And that was just Jews. Lets see how other people were doing in the Wonderland of Independent Ichkeria. And I didn't even have to use Lexis-Nexis.
KRO, Stavropol Authorities Sign Resettlement Agreement By RIA Novosti correspondent Andrey Malosolov MOSCOW, MAY 20, 1997 RIA NOVOSTI -- The Congress of Russian Communities (KRO) and the administration of Stavropol Territory led by Aleksandr Chernogorov signed an agreement for the organization of the resettlement and employment in Stavropol Territory of 30,000-35,000 Russian-speaking citizens who do not want to remain on Chechnya's territory. The RIA Novosti correspondent learned this in an exclusive interview with State Duma deputy Dmitriy Rogozin, Chairman of the Congress of Russian Communities. Rogozin said that the resettlement of Russians from Chechnya will be financed from means of the Stavropol Territory and money earmarked for Chechnya's economic rehabilitation. The resettlement will be effected with the assistance and under the protection of the Russian Security Council, Chechnya and Dagestan. In Rogozin's opinion, most of the Russian-speaking citizens strive to leave the Chechen Republic, fleeing from genocide and criminal lawlessness. According to information available to the KRO, in the Naursky and Shelkovskoy districts which are mainly inhabited by Cossacks, since April 21 the Chechen authorities arrested and took to Groznyy prisons 20 Cossack atamans (heads), including ataman Andreyev, Vice-Chairman of the KRO local department. Robberies and murders of Russians continue in the capital of Ichkeria. Their number has since the launching of the hostilities dropped from 250,000 to 8,000 people. The KRO chairman negatively assessed the signing of the peace accord with Chechnya. He believes that no peace treaty with Groznyy will ever be effective without such provisions as return of all war prisoners, resettlement of Russians not wishing to remain in Chechnya to other places of residence, definition of the status of the Shelkovskoy and Naursky districts which were parcelled off from Stavropol Territory and handed over to the Chechen-Ingush Republic in 1956, as well as border control. ******** Another 4,000 Leave Chechnya Fleeing Harrasment By Nikolay Styazhkin STAVROPOL, August 7, 1997 (Itar-Tass) -- About 4,000 refugees from Chechnya have come to Russia's southern Stavropol territory since the start of this year, a territorial migration service spokesman told Itar-Tass today. The official said the refugees' story is that harrasment from Chechen extremist groups is continuing despite official utterances of Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov about safety guarantees for all ethnic groups in Chechnya. The refugees say that non-Chechen residents are confronted by go- or-you will-be-sorry threats. A total of 40,000 people left Chechnya for the Stavropol territory at the height of the 21-month hostilities. ********* 03. Chechen Refugees Continue To Pour into Stavropol Territory Moscow Radio Rossii Network in Russian 1800 GMT 21 Dec 97 Refugees are continuing to stream into Stavropol Territory from Chechnya. (?Georgiy Nikolayev), head of the territorial immigration service, told RIA Novosti today that about 4,500 people forced to move from Chechnya had been registered in Stavropol Territory in the first 11 months of this year and that this was one-third of the total number of immigrants to the Territory. Commenting on the results of a two-day interregional conference, which has just ended in Stavropol Territory and which was entitled "The Role of Public Organizations in the Resolution of Refugee Problems," Nikolayev noted that a total of about 4,500 people had moved to the Territory from the neighboring republic. He said that half of them had already achieved the status of displaced persons, which is a condition for them to receive benefits and compensation for lost housing and property. ********* 04. Chechens 'Refusing' To Leave Kabardino-Balkar Republic By Yelena Ashinova Nalchik, September 11, 2004 (Itar-Tass) -- The migration service in Russia's Kabardino-Balkar Republic has reported that more than 2,400 refugees from Chechnya filed their unwillingness to return home. Of those, only 517 are ethnic Russians, migration service director Anzor Guchapshev told Itar-Tass on Thursday. Guchapshev said the refugees are refusing to return to Chechnya mainly because of economic difficulties experienced by the breakaway republic. However, the Kabardino-Balkar Republic which borders Chechnya in the northwest is unable to continue to support the forced migrants, he said. The migration service decided to provide housing for the Russians in the Prokhladniy district in the east of the republic until they are paid compensations, Guchapshev said, adding that as regards the Chechens, nobody is going to evict them. The people should realize themselves that it is time to return home, he emphasized. ********** 05. Chechnya Announces Plans to Deport Tajik Refugees Moscow NTV in Russian 0900 GMT 03 Dec 98 [From the "Segodnya" newscast] A campaign against beggars and tramps has begun in Chechnya. The local authorities see them as potential spies and saboteurs. Here is Andrey Antonov with more details. [Unidentified child] My name is Surkh. [Correspondent, to child] Where are you from? [Unidentified child] Tajikistan. [Correspondent] Tajikistan? It looks as if hard times are on the way for Surkh and his grandmother. The Chechen Ministry for [Shari'ah] State Security has decided to deport all Tajik refugees from Chechnya. The decision was taken under pressure from public opinion, as they say. [passage omitted: unidentified woman says Tajiks bring drugs] [Correspondent] The Chechen state security service has also published information implying that agents from foreign security services are penetrating Chechnya disguised as tramps and beggars. The Chechen security service has already uncovered several [alleged] attempts at sabotage by apparent refugees. [Abu Bazhiyev, deputy minister for Shari'ah State Security] The leadership of the Chechen Ministry for [Shari'ah] State Security has ordered its subunits to detain and accompany outside the borders of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria people living illegally inside the republic, which means that they have not presented their passport to the visa service and they are not in possession of a certificate from the district department saying that they live in a certain place at a certain address. [Correspondent] Many Tajiks are unlikely to find out why they are being deported from the Chechen Republic. In Chechnya, orders are written in Chechen and Russian, and refugees, who usually come from mountainous regions in Tajikistan, usually speak neither. [passage omitted: correspondent tries to speak to a Tajik, who doesn't understand] [Video shows markets; children; yards]
