The Week in Brief: Sept 4 - 10, 2000The Week in Brief: Sept 4 - 10, 2000
4 Sept
No major events
5 Sept
Russian federal army implemented an enforced security regime on the eve of Chechnya's Independence Day, claiming that Chechen fighters would try to carry out attacks
Russian forces have lost 23 military helicopters in the war in Chechnya since fighting resumed about a year ago –- Russian Defence Ministry
An Associated Press reporter was detained, beaten and held in a covered pit overnight by Russian troops sweeping Chechnya's capital for rebels
6 Sept
Chechnya's Independence Day
Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, Ruslan Alikhadjiyev, who was arrested in Shali on May 17, wasn’t tortured to death in prison as reported on Sept 2 by Chechen MPs but Russia doesn't know where he is –- Russian officials
7 Sept
19 soldiers were killed, 90 injured in Chechnya last week (Aug 31 - Sept 7) -- Russian Defence Ministry
8 Sept
The enforced security regime, implemented on Sept 5, was removed, except for the Nozhay-Yurt, Shatoy, and Vedeno districts, and several other places
9 Sept
Akhmad Kadyrov, head of Chechnya's administration, and Bislan Gantamirov, allegedly his ex-deputy, broke off with each other
10 Sept
Head of administration of the Tsatsan-Yurt (Oktyabrskoe) village in the Kurchaloyevsky district, Bukar Akhmatov, was shot dead by Chechen fighters
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