Summary of the main news related to the conflict in Chechnya.
Monday, Oct 29
A few hundred people from the Komsomolskoye village blocked the building of the Gudermes administration claiming to get back the bodies of two young people from their village and punish publicly the Russian soldiers who shot them dead from a military helicopter three days ago.
Tuesday, Oct 30
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, arriving in Moscow on October 31 on his first visit to Russia, said without elaboration there are links between the Taleban regime in Afganistan and Chechen guerillas.
Wednesday, Oct 31
The pro-Moscow Chechen government and relief aid agencies signed in Grozny an agreement on mutual understanding and cooperation in the field of humanitarian programmes, which should ensure the latter freer access to the population in need and freer movement of humanitarian cargoes across Chechnya.
70-year-old Magomed Dolkayev, a Chechen religious leader and keen supporter of Chechnya’s independence, was shot dead in front of his house in the Novye Aldi village, several kilometres south of Grozny.
Thursday, Nov 1
During Russian military operations in Chechnya (early Oct 1999 – mid-Oct 2001) a total of 3,438 servicemen of the Russian federal forces were killed and another 11,661 wounded, PR department of the Russian Presidential Office announced.
Russian authorities as well as Chechen representatives refuted media reports according to which so called special operations in Chechnya have been suspended due to the upcoming meeting of representatives of the combating parties, Russian Presidential envoy to the Southern Federal Region Viktor Kazantsev and Chechen President’s representative Akhmad Zakayev.
Friday, Nov 2
Chief of Russian General Staff, General of the Army Anatoly Kvashnin, said that Chechen field commander Ruslan Gelayev had been seriously wounded during the recent fights in the Kodor gorge in Georgia. Kvashnin added that Gelayev’s whereabouts are unknown.
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