Maskhadov tried to avert Beslan bloodbath
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Ousted Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov has rejected accusations he helped plan the school siege in North Ossetia in which more than 330 people died, his representative in Europe told a German news magazine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin  Thursday ruled out negotiations with Chechen rebels after the  Beslan school bloodbath, further straining ties with Western  leaders who are pressing for a political solution to Chechnya.
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Akhmed Zakayev, a special envoy to Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov has said that a third force that brought Russian President Vladimir Putin to power is behind all the terrorist attacks committed in ...
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The death toll in the Russian hostage crisis went beyond 350 as Russian President Putin vowed to strengthen Russian unity and boost security in the north Caucasus.
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President Vladimir Putin said Friday the Kremlin was preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, even as a Chechen rebel leader purportedly claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that killed hundreds of people and threatened more violence.
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Notorious Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev took responsibility for the school siege in the North Ossetian city of Beslan. In a letter posted on the Kavkaz-Center Web site, Basayev said the attackers demanded
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Feared Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who claimed responsibility for the deadly school hostage taking in southern Russia that killed more than 330 people, must be caught and brought to justice, not killed, Russia's deputy prosecutor said.
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FOR many Russians it was a week of funerals, mourning and horrified disbelief. The reaction of Vladimir Putin to the deaths in Beslan, however, has been rather different: to go on the offensive.
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It went down to the wire but in the end  the Russian turned up to play.
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Opponents have questioned the Chechen election win of Alu Alkhanov, who vowed to triumph over the region&#39;s rebels. Mr Alkhanov, Moscow&#39;s preferred candidate, was officially reported to have won more than 73.
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The Kremlin's candidate has won Chechnya's presidential election but faces an uphill struggle to subdue a resurgence of a separatist rebellion that has frustrated Russian leaders for a decade.
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Russia&#39;s most wanted man, the Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev, taunted the Kremlin yesterday by claiming responsibility for the attack on the school in Beslan and saying he had personally trained the hostage-takers.
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Fighting involving ethnic Armenians and others in a Volga River town left one person dead and at least three injured this week, officials and news reports said Friday, fueling fears of a rise of ethnic violence across Russia.
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Shocked by the deaths of more than 300 people in the Beslan hostage crisis, Russia today began two days of official mourning as the North Ossetian town continued to bury the victims of the siege.
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A town in the northern Russia remains tense after days of mass race riots, reports say.
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Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claims responsibility for the Beslan siege in which more than 320 hostages died.
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MOSCOW : Attacks by Chechen separatists late Saturday in Grozny, the capital of the Russian breakaway republic, left people several dead, including pro-Russian policemen, Russian news agencies reported, quoting pro-Russian officials.