Friday, September 16, 2005
Borozdinovskaya
To elsewhere: Chechneya
Militant rebels are growing in strength as the brutality of Chechnya's pro-Moscow government angers and divides the people, writes Nick Paton Walsh
Nine months after the Beslan school siege, pro-Russian Chechen soldiers staged a raid on this tiny village on the border with Dagestan, populated mostly by ethnic Dagestanis.
It was one of the most public abuses committed by the increasing number of Chechen militants serving under the pro-Moscow local government's banner.
They are broadly known as "Kadyrovtsi", after their leader, strongman and vice prime minister Ramzan Kadyrov. The raid resulted in 11 men being led away. They have not been heard of since. [..]
¶ Friday, September 16, 2005
To elsewhere: ChechneyaMilitant rebels are growing in strength as the brutality of Chechnya's pro-Moscow government angers and divides the people, writes Nick Paton Walsh
Nine months after the Beslan school siege, pro-Russian Chechen soldiers staged a raid on this tiny village on the border with Dagestan, populated mostly by ethnic Dagestanis.
It was one of the most public abuses committed by the increasing number of Chechen militants serving under the pro-Moscow local government's banner.
They are broadly known as "Kadyrovtsi", after their leader, strongman and vice prime minister Ramzan Kadyrov. The raid resulted in 11 men being led away. They have not been heard of since. [..]
¶ Friday, September 16, 2005
