Hara Mara == Let us not lose site of the fact that in war, it's not "who's right or wrong,"unfortunitly, "it's whose left". [sic]

The VICTOR writes the history.

and

VAE VICTIS!

Igor,

>> After viewing video of Chechens mistreating Russian prisoners no mercy for Chechens either.The bastards were shooting the dead guy over and over.I can tell you that in the future I will never have any interaction with this shitty religion and if they ever give me any problems they will get theirs and then some extra.I can honestly say that I absolutly detest them.This shite is not a human, it is some kind of sick animal and death to them all. <<

IGOR, who are you trying to fool? I saw the video too. How about the Russian general's account of how good he was treated by the Chechens and how his view of Chechens has changed?? What do you have to say to that????

"[Maria Eismont] NEVER LEFT HER MOSCOW (OR WAS IT ST-PETERSBOUR?) RESIDENCE" - Actually she reported directly from Chechnya;

"Half of the remaining is mistranslated or specially misinterpreted , i.e. "this city has very good defenses, it will take us AT LEAST two weeks" gets translated in "IN TWO WEEKS we will take that city!" - Too bad, no one understands Russian;

"Let's say that ten years from now (when everybody in Chechnya would want to stay in Russia) someone accidently shots a Russian soldier, or let's say a soldiers dies from falling of the roof ..." - perfect, no comments needed. This statement should be posted on every site dedicated to Russian misfortunes.

for every killed Russians, someone will make sure few Chechens dies - just like nazies made sure 10 Russians die for every German soldier.

The VICTOR writes the history - and no one reads that crap.

I was talking about abuse which is the norm.And I also saw video of tortured civilians at hands of Chechens ,so •••• you moron. Prisoners have to be treated under Geneva Conventions,however Chechens do not,so therefore I would do same and torture the bastards and then execute them with a chainsaw .

16 of the Chechens involved in attack have been captured and are being interrogated(wonder how they are feeling right about now).I do not think they are acting so tough now eh Saladin?

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yeah, i know
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March 3 Yesterday a Russian military convoy was ambushed by a group of Chechen rebels in the Staropromislovsky district of Grozny. A convoy consisting of nine military trucks was transporting 98 OMON troops of the Moscow's regional Police Department. As the result 18 Russian policemen have been killed and 24 wounded. The attack was carried out by the Chechen rebels who remained in Grozny posing as civilians. Some 40 Chechens have been arrested by the Russian police in connection to the attack. The chief of staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Gen. Anatoly Kvashnin, flew to Chechnya along with the representatives of the Interior Ministry to investigate the attack. Russian Army counterintelligence units are already investigating a possibility of a security leak within the federal command center in the Northern Caucasus. Russian military sources report that the rebels had detailed information about the route to be taken by the OMON convoy and were able to set up a well-planned ambush. http://members.xoom.com/_XMCM/082499/aviation/chechnya/030300.htm

To Saladin

I wouldn't bother with Igor to much. He is just an insignificant Russian immigrant now living off the Canadian welfare system. Be happy you don't have cheap trash like him living in your neighborhood.


Good luck to all those who resist and WILL continue to resist Russian terrorism and expansion.

Names of 96 Russian Soldiers killed in Wednesday's Operation whose Bodies were Recovered by the Mujahideen:

"Indeed those who disbelieve spend their wealth to hinder men from the Path of Allah, and so will they continue to spend it; but in the end it will become a loss for them. Then they will be defeated. And those who disbelieve will be gathered unto Hell.

In order that Allah may distinguish the evil-doers from the righteous, and cast the wicked ones one on another, heap them together and cast them into Hell. Those! It is they who are the losers." [Quran 8:36-37]

