The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Chechen Republic: official site.| | |All aboutChechnya| news| history| Actual News from Chechnya | || traditions| music | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------| | News update | # # Issue 160 | | | 23.01.04 | |Ella Pamfilova: Sultygovs | | |resignation will not affect |Chechnya: news | arguments | facts | |human rights in Chechnya | | | |[3492] 23 January 2004 Chechnya strengthens direct ties with | |Adbul Khakim Sultygovs |the Russian regions | |resignation from the post of |The Chechen governments representatives in Russian regions at | |special presidential human |their meeting in Grozny have analysed the work done in the out| |rights commissioner in the |going year and discussed how to improve effectiveness of their| |Chechen Republic will not entail|work. The meeting was chaired by the republican minister for | |any alterations in the work of |national policy, information and foreign ties Taus Dzhabrailov| |the Human Rights Commission |and was held at the ministry. Chechen envoys work successfully| |under the Russian President, |in 38 Russian regions. The Chechen government has already | |Commission Chairman Ella |signed agreements on cooperation with St. Petersburg and | |Pamfilova told Itar-Tass. His |Rostov region. It is preparing to sign similar agreements with| |resignation will not affect the |the Yaroslaval and Bashkiria regions. The meeting decided to | |Commissions work in any way |make more careful approaches in appointing the heads of | |whatsoever, Pamfilova stressed, |missions in Russian regions since they have the full authority| |commenting on the presidential |to represent the republic. The work of the missions is guided | |decree, which transfers the |by the strategy determined by President Akhmad Kadyrov. The | |tasks of guaranteeing human |strategy is aimed to guarantee a spiritual revival of the | |rights in Chechnya to the |nation and the reconstruction of inter-ethnic links on this | |republics government and to the |basis and strengthen mutual understanding and cooperation. | |Commission on Human Right under |According to the deputy minister for national policy, | |the Russian President. We shall |information and foreign links, Vasili Svetlichny, now the | |simply go on with this work, |republic is making attempts to restore disrupted economic | |knowing that our prerogatives |likes and mutually beneficial cooperation rather than getting | |are now more authorized, she |humanitarian aid. | |added. According to Pamfilova, |[http://www.chechnyafree.ru/index.php?lng=§ion=diaryeng] | |the Commissions priority tasks |(more News from Chechnya...) | |have already been determined. | | |The key problems, which the |23 January 2004 Chechen oil output to reach 2 billion tons in| |Commission is planning to |2004 | |tackle, include the situation |Oil output in the Republic of Chechnya is expected to amount | |with the repatriation of Chechen|to two billion metric tons in 2004, which will be 200,000 tons| |refugees and liquidation of tent|more than in 2003 and 500,000 tons more than in 2002, a source| |settlements. It is our duty to |at the Rosneft state-run concern told Itar-Tass. Chechnyas | |check the republics readiness to|Grozneftegas Company, a subsidiary of Rosneft, also plans to | |accommodate those people, |produce 510 billion cubic meters of natural gas. To implement | |Pamfilova noted. In addition to |the projects, it is necessary to make operational 17 new | |the information coming in from |wells, complete the construction of the Goit-Kort oil loading | |the Chechen government, the |rack and revamp the Severnye Braguny and Starogroznenskoye oil| |Commission will also rely in its|fields, the source said. Grozneftegas has restored 260 | |work on its officials, who are |power-generating facilities and related installations over the| |paying regular visits to |past three years, including five oil storage facilities, two | |Chechnya and on information it |oil loading racks, 350 kilometers of pipelines and 230 | |gets from the public |kilometers of power-transmission lines, the source said. | |organizations, whose leaders are|Earlier, Grozneftegas Director-General Baudi Khamidov said in | |members of the Commission, |an interview with Itar-Tass that Chechnya needs ten million | |Pamfilova noted. She also |U.S. dollars to revive its oil-refining industry. Rosneft | |stressed that the Commission |officials said oil plundering remained one of the serious | |would, as always, relay in its |problems in the republic. According to the current data, | |work on the understanding and |malefactors stole around 20,000 tons of fuel in 2003. As a | |backing of the Russian |result of illicit tapping of the local pipelines, ten oil | |president, who is in constant |gushers opened and seven of them caught fire. All efforts have| |contact with it. |failed so far to arrest the flames at one of the oil gushers. | |([http://www.chechnyafree.ru/ |[http://www.chechnyafree.ru/index.php?lng=§ion=diaryeng] | |index.php?lng=§ion=Moseng] |(more News from Chechnya...) | |more...) | | | |23 January 2004 Chechen government to pay compensations for | |UN officials to visit Chechnya |voluntarily surrendered weapons | | |The Chechen government instructed the republics Finance | |Two senior UN officials are to |Ministry to add 42 million roubles more to the 2004 expense | |make separate visits to Chechen |budget of the Interior Ministry to pay compensations for the | |republic within the space of two|voluntarily surrendered