The Week in Brief: Sept 18 - 24, 2000Mon, 18 Sept No major events Tue, 19 Sept The human rights situation in Chechnya was described as "slowly improving" by Council of Europe delegation in Russia. Wed, 20 Sept Russian government decided to bury 66 sets of remains of unidentified soldiers killed during the 1994-1996 war in Chechnya. Council of Europe Secretary General, Walter Schwimmer, visited Moscow to seek clarifications on the situation in Chechnya. Thu, 21 Sept Officials addressing the State Duma at a hearing on Chechnya heavily criticized the government and military for failing to protect human rights in Chechnya. Chechnya’s recently elected Duma deputy, Aslanbek Aslakhanov, stated that people living in Chechnya are being subjected to "experiments in cruelty, shamelessness and immorality." 19 Russian soldiers were killed, 51 wounded in Chechnya last week (Sept 14 – Sept 20) – Russian Defence Ministry. Fri, 22 Sept The EU announced it had sent military equipment to Georgia to help protect its border against attacks from Chechnya.
Interior ministers of Georgia and Turkey denied the allegations that Chechen fighters used their territories for penetration to Chechnya
Sat, 23 Sept No major events
Sun, 24 Sept
Preparations for resuming air transport to Grozny started - Command of the Interior Ministry Forces
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