1. Vladimir Zhelonkin, Colonel from Nizhnevartovsk, Khanti-Mansi Province
2. Albert Glazkov, Colonel from Volzhski, Volgograd Province
3. Valentin Vdovichenkov, Lieutenant-Colonel from Borovsk, Kaluga Province
4. Aleksandr Shalomeyev, Lieutenant-Colonel from Tchaikovskii, Perm Province
5. Boris Troshin, Lieutenant-Colonel from Beresnyaki, Perm Province
6. Vitaliy Kucenko, Major from Kamyshin, Volgograd Province
7. Alexander Chernogorov, Major from Zarechni, Penza Province
8. Vladimir Plykin, Major from Klintsi, Bryansk Province
9. Georgy Volkov, Major from Aleksin, Tula Province
10. Anatolii Guzhvin, Captain from Ruzaevka, Mordovia Province
11. Pyotr Vashilin, Captain from Saratov, Evenk Province
12. Artem Otmakhov, Captain from Nefteugansk, Khanti-Mansi Province
13. Maxim Dzodzuashvili, Soldier from Dudinka, Taimyr Province
14. Arthur Isenko, Soldier from Izhevsk, Udmurtia Province
15. Pavel Oganessyan, Soldier from Kasimov, Ryazan Province
16. Vladimir Smolyakov, Soldier from Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Province
17. Grigory Lobanovsky, Soldier from Kalach, Voronezh Province
18. Vladislav Titov, Soldier from Alatir, Chuvashia Province
19. Boris Mulyar, Soldier from Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Province
20. Andrey Chub, Soldier from Isilkul, Omsk Province
21. Chulpan Yurinsky, Soldier from Izhevsk, Udmurtia Province
22. David Kaminsky, Soldier from Sarank, Mordovia Province
23. Andrey Fadeev, Soldier from Shakhty, Rostov Province
24. Dines Yelistratov, Soldier from Georgiu-Dezh, Voronezh Province
25. Egor Sumin, Soldier from Livni, Oryol Province
26. Loenid Belkin, Soldier from Syzran, Samara Province
27. Dmitriy Vexler, Soldier from Volgograd, Volgograd Province
28. Eduard Chernogorov, Soldier from Engels, Evenk Province
29. Mikhail Feklistov, Soldier from Oriol, Oryol Province
30. Egor Yelagin, Soldier from Esse, Stavropol Province
31. Eduard Protas, Soldier from Sikivkar, Komi Province
32. Fyodor Eremeev, Soldier from Morshansk, Tambov Province
33. Gennadii Tarasov, Soldier from Orsk, Orenburg Province
34. Victor Kapitonov, Soldier from Rossosh, Voronezh Province
35. Georgy Dremin, Soldier from Oriol, Oryol Province
36. Yaniv Plykin, Soldier from Sochi, Krasnodar Province
37. Gleb Lovchev, Soldier from Eyisk, Krasnodar Province
38. Yuriy Igoninas, Soldier from Vorkuta, Komi Province
39. Guennady Starukhin, Soldier from Rodniki, Ivanovo Province
40. Igor Tarasov, Soldier from Isilkul, Omsk Province
41. Victor Starostin, Soldier from Skopin, Ryazan Province
42. Yevgeny Netto, Soldier from Surgut, Khanti-Mansi Province
43. Dmitrijus Narolin, Soldier from Morshansk, Tambov Province
44. Igor Kondratenko, Soldier from Omsk, Omsk Province
45. Ivan Alnikov, Soldier from Novomoskovsk, Tula Province
46. Dmitry Gurin, Syzran, Samara Province
47. Janavicius Zak, Soldier from Taganrog, Rostov Province
48. Kirill Lashaury, Soldier from Ozersk, Chelyabinsk Province
49. Aleksey Karpov, Soldier from Astrakhan, Astrakhan Province
50. Konstantin Gurin, Soldier from Znamensk, Astrakhan Province
51. Loenid Vladas, Soldier from Surgut, Khanti-Mansi Province
52. Daniil Zuev, Soldier from Ivanovo, Ivanovo Province
53. Mark Andreyev, Soldier from Balashov, Evenk Province
54. Yurii Arefyev, Soldier from Eletz, Lipetsk Province
55. Oleg Kipiani, Soldier from Cheboksari, Chuvashia Province
56. Michail Serebryakov, Soldier from Moscow, Moscow Province
57. Vladislav Luzhkov, Soldier from Belgorod, Belgorod Province
58. Aleksandr Geyhman, Soldier from Astrakhan, Astrakhan Province
59. Oleg Haybullin, Soldier from Tara, Omsk Province
60. Vitalii Panin, Soldier from Kharabali, Astrakhan Province
61. Murtaz Pazenko, Soldier from Shchigry, Kursk Province
62. Oleg Shvetsov, Soldier from Nefteugansk, Khanti-Mansi Province
63. Yevgeniy Rutskoi, Soldier from Inta, Komi Province
64. Dmitrijus Agapov, Soldier from Tara, Omsk Province
65. Otar Plykin, Soldier from Serdobsk, Penza Province
66. Nikolaj Mikhailichenko, Soldier from Rossosh, Voronezh Province
67. Yevgeny Gazmanov, Soldier from Sosnogorsk, Komi Province
68. Otar Rudensky, Soldier from Michurinsk, Tambov Province
69. Pavel Stroev, Soldier from Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Province
70. Valeri Kolotov, Soldier from Shuya, Ivanovo Province
71. Pavel Ignatichev, Soldier from Sikivkar, Komi Province
72. Ivan Gershkovich, Soldier from Tolyatti, Samara Province
73. Peter Bodrov, Soldier from Kursk, Kursk Province
74. Nikolay Titov, Soldier from Volzhski, Volgorad Province
75. Mark Panin, Soldier from Sochi, Krasnodar Province
76. Peter Khaev, Soldier from Shebekino, Belgorod Province
77. Klim Pazenko, Soldier from Moscow, Moscow Province
78. Pyotr Khaev, Soldier from Mozhga, Udmurtia Province
79. Revaz Vasserbaum, Soldier from Inza, Ulyanovsk Province
80. Yaniv Vernik, Soldier from Adygeisk, Adygeya Province
81. Rodion Mamaev, Soldier from Esse, Stavropol Province
82. Sergey Pugach, Soldier from Solikamsk, Perm Province
83. Nikolaj Stotsky,Volgodonsk, Rostov Province
84. Sergey Martinov, Soldier from Omsk, Omsk Province
85. Evgeniy Khidiyatullin, Soldier from Sarank, Mordovia Province
86. Vagiz Rutskoi, Soldier from Moscow, Moscow Province
87. Rinat Fedorov, Soldier from Stavropol, Stavropol Province
88. Vakhtang Sukhoruchenkov, Soldier from Belgorod, Belgorod Province
89. Igor Dasaev, Soldier from Buguruslan, Orenburg Province
90. Valentin Titov, Soldier from Shuya, Ivanovo Province
91. Rinat Bodrov, Soldier from Kalach, Voronezh Province
92. Evgeniy Adamov, Soldier from Serdobsk, Penza Province
93. Valery Sazontyev, Soldier from Barysh, Ulyanovsk Province
94. Mikhail Feklistov, Soldier from Lgov, Kursk Province
95. Victor Dremin, Soldier from Kirov, Kaluga Province
96. Evgeny Igumnov, Soldier from Maloyaroslavets, Kaluga Province

