February, 2008

• 18 February

  UN Leads Condemnation of Afghanistan Suicide Bombing

  Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led international condemnation of a suicide bombing in Afghanistan that killed as many as 80 people, one of the deadliest attacks since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

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• 18 February

  UN condemns suicide attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan

  UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — The United Nations condemned “in the strongest terms” the suicide attack that killed about 80 people and injured 50 others in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar Sunday morning.

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• 17 February

  Ringleader of Chechen murtadin once more declared ‘complete victory’

  Photo: Eliminated ringleader of Chechen murtadin Akhmad Kadyrov   The ringleader of Chechen murtadin (apostates) Kadyrov, in widely advertised Internet-conference once more declared that Mujahideen allegedly suffered “total defeat”. Kadyrov reiterated his thesis that “total of 50-60 militants” are remaining in Chechnya’s mountains.

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• 17 February

  Ingushetia crisis deepens

  Observers say violence in Ingushetia’s main town shows republic is spiralling out of control. A growing confrontation between the authorities in Ingushetia and a new opposition movement is turning violent and making this autonomous republic the most volatile region in the North Caucasus.

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• 17 February

  Recent Crimes of Russian Neo-Nazis

  January 2008, St. Petersburg. A group of neo-nazis beat a teenager belonging to the so called “emo sub-culture”, breaking his arm and causing brain concussion

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• 17 February

  Ex-spy claims Russia stole $ 500-million form UN

  A former Russian top spy says his agents helped the Russian government steal nearly $ 500-million from the United Nations’ oil-for-food program in Iraq before the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

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• 17 February

  British accused Putin of terrorism

  David King, who as the Government’s Chief Scientist played a key role in the investigation into Litvinenko’s murder, has accused the Russian president of masterminding the murder of nearly 300 of his own people in the Moscow apartment bombings in 1999, which Putin blamed on Chechen rebels.

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• 17 February

  Nearly one-third of Moscow newborns are children of migrants

  Thirty percent of the 101,344 newborns in Moscow last year were children of migrant parents from the former Soviet republics and other foreign countries, a share far greater than these groups now form in the city’s population and one that means their percentage of its residents will increase even if …

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• 17 February

  Will the Sochi Olympiad take place as scheduled?

  An offhand comment by President Vladimir Putin during his recent swing through the North Caucasus should have alerted both Russians and the world of a very serious problem: Besides some speeches and press releases filled with bravado, Moscow has done very little to prepare for the Sochi Olympics.

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• 17 February

  Mujahideen demand to obey the Sharia

  According to the sources of some Western human rights publications, in particular Prague Watchdog, combat actions are continuing to take place in Chechnya everyday despite the repeated statements by Russian invaders and local stooges on ending the war and establishing peace.

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