Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Russia

Strasbourg Rules Against Russia Over Chechen Deaths

Russian troops strip-search a Chechen (fiile photo) (ITAR-TASS)

October 12, 2006 -- The European Court of Human Rights today ruled that the Russian state was responsible for the unlawful killings of five Chechens during a security operation by Russian military forces in the province's capital Grozny six years ago.

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October 12, 2006

The court also said Russia failed to properly investigate the execution-style killings in Grozny, and ordered Moscow to pay the victims' relatives more than a total of $285,000 in damages.

(AP)

The Chechnya Conflict

The aftermath of a December 2002 Chechen resistance attack on the main government building in Grozny (epa)

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The fighting in Chechnya has raged, with short breaks, since 1994. It has brought misery, death, and destruction to the North Caucasus republic and to Russia as a whole. View an annotated timeline of the conflict.

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RFE/RL's complete coverage of Russia's war-torn Republic of Chechnya.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin covers his face during a conference of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow on February 9.

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Syrians in the northwestern town of Kfar Nubul pose with a cartoon depicting Russia

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