Lecha Kadyrov, a nephew the head of Chechnya’s pro-Moscow administration Akhmad Kadyrov, and three of his companions were shot dead near Kurchaloy, east Chechnya, after attackers fired at their car.
Tuesday, Sept 11
Chechen Foreign Minister Ilyas Akhmadov sent a telegramme to the White House and the US State Department expresssing condelences to the American nation in connection with the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said that all the main units of the North Caucasus grouping of federal forces in Chechnya will never leave the republic and stay there on a permanent basis.
Chairman of the Union of Right Forces and Russia’s State Duma deputy Boris Nemtsov again called on the Kremlin to launch talks with „real representatives of the Chechen nation“, including Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov. Nemtsov’s proposal provoked in Russia a big discussion and a crushing majority of Russian politicians condemned such a plan. Nemtsov later withdrew his plan.
Wednesday, Sept 12
Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov expressed his condelences to the American nation in connection with the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on Sept 11.
Thursday, Sept 13
Five deputies for the Union of Right Forces (SPS) submitted a proposal calling on Russia’s State Duma to ask the Constitutional Court to check if former Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s ruling of Sept 23, 1999 on the „anti-terrorist operation“ in Chechnya complies with the Russian Constitution. The authors of the proposal are Viktor Pokhmelkin, Sergei Kovalyov, Sergei Yushenkov, Vladimir Golovlyov, and Jurii Rybakov.
Friday, Sept 14
No major events.
Saturday, Sept 15
Ingush authorities prevented the Chechen National Congress from taking place, by not issuing the necessary permit first and then by arresting the delegates. The aim of the Congress was to stop the war in Chechnya and find a politicial solution to the crisis.
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