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1. 1. FindLaw Legal News - Abducted Red Cross Workers Released in Chechnya

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   Published on: 11/18/2002   Last Visited: 11/18/2002

   "We can confirm they were released yesterday," Igor Botnikov, a Kremlin spokesman on Chechnya told Reuters.
   
   The Swiss-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomed the release but said the Russian authorities had given no details of how the pair were freed.
   
   "Everybody is extremely happy and we are relieved to have our colleagues back.

2. 2. ICHKERIA - CHECHNYA - article - Interfax&AP&EM : Supreme Court Refuses to Amend Raduyev's Sentence

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   Published on: 6/13/2002   Last Visited: 6/13/2002

   Igor Botnikov, a spokesman for the Kremlin information office on Chechnya, also refused to comment on the allegations, saying they were being studied.
   
   Meanwhile, two young men were killed in an explosion in a Grozny district Wednesday night near an electronics store. An investigation is ongoing, and it was not immediately clear what kind of explosive was used.
   
   Convicted Chechen warlord seeks POW status Ekho Moskvy

3. 3. Welcome to News-Journal!

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   Published on: 3/13/2003   Last Visited: 3/13/2003

   Igor Botnikov, a Kremlin spokesman on Chechnya, scoffed at the charges, saying he would "leave those words on Mr. Kovalyov's conscience."
   
   Asked if the charges were worth checking, he said all allegations of military abuse are investigated.
   
   Independent verification is impossible because violence and government restrictions prevent Western journalists from working unimpeded in Chechnya.
   
   Dzhabrailov, 23, spoke to The Associated Press on condition his location not be revealed because he feared reprisals. The details of his story match the patterns Kovalyov's allies at the Russian human rights group Memorial have documented.
   
   His head bandaged and his face covered in bruises, Dzhabrailov said masked troops stormed his house in the village of Pobedinskoye, 9 miles west of Grozny, at dawn on Feb. 16. They pulled him and his brother Valid, 30, from their beds, and ignoring the pleas of their mother and sister--handcuffed them, put sacks over their heads and drove for about an hour until they heard gates opening.
   
   He said he heard helicopters and believed he was at Khankala, the military's main base in Chechnya.
   
   Dzhabrailov was separated from his brother and brought to a basement, where he remained chained to a pipe for a day and a half. Masked men visited him periodically, jabbing his kidneys with guns and breaking his nose with flashlights.
   
   They demanded Dzhabrailov confess to having fought with the rebels. Dzhabrailov said he was never involved in fighting.
   
   In the evening, he said, an unmasked man came, silently put a bag over Dzhabrailov's head and led him to a vehicle.
   
   "A cold body lay under me," he said.
   
   After a long ride, the men removed the corpse from the truck and dragged Dzhabrailov onto the ground, his head still covered. He said he heard a shot and a bullet took off some skin above his ear.
   
   Dzhabrailov said he heard the men put something underneath him and the corpse and light it with a cigarette lighter.
   
   Then the truck left, and Dzhabrailov freed himself and extinguished the lit fuse.
   
   He looked at the corpse next to him and recognized his brother's mangled body by his clothes.
   
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