the Interior Ministry is searching the Internet for drug-related websites and referring the information to specific police units," he said.
[Description of Source: Moscow ITAR-TASS in English -- main government information agency]
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