>>>Meanwhile Moscow, under pressure over Chechnya from the United States and European Union at a ministerial meeting in Lisbon, announced that the Kremlin would hand-pick a group of 20 Chechens to monitor human rights in rebel republic.>>>>

THIS WILL BE A SOVIET STYLE INDEPENDENT BOARD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. WHAT A JOKE!!!

"È×ÊÅÐÈÈÑÊÈÅ ÈÃÐÛ,
èëè Åùå îäèí íåóëîâèìûé êîâáîé
Äåé÷ Ìàðê

Ìåíÿ â ïîñëåäíèå äíè ìíîãèå äîñòàþò: ÷åãî òàì â äåéñòâèòåëüíîñòè ñ
Áàáèöêèì ïðîèçîøëî? Òû âåäü ñ íèì ñåìü ëåò ðàáîòàë âìåñòå íà "Ñâîáîäå", âñå çíàåøü,
íàïèøè.
Íè÷åãî ÿ, ãðàæäàíå, íå çíàþ. Îòêóäà ìíå çíàòü? Õîòÿ, åñëè æåëàåòå, ìíåíèÿ ñâîåãî
ñêðûâàòü íå ñòàíó: óæ íå îáåññóäüòå — íå ïðèâûê. Íî: ïðè ïåðåäà÷å åãî êàêèì-òî ëþäÿì â
êàìóôëÿæå ÿ íå ïðèñóòñòâîâàë, ÷òî îí äåëàë äî òîãî, íà òîé ñòîðîíå, ó òàê íàçûâàåìûõ
ïîëåâûõ êîìàíäèðîâ — ìíå íåâåäîìî. Ïåðåäà÷ó "Ãåðîé äíÿ" ñ Áàáèöêèì â ãëàâíîé ðîëè
âèäåë. Ïî-ìîåìó — íåóäà÷íàÿ ðîëü. Âñå, íó áóêâàëüíî âñå âîêðóã — â ã..., à ïîä êóïîëîì
öèðêà — Áàáèöêèé â áåëîì ôðàêå.
Ñêàçàíî: "Äà áóäåò âûñëóøàíà è äðóãàÿ ñòîðîíà!". Íå òîëüêî äëÿ þðèñòîâ ñêàçàíî, íî è
äëÿ íàñ, ïèøóùåé áðàòèè. Ìû æå âî âñåé ýòîé èñòîðèè õîòèì ñëóøàòü òîëüêî îäíó ñòîðîíó.
ß ïîíèìàþ: âëàñòü — îíà âñåãäà íåïðàâà, ïîòîìó ÷òî ìû âñåãäà ê íåé â îïïîçèöèè. Íî
õîòÿ áû ðàäè ëþáîïûòñòâà: ÷òî ó íåå, ó âëàñòè, èìååòñÿ ïðîòèâ Áàáèöêîãî? ×òî ýòî çíà÷èò
— "âûñòóïàë íà ñòîðîíå íåçàêîííûõ âîîðóæåííûõ ôîðìèðîâàíèé"? Îðóæèÿ, äóìàþ, â ðóêè
íå áðàë. Íî ñìîòðåòü, êàê ðàññòðåëèâàþò èëè ïûòàþò ðóññêèõ, — âïîëíå ìîã, äîïóñêàþ. È
ïîòîì âìåñòå ñ ýòèìè æå áîåâèêàìè ïëîâ êóøàë.
Áåçíðàâñòâåííî, íî â óãîëîâíîì ïîðÿäêå íåíàêàçóåìî.
Çàòî ëó÷øåé ðåêëàìíîé êàìïàíèè íå ïðèäóìàòü. Î "Ñâîáîäå" óæå çàáûâàòü ñòàëè, à òóò
— òàêàÿ èñòîðèÿ. Êàê ïî çàêàçó. Ðàäèîñòàíöèÿ ñðàçó — â ïåðâûõ ðÿäàõ, ïðèíèìàþò ïî
