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Who organizes kidnappings in Chechnya?

After the termination of the first Chechen war, the leadership of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria repeatedly warned the international community that the kidnappings of journalists and representatives of humanitarian organizations by the special services of Russia are provocations. These crimes intend informational and humanitarian isolation of the Chechen Republic and cause negative reaction to the newly formed Chechen State . There is a certain document of the FSB under the title �Special measures for neutralization of the hotbeds of separatism in the Northern Caucasus �, indicating the existence of this plan. This document received publicity owing to the activities of the Antiterrorist Centre of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria (AC of CRI). Here are several items of this document revealing the essence of special operations of the FSB:

�Mass ideological propaganda should be accompanied by concrete special measures on the territory of Chechnya .

First Stage � Informational isolation of Chechnya .

Second Stage � Total isolation.

The task of the first stage can be accomplished simply � In poor and devastated republic there are many people wishing to earn much money at once. The point is kidnapping of the civilians. It can be done with the help of the journalists and representatives of humanitarian organizations. They should become the articles of trade. On the next stage, everyone who has money should become the article of trade. Apparently, it will be most effective if the objects of attack become the neighbors of Chechnya �.

The independent Chechen press published a great deal of materials dealing with the kidnappings of the journalists and representatives of humanitarian organizations, carried out by Russian special services during the armistice between the two wars. The Chechen journalists reported that the employees of different special services, operated under the guise of �bearded Muslims� initiating the kidnappings in Chechnya .

A very negative resonance in Chechnya had the kidnapping of the NTV camera operators headed by Russian TV presenter Elena Maslyuk. This crime was committed on 10 May 1997 in the environs of the Chechen village Samashki, when journalist Elena Maslyuk was abducted together with the operator of VTV Ilya Mordukov and sound technician Dmitry Olchev. The participation of Russian special services in this crime is pointed out by the fact that two days later, i.e. on 12 May 1997 , the Summit talks of the two Presidents � Maskhadov and Eltsin, was to be held. This crime was intended to ruin the forthcoming meeting, or, at least, to make it impossible to sign the historical document of �Peace Agreement and Principles of relations between the Russian Federation and Chechen Republic Ichkeria�. But the enemies went wrong � the document was signed.

However, common sense of the parties triumphed for a short time� And in 1997 the Russian special services failed to set the Chechen people to fight, the bloody plan was a success two years later, in the autumn of 1999. This tie, the bloody Kremlin lieutenant colonel, having seized upon the armchair of the prime minister of Russia , decided not to waste his energy on the journalists, and started to act, having sent hundreds of his �dear Russians� through hexogen to join their ancestors.

Having unleashed a new war against the Chechen people, Putin infringed not only the historical Agreement, but also the most important article of Hasavyurt Agreement, according to which the recognition of sovereignty of Chechnya by Russia is deferred until 2001. Now, with the coming of Putin to power, the Russians were faced with dilemma � either recognition of Chechnya 's sovereignty before the year 2001, or recommencement of the war.

Putin chose the second. The new Russian president could not behave otherwise, as headed not only the war party in Russia , but also the most bloodthirsty advance-guard � the KGB. It is noted in the abovementioned document: �The aim (of Russian authorities � M.A.) is to prevent appearance of the so-called state Ichkeria in the map of the world�. But Putin's treachery is not the most strange thing. The international community, having welcomed the democratic elections in Chechnya as a result of which Aslan Maskhadov became President of CRI, manifested not less treachery with respect to the Chechen people and Chechen President. The heads of the leading countries of international community declared Chechnya �to be a home affair of Russia � that meant non-intervention in Russian affairs even if Putin intends to carry out genocide of the Chechen people.

Now let us return to the cameramen of the Russian TV. We recollected the incident of kidnapping of the journalists of NTV in connection with the recent report of Russian TV that on 17 December, a person suspected in this crime was detained. It is quite reasonable to put a question: Is it possible that Russian special services, eight years later decided to convict their former colleague?

It is proved that not only the special services but also the Kremlin authorities were concerned with the kidnappings in Chechnya, and first of all it is proved by the fact that Sergei Stepashin, then Minister of Internal Affairs of RF, made an open statement in the Russian press with respect to the abduction of Masyuk and a group of cameramen: �We have given rise to this problem, having paid several years ago two million dollars for the kidnapped journalist�. (�Severni Kavkaz�, N41, 1998).

Those who doubt should answer the question � What great services had journalist of NTV Masyuk before the leadership of FSB? But if we reflect seriously, it is not difficult to understand that Masyuk accomplished a very important task � if she failed to ruin the signing of the Agreement on 12 may 1997, the image of the Chechen Resistance was stained, consequently, the Chechen Mujahideen were declared �the kidnappers of civilians�.

But it would not be reasonable to relieve certain Chechen fighters of the responsibility � those, who having fallen for the bait of Russian special services, became the executors, i.e. the kidnappers. Now not only the kidnappers of Masyuk, but also almost all former executors can be found in different departments of Russian special services, who threw off the masks of �Muslims�. Especially there are lots of them among the so-called �kadyrov's men�, who, covered with the Kremlin and Lubyanka as before, continue to carry out their criminal actions. With one difference.

If earlier the executors of Russian special services treated their victims humanely, receiving large sums of money for the secret agents, - �journalists and employees of humanitarian organizations�, now the kidnappers in Russian uniform are acting brutally: in most cases the kidnapped people disappear. And only few of them are fated to survive and be released, though disabled, and such �freedom� cost them much money.

Movla Aliyev, Chechenpress

23.12.04

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