The Week in Brief: Oct 9 - Oct 15, 2000Mon, 9 Oct
Russian Foreign Ministry officially condemned as „unacceptable" the meetings in Washington between the US State Department representatives and Chechen Foreign Minister Ilyas Akhmadov during his third visit to the USA. Russian Foreign Ministry officially accused Georgia of supporting terrorists, hinting at Chechen separatists, a move caused by the World Congress on the Environmental Impact of the Russian Military Agression against the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria held several days before in Georgian capital Tbilisi and organised by the All-Caucasian Green Movement. Chechen administration decided to start issuing passports of the Russian Federation to all citizens of the Chechen Republic, counting on issuing 900 passports daily. Passports issued under the rule of Aslan Maskhadov have been declared invalid.
Tue, 10 Oct
No major events. Wed, 11 Oct Moscow announced that the local administration in Chechnya will move from Gudermes to Grozny by November 1. Thu, 12 Oct A car bomb exploded in front of the Oktyabrski district police station in Grozny, killing 10-15 people on the spot.
The Ingushetian Migration Service stopped supplying warm food to refugees from Chechnya as it run out of funds. Food suppliers refused to sell more food on credit, as the Service already owes some 400 million rubbles. Fri, 13 Oct Akhmad Kadyrov, head of Chechnya’s administration, announced he would keep cooperating with Beslan Gantamirov. „Gantamirov is my deputy and we will work together," Kadyrov said. -- Interfax
The number of victims of the Thursday blast reached 17. Sat, 14 Oct At the moment 39 oil rigs on fire in Chechnya and the country is on the brink of ecologic catastrophe, experts say. -- Interfax Sun, 15 Oct
Staff of the 9th Grozny district hospital said many of the victims of the Thursday blast could have been saved if there were at least elementary aid conditions. The hospital had neither blood, nor anaesthetics. -- Interfax Compiled by Prague Watchdog
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