âûñøåìó ðàçðÿäó, à äèðåêòîð "Ñâîáîäû" ã-í Êîðòè äàæå ÷åãî-òî òàêîå ïðèãðîçèë: äåñêàòü,
ìû — ëþäè ïàìÿòëèâûå, Çàïàä åùå ïîñ÷èòàåòñÿ ñ Ðîññèåé çà Áàáèöêîãî.
Ìåæäó ïðî÷èì, Áàáèöêèé — ðîññèéñêèé ãðàæäàíèí, õîòü è ðàáîòàåò íà àìåðèêàíñêîé
ðàäèîñòàíöèè. Ñîáñòâåííî, ãäå õî÷åò, òàì è ðàáîòàåò. Åãî ëè÷íîå äåëî. Ñâîáîäà ó íàñ,
çíàåòå ëè. Íî ÷òîáû ãðîçèòü ñòðàíå èç-çà åå æå ïðîâèíèâøåãîñÿ (èëè íå ïðîâèíèâøåãîñÿ)
àáîðèãåíà — ýòî óæå íåìíîãî ñëèøêîì.
Ã-íà Êîðòè ÿ òîæå çíàþ. Î÷åíü äàæå ïðèÿòíûé ÷åëîâåê. Âî âñåõ îòíîøåíèÿõ.
Äåéñòâèòåëüíî: ïàìÿòëèâûé. Íî ïàìÿòü ó íåãî êàêàÿ-òî èçáèðàòåëüíàÿ. Òàê ÿ åìó êîå-÷òî
íàïîìíþ.
 1993 ãîäó, ïîñëå ïå÷àëüíûõ îêòÿáðüñêèõ ñîáûòèé, Áàáèöêèé èñ÷åç. Ñïóñòÿ íåêîòîðîå
âðåìÿ Ðàäèî "Ñâîáîäà" ïîëó÷èëà îò íåãî ïèñüìî (êñåðîêîïèÿ ïûëèòñÿ ãäå-òî â ìîåì
àðõèâå), â êîòîðîì îí ïðîêëèíàåò "êðîâàâûé åëüöèíñêèé ðåæèì". "Ñâîáîäó", êîòîðàÿ ýòîò
ðåæèì ïîääåðæèâàëà, Áàáèöêèé ïðîêëèíàåò òîæå è ñîîáùàåò, ÷òî âìåñòå ñî ñâîèì ëó÷øèì
äðóãîì, íàñòàâíèêîì ðîññèéñêèõ êîìñîìîëüöåâ Ìàëÿðîâûì, îòïðàâëÿåòñÿ â áåëîðóññêèå
ëåñà. Ïàðòèçàíèòü.
Åé-Áîãó, íå øó÷ó. Èìåííî òàê è íàïèñàë.
Ïîòîì-òî, êîíå÷íî, âåðíóëñÿ — óæ íå çíàþ, èç áåëîðóññêèõ ëåñîâ èëè èç ïîäìîñêîâíûõ,
ìíîãî ëè íàïàðòèçàíèë è ñêîëüêî ýøåëîíîâ ïîä îòêîñ ïóñòèë, — áðîñèëñÿ â íîãè
ñâîáîäîâñêèì íà÷àëüíèêàì. Áëóäíûé ñûí áûë ïðîùåí è âîññòàíîâëåí íà ðàáîòå.
Ïîìíèò ëè ã-í Êîðòè ýòó èñòîðèþ? Äóìàþ, ÷òî ïîìíèò. Íî íå âñïîìèíàåò. Íåâûãîäíî.
Î íûíåøíåé "îäèññåå" Áàáèöêîãî ðàñïðîñòðàíÿòüñÿ íå áóäó: ñëèøêîì ïîõîæà îíà íà
äóðíîé, ëèøåííûé âñÿêîãî âêóñà äåòåêòèâ. Ïðè÷åì âëàñòè, êàê èì è ïîëîæåíî (íå ìîãó
óäåðæàòüñÿ è íå ïíóòü ëèøíèé ðàç), ïîâåëè ñåáÿ â ýòîé èñòîðèè ñîâñåì óæ òóïî. Íó,
ïåðåäàåò êîððåñïîíäåíò àìåðèêàíñêîé ðàäèîñòàíöèè ðåïîðòàæè ñ òîé ñòîðîíû. È ÷òî? Âñå
îíè íå ñòîÿò äàæå îäíîãî êîðîòêîãî ñþæåòà, ïîêàçàííîãî íàì êàê-òî òåëåâèäåíèåì:
