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Grozny, capital of Chechnya, outside the government office. (Sharon LaFraniere - The Washington Post)
Post Editorial
 A Free Pass on Chechnya "Mr. Bush has abdicated U.S. authority to speak out about human rights in Russia and given Mr. Putin a free pass to pursue the most bloody and criminal campaign of military repression now in the world."
 No Change in Chechnya "Why should a government that wages such a war, suppresses information about it and rejects legitimate international efforts to monitor its human rights violations be welcomed at the annual summit meeting of the rich democracies?"
Commentary
 Chechnya Discounted Post columnist Jackson Diehl writes, "This week Bush will restore the central tenet of Cold War diplomacy: that it is Moscow's strategic cooperation, and not its treatment of its own people, that really matters."
 Ignore the Chechens at Your Peril Author Yo'av Karny writes "There are no easy solutions, but for Chechnya to be ignored, or to be relegated to the category of inevitable tragedy or eventually dismissed as a "terrorist nation," would be an act of supreme folly."
On the Web
 The International Committee of the Red Cross Activities in Chechnya
Chechen War's Regional Reach
MOSCOW, March 9 -- Early last month, gunmen pulled alongside the car of Maj. Gen. Magomed Omarov, a deputy interior minister of Dagestan, a Russian republic squeezed between Chechnya and the Caspian Sea. They opened fire, killing Omarov and three bodyguards.

Separatist Leader in Chechnya Is Killed
Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov, long condemned by the Kremlin as a terrorist, was killed on Tuesday after Russian security forces pinned him down in a bunker in northern Chechnya.

In the News
'New Stage' of Fear For Chechen Women: Russian Forces Suspected in Abductions (Post, Oct. 19, 2004)

Chechen Accused in School Siege Takes Responsibility in Web Posting (Post, Sept. 18, 2004)

Yeltsin Speaks Out In Behalf Of Putin (Post, Sept. 17, 2004)

Chechnya War a Deepening Trap for Putin: In Confronting Separatists, Russia Relies on Force (Post, Sept. 13, 2004)

Siege Deepens Rift With West in Russia: U.S., Europe Said to Harbor Chechens (Post, Sept. 10, 2004)

Putin Angered By Critics On Siege: West Fails to Grasp Situation, He Says (Post, Sept. 8, 2004)

Hostage Takers in Russia Argued Before Explosion: Chechen Gave Orders by Phone, Investigators Say (Post, Sept. 7, 2004)

Russia Admits It Lied On Crisis: Public Was Misled On Scale of Siege (Post, Sept. 6, 2004)

Putin Alleges 'Weakness,' Security Gap: In Speech, Russian Leader Vows to Resist Separatists (Post, Sept. 5, 2004)

Hostages Were Helpless in Face of Chaos: In Aftermath of Disaster, Survivors of School Siege Recall the Nightmare (Post, Sept. 5, 2004)

Russia Collects Dead at School: Putin Calls Attacks 'Inhuman' Acts Of Terrorism (Post, Sept. 5, 2004)

Russia School Siege Ends in Carnage: Hundreds Die As Troops Battle Hostage Takers (Post, Sept. 4, 2004)

Two Dozen Are Freed at School In Russia; Hundreds Still Held (Post, Sept. 3, 2004)

Chechen Conflict Now Rages Beyond Russia's Expectations (Post, Sept. 2, 2004)

Hundreds Held Hostage at School in Russia: Many Children Seized In Town Near Chechnya (Post, Sept. 2, 2004)

Suicide Bombing Kills 10 Outside Moscow Subway: Attack by Woman Follows Sabotage Of Two Jetliners (Post, Sept. 1, 2004)

Plane Crashes Won't Hurt Putin In Chechen Vote (Post, Aug. 29, 2004)

Russia Reports Evidence of Terror Attack: Explosive Found in Wreckage; Chechen Women Boarded Planes That Crashed (Post, Aug. 28, 2004)



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