The Week in Brief: Feb 19 - Feb 25, 2001Mon, Feb 19 Chechnya's pro Moscow Prime Minister Stanislav Ilyasov called to end the curfew in the republic.
Russia will spend 4.5 billion rubles (US$ 161 million) in 2001 to rebuild Chechnya.
Tue, Feb 20
The Russian Government asked the UK to use new Terrorism Act to crack down on British pro-Chechen groups.
Anna Politkovskaya, a war reporter for Novaya Gazeta newspaper was detained in Chechnya.
Wed, Feb 21
The Russian Culture Ministry has earmarked 120 million rubles for special assistance to Chechnya in 2001.
NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson visited Moscow and urged Kremlin to start peace talks.
Thu, Feb 22
No major events.
Fri, Feb 23 The 57th anniversary of Stalin-era deportations of 650,000 Chechens and Ingushes to Soviet Central Asia and Siberia in 1944.
Rallies and demonstrations marking the anniversary took place in over 15 places around the world.
The Russian Army Day.
Novaya Gazeta reporter Anna Politkovskaya, detained on Tuesday, was released and returned to Moscow. She stated that the reason for her arrest was her discovery of a brutal filtration camp in Khatuni.
Sat, Feb 24 A mass grave containing unspecified number of bodies of murdered Chechens was found near the Khankala military base in Grozny outskirts.
Sun, Feb 25 No major events.
Compiled by Prague Watchdog
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