weapons, ammunition and explosives, | |months, the president of the |which some Chechens still illegally possess. In keeping with a| |neighbouring republic of |decision of the governments y meeting, the Chechen Interior | |Ingushetia said, as quoted by |Ministry is to issue an instruction on the procedures of | |Russian news agencies. UN |accepting the voluntarily surrendered weapons, their | |Under-Secretary for Humanitarian|evaluation, and payment of compensations. The decision will | |Affairs Jan Egelund will visit |make it incumbent on the Chechen Ministry of Mass Media to | |both republics at the end of |launch explanatory work through the local media on the | |this month, while the UN High |procedures of voluntarily surrendering the still illegally | |Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud |held weapons, on the exemption of their owners from penalty, | |Lubbers, will follow in March, |and on their financial remuneration in keeping with the | |President Murat Zyazikov said. |legislation in force. For instance, 5,000 roubles will be paid| |Egelund's main purpose will be |for each handed in pistol, 6,000 roubles for each | |to coordinate relief work |submachine-gun, 8,000 roubles for each mine launcher, 10,000 | |between the authorities of the |roubles for each sub-barrel grenade launcher, 3,000 roubles | |two republics and federal |for each smooth-bore hunting gun or explosive device, and | |authorities, Zyazikov said. |2,000 roubles for each artillery shell. Depending on calibre, | |Apart from meeting government |cartridges for small arms are valued at 30-70 kopecks each. | |officials in both republics, |People are voluntarily handing in weapons practically every | |Egelund plans to visit Chechen |day. Itar-Tass was told at the Regional Counter-Terrorism | |refugee camps in Ingushetia and |Operations Headquarters on Thursday that 26-year-old Anzor | |also meet Chechens who have |Duguyev came to the police on Wednesday to declare his | |returned to their homeland from |voluntary withdrawal from a bandit gang. He handed in a RPG-26| |Ingushetia, ITAR-TASS quoted |grenade launcher, two rounds of ammunition for an anti-tank | |Zyazikov as saying. ([http:// |grenade launcher, and several hand grenades. | |www.chechnyafree.ru/index.php? | | |lng=§ion=Moseng] more...) | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | Chechen history | Russia - Chechnya | | | | |Chechnya | Questions and answers| Chechen traditions | | | | |To Reader |"Nokhchallah," the chechen character | |All about Chechnya, chechens. | | |ChechenRepublic | news| history||[219] | |traditions| music |The word "Nokhchallah" does not lend itself to translation . | | |But it may and must be explained. "Nokhcho" stands for | |This pamphlet is about Chechnya |Chechen."Nokhchallah" brings together all the specific | |, a Russian territory which has |properties of the Chechen character. It implies a whole gamut | |witnessed the most tragic events|of moral and ethical norms. It may be described as the Chechen| |over the past decade. The book |code of honor. Chivalry, gentility, diplomatic skills, | |is the latest update on the |manliness, generosity and reliability are the qualities which | |Chechen Republic . And this is |a child of a hardline Chechen family imbibes with, as they | |very important, since a lack of |say, his mother's milk. And the Chechen code of honor is | |fresh and accurate information |rooted in the remote days of Chechen history. In the severe | |about events in Chechnya |conditions of bygone years a refusal to open the door to a | |generates many distorted |stranger could lead to lethal frostbites. He could succumb to | |conceptions and rumours - both |fatigue or famine, fall prey to a wild beast or highway | |within and outside Russia . For |robbers. The ancestral tradition which has been held sacred, | |example, that Chechen society is|demands that a stranger be welcomed in, seated by the fire, | |allegedly inherently alien to |offered food and shelter for the night. Hospitality is, thus, | |Russia , that pro-Russian |"nokhchallah." The narrow roads and paths of Chechnya zigzag | |elements in the republic are |around mountain cliffs and on the brink of precipices. A fight| |marginalised; and lastly, that |or a heated argument may send one down into the abyss. | |Russian power structures are |Politeness and willingness to compromise are "nokhchallah." | |fighting the Chechen people, |The strenuous conditions of their life taught the highlanders | |rather than armed bandit groups.|to help and support one another, which is also "nokhchallah." | |The reality, however, is that |But "nokhchallah" has nothing to do with the Table of Ranks. | |only with the return of the |There have been neither princes nor serfs among the Chechens. | |legitimate authorities are |"Nokhchallah" is an ability to deal with people without | |villages and towns being |showing your privileged position. The privileged should be | |restored, children going to |extra polite and accommodating to avert hurting anyone's | |school for the first time in |feelings. If two men meet and one of them is riding on | |many years, and pensioners |horseback and the other walking, the one who is riding shall | |receiving long-forgotten |be the first to utter words of greeting. If the one who is | |pensions, i.e. a social rebirth |walking is older that the one who is riding, the rider shall | |is underway. Lying ahead are a |dismount to greet the older man. "Nokhchallah" is friendship | |referendum on a new Chechen |that lasts all life: in