<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Chechnya</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/issues/chechnya?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><description>Chechnya</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Chechen War's Regional Reach]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21785-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21785-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  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.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Separatist Leader in Chechnya Is Killed]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16691-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16691-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['New Stage' of Fear for Chechen Women]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43296-2004Oct18.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43296-2004Oct18.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As Chechen guerrillas increasingly recruit female suicide bombers, Russian forces are sweeping through Chechnya, abducting women from their homes as well as men, according to residents and human rights investigators.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chechen Accused in School Siege Takes Responsibility in Web Posting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28453-2004Sep17.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28453-2004Sep17.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In an Internet posting, a rebel leader asserted responsibility for the Beslan school siege and threatened  more attacks on Russian civilians if Chechnya is not granted independence.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeltsin Speaks Out In Behalf Of Putin]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26625-2004Sep16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26625-2004Sep16.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin and others rebutted charges that Putin's proposed political changes would undermine Russian democracy.]]></description><author> Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chechnya War a Deepening Trap for Putin]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16909-2004Sep12.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16909-2004Sep12.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In 1999, President Vladimir Putin promised Russians a two-week war that would crush the separatist enemy. Instead, he has given them an endless struggle that haunts his presidency.]]></description><author> Susan B. Glasser and Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Siege Deepens Rift With West in Russia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9594-2004Sep9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9594-2004Sep9.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Last week's attack on a Russian school has driven new wedges between Russia and the West in the fight against terrorism, as Moscow continues to accuse the United States and European countries of coddling Chechen separatists.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin Angered By Critics On Siege]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3682-2004Sep7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3682-2004Sep7.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Vladimir Putin condemned critics in the West for pushing him to negotiate with Chechen separatists, saying former Cold War rivals were unreliable partners in the war on terrorism.]]></description><author> Susan B. Glasser</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia Says Attack Was To Ignite Regional War]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1256-2004Sep6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1256-2004Sep6.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The guerrillas who took over a school in southern Russia argued heatedly over whether to abandon the siege in the moments leading up to the firestorm of explosions and shooting that killed hundreds, Russian officials said Monday.]]></description><author> Peter Baker and Susan B. Glasser</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia Admits It Lied on Scale of Crisis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64187-2004Sep5.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64187-2004Sep5.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Russian government's admissions about the crisis that ended with more than 300 children, parents and teachers dead in southern Russia, was made through state television after days of intense criticism from citizens.]]></description><author> Susan B. Glasser and Peter Finn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin Alleges  'Weakness,' Security Gap]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61145-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61145-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ MOSCOW, Sept. 4 -- President Vladimir Putin declared Saturday that the attack on a school in southern Russia in which more than 340 people were killed was carried out by international terrorists waging a "total, cruel and full-scale war" against the country. He offered a rare acknowledgement of lapses by the security services and vowed not to give in to demands of separatists.]]></description><author> David E. Hoffman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hostages Were Helpless in Face of Chaos]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62459-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62459-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In aftermath of disaster, survivors of school siege recall the nightmare.]]></description><author> Peter Finn and Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia Collects Dead at School]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61422-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61422-2004Sep4.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The broken bodies of hundreds of children were pulled from the rubble on Saturday, pushing the death toll well above 300.]]></description><author> Peter Baker  and Susan B. Glasser</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian School Siege Ends With 200 Dead]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58381-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58381-2004Sep3.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An hours-long battle between armed Muslim guerrillas and Russian troops brought a bloody culimination to the 52-hour hostage situation.]]></description><author> Peter Baker  and Susan B. Glasser</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[26 Hostages Released From Russian School]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55454-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55454-2004Sep2.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Armed militants who seized hundreds of child hostages at a school in southern Russia released some women and small children this afternoon but rejected proposals to end the standoff.]]></description><author> Peter Baker  and Susan B. Glasser</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chechen Conflict Now Rages Beyond Russia's Expectations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54496-2004Sep1.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54496-2004Sep1.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wednesday's raid on a school in neighboring North Ossetia underscored yet again the heavy toll this war has taken on Russians and Chechens alike.]]></description><author> David E. Hoffman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds Held Hostage At School in Russia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51541-2004Sep1.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51541-2004Sep1.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Heavily armed guerrillas threatened to blow up the school near the separatist region of Chechnya if the Russian government attempted to retake it.]]></description><author> Peter Baker and Susan B. Glasser</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide Bombing Kills 10 Outside Moscow Subway]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49376-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49376-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Aug. 31 -- A female suicide bomber set off a powerful homemade explosive device outside a Moscow subway station Tuesday, shooting shrapnel through a crowd of commuters and killing at least 10 people and injuring 51, authorities said.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plane Crashes Won't Hurt Putin in Chechen Vote]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42643-2004Aug28.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42643-2004Aug28.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Putin's candidate in the regional presidential election Sunday in the separatist republic of Chechnya will cruise to victory, undamaged by the government's widely criticized handling of the investigation into two near-simultaneous plane crashes.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia Reports Evidence Of Terror Attack]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40083-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40083-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_world/issues/chechnya</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:06:04 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Moscow shifted gears Friday and concluded that at least one of the two planes that fell out of the sky this week was blown up by terrorists.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item></channel></rss>