News Digest
ARMENIAN OPPOSITION CONVENES NEW DEMONSTRATION
By empty (4/22/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Up to 5,000 people participated in a 19 April demonstration in Yerevan convened by 13 opposition parties to protest the closure of the independent A1+television station, RFE/RL's Yerevan bureau reported. The station was forced to cease broadcasting on 2 April after losing a tender to retain the frequency on which it broadcast. It was the third consecutive Friday protest against perceived measures by the Armenian leadership to muzzle independent broadcasters.CHECHEN BUSINESSMEN READY TO INVEST $500 MILLION IN RECONSTRUCTION
By empty (4/22/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Malik Saidullaev, chairman of the Moscow-based Chechen State Council, told journalists on 19 April that he could raise $100 million to invest in reconstruction of the infrastructure in Chechnya, and that other Chechen businessmen in Russia and abroad are ready to invest up to $500 million. Saidullaev also said that he considers it possible to expedite the construction of prefabricated housing and thus enable displaced Chechens now in camps in Ingushetia to return to Chechnya by the end of this year. (RFE/RL).CHECHEN CHIEF OF STAFF CAPTURED
By empty (4/22/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Russian troops apprehended Islam Khasukhanov, chief of general staff of the Chechen armed forces, during a special operation in the town of Shali late on 21 April. Khasukhanov is a former Russian naval captain who was one of three candidates to command the ill-fated "Kursk" submarine. Khasukhanov reportedly resigned his commission in 1999 after being passed over for that posting because he was a Chechen.PEACEKEEPERS' COMMANDER REFUSES TO MEET WITH GEORGIAN DISPLACED PERSONS
By empty (4/22/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Major-General Aleksandr Yevteev, who is acting commander of the Russian peacekeeping force deployed under the CIS aegis in the Abkhaz conflict zone, ignored on 22 April a request by Georgian displaced persons from Abkhazia to meet with them in the west Georgian town of Zugdidi to discuss their grievances. The displaced persons warned that if Yevteev fails to meet with them by 24 April they will again blockade the bridge across the Inguri River that marks the internal border between Abkhazia and the rest of Georgia. (Caucasus Press).Visit also
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