÷å÷åíñêèå áàíäèòû ïîä îáúåêòèâîì âèäåîêàìåðû îòñòðåëèâàþò ïàëüöû ó îäíîãî èç ñâîèõ
ïëåííèêîâ.
Êîå-÷òî âñå-òàêè îòìå÷ó. Äëÿ ñìåõó. Â êîíöå ìèíóâøåãî ãîäà, ïðèåõàâ íà ïîáûâêó â
Ìîñêâó, Áàáèöêèé ðàññêàçûâàë ìîèì äîâåð÷èâûì êîëëåãàì, êàê åìó óäàëîñü, ÿâèâ ÷óäåñà
ëîâêîñòè, óñêîëüçíóòü îò îòðÿäà "ñïåöèàëèñòîâ" èç ÃÐÓ, ïîñëàííîãî â ×å÷íþ ñ
îäíîé-åäèíñòâåííîé öåëüþ — åãî, Áàáèöêîãî, "óáðàòü". Óáèòü òî åñòü. Ñïóñòÿ ïàðó äíåé
òàêèõ îòðÿäîâ ñòàëî óæå äâà.
Ñìåøíî. Ïðÿìî-òàêè íåóëîâèìûé êîâáîé Äæî. Ìåæäó òåì ðåáÿòà â ÃÐÓ ñåðüåçíûå:
çàõîòÿò óáèòü — îáÿçàòåëüíî óáüþò.
À âîò öèòàòà èç ïóáëèöèñòè÷åñêèõ îïûòîâ Áàáèöêîãî. Òîæå äëÿ ñìåõó.
"×å÷åíöû ïåðåðåçàþò ãîðëî ñîëäàòàì íå ïîòîìó, ÷òî îíè ñàäèñòû è èñïûòûâàþò
ñêëîííîñòü ê êàêîìó-òî îñîáî æåñòîêîìó îòíîøåíèþ ê ñîëäàòàì. Ïðîñòî òàêèì îáðàçîì îíè
ïûòàþòñÿ ñäåëàòü âîéíó áîëåå âûïóêëîé, çðèìîé, ÿðêîé, äîñòó÷àòüñÿ äî îáùåñòâåííîãî
ìíåíèÿ".
Äà óæ. Äîñòó÷àëèñü. ßð÷å íåêóäà.
Ñ òåìè, êòî ïåðåðåçàåò ãîðëî ðîññèéñêèì ñîëäàòàì (ó êàæäîãî òàêîãî ñîëäàòà, ìåæäó
ïðî÷èì, åñòü èìÿ, ôàìèëèÿ è ìàìà ñ ïàïîé), âñå ÿñíî. À âîò êóäà îòíåñòè àâòîðà ñåé
"ïóáëèöèñòèêè"? Ê òåì ëè, êîìó ðàäè êðàñíîãî ñëîâöà íå æàëü íèêîãî è íè÷åãî? Ïî-ìîåìó,
òàê âñå ïðîùå: èíôàíòèëüíûé ïîæèëîé þíîøà íàøåë âûõîä çàñòàðåëîìó êîìïëåêñó
íåïîëíîöåííîñòè.
Íûí÷å, ðàññêàçûâàÿ î ñâîèõ ïðèêëþ÷åíèÿõ, Áàáèöêèé óïîìèíàåò î íåêîåì ÷å÷åíñêîì
äâèæåíèè, "êîòîðîå âûñòóïàåò çà âêëþ÷åíèå ×å÷íè â ñîñòàâ Ðîññèè".
À âîò ýòî óæå íå ñìåøíî. Åñëè è îãîâîðêà, òî âåñüìà ìíîãîçíà÷èòåëüíàÿ. Ïî ìíå —
Àëëàõ áû ñ íåé, ñ íåçàëåæíîé È÷êåðèåé. Îäíàêî íèêòî åå èç ñîñòàâà Ðîññèè ïîêà íå
âûêëþ÷àë.
 íå ñòîëü óæ äàâíèå âðåìåíà, êîãäà ãîëîâíîé îôèñ ðàäèî "Ñâîáîäà" ðàçìåùàëñÿ â
Ìþíõåíå, ÿ íå ðàç òàì áûâàë.  òîì ÷èñëå è âìåñòå ñ Áàáèöêèì. Õîðîøî ïîìíþ, êàê îí íå
õîòåë âîçâðàùàòüñÿ äîìîé. Ïðÿìî äî ñëåç. Ñäåðæèâàëî ìîåãî êîëëåãó ëèøü îäíî: íå áûëî
äåíåã.
Òåïåðü áóäóò."

