The Week in Brief: Mar 19 - Mar 25, 2001Mon, Mar 19
The Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced six people for the apartment house bombing in Buinaksk in 1999. Two men were sentenced to life in prison, two to nine years and two to three years, the latter were immediately freed under standing amnesty.
New Information Department was created within the Kremlin administration, to be headed by Sergei Yastrzhembsky.
Tue, Mar 20
The trial with Yuri Budanov, the first Russian senior officer who was charged with war crimes in Chechnya, resumed briefly to be postponed till April 10.
U.S. State Department said Bush administration plans to have diplomatic contacts with top representatives of the Chechen government.
Former state prosecutor A. Khamzayev sues the Russian Defence Ministry for 235,000 dollars in compensation for the material and psychological damage stemming from the destruction of his house in Chechen town Urus-Martan by Russian military in late 1999.
Wed, Mar 21
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Ilyas Akhmadov, started his visit to the USA.
The first meeting of the Joint Working Group on Chechnya, made up of representatives of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly and the Russian State Duma, took place in Moscow.
Thu, Mar 22
No major events.
Fri, Mar 23
Unidentified kidnappers abducted former acting head of the Chechen civil administration Yakub Deniyev in Moscow's Mitino district.
Sat, Mar 24
Three bomb-laden cars exploded almost simultaneously in three south Russian towns. Twenty-one people were killed and more than 140 injured in the blasts that took place in Mineralnye Vody, Yessentuki and Adyge-Khabl, located near Chechnya. Russian officials blamed Chechens for the blasts, while representatives of the Chechen government denied any responsibility for the attacks.
Sun, Mar 25
No major events.
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