The Week in Brief: Nov 13 - Nov 19, 2000Mon, Nov 13
A commission has been formed to ascertain the identity and whereabouts of seven Chechen fighters allegedly detained by Grozny Mayor, B. Gantamirov, on November 12. According to "Kommersant-Daily" on 15 November, those included field commander Arbi Baraev.
Tue, Nov 14
According to the U.N. refugee agency thousands of Chechen refugees in Ingushetia are moving to a new tent city near the town Severny.
Wed, Nov 15
Magomed Khachilayev, the leader of the Lack national movement and chairman of Dagestan’s peace committee, was gunned down and seriously wounded by his bodyguard in Dagestani capital Makhachkala.
A three-day warning strike began in secondary schools in Chechnya.
Thu, Nov 16
All Chechen nationals working in Chechen administration had recently received letters with threats of death by „the Shariat Court of the Republic of Ichkeria" unless they leave their posts by November 15 and stop all contacts with Russian authorities. Despite the ultimatum nobody has applied to quitting his job so far. – Kadyrov’s office
Tamara Rokhlin, the wife of the General Lev Rokhlin, who led the Russian assault on the Chechen capital Grozny in 1995, was found guilty of murder of her husband and sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Fri, Nov 17
Head of the administration of the Mesker-Yurt village in the Shali district, Sharami Dudagov, and his deputy, Khasmagomed Tsumtsayev, were killed by unknown gunmen.
Head of Chechnya’s temporary administration, Akhmad Kadyrov, called upon the citizens who had left Chechnya in the past years to come back and help reconstruct the country.
Sat, Nov 18
The elder son of the head of Chechnya’s temporary administration Akhmad Kadyrov was arrested for possession of a weapon which had no registration.
Sun, Nov 19
Following a deadly attack on Wednesday, Magomed Khachilayev died in a Makhachkala hospital without regaining consciousness.
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