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Svoloch,

Ma fig mne tvoj moskovskyj MAGADAN zdalsya. Net, luchshe uzh vy k nam.

By the way, the author of article that Svoloch had just posted, was dismissed from RL, which explains his venom about his former employer. Besides, he presents no evidence for his accusations, except 'copy of Babitsky letter that I have SOMEWHERE in my archive'. It would be more credible if he PRESENTED the copy, rather that refered to its existance (if any...).

Chechen rebels kill 37 Russians in ambush

The Russian authorities, which announced earlier this week that the war in Chechnya was in effect over, have been left reeling by a guerrilla ambush that inflicted heavy casualties on a convoy near Grozny.

Only yesterday did military spokesmen confirm that 37 members of a special police brigade had been killed and 12 injured when a band of about 40 Chechen guerrillas attacked their convoy on Thursday.

The independent NTV channel, which has maintained a more critical approach than other pro-Kremlin stations, said the military had been "premature" in declaring victory after they raised the Russian flag over the rebel stronghold of Shatoi.

How did so many well-armed guerrillas manage to attack the convoy on the outskirts of Grozny when the Islamic fighters were supposed to have been pushed back into the mountains and exterminated? And why were the police officers left to fight a losing battle for five hours before reinforcements arrived?

example of RUSSIAN lies


Russian officials said many guerrillas had also been killed. But Russian journalists quoted unofficial sources as saying that no Chechen bodies had been found, meaning either that their comrades removed them or that all the guerrillas survived.

The Russians may think they hold Chechnya, but despite all the killing and destruction they have not managed to capture an important Chechen field commander.


More - at:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/World/Russia/2000-03/chechen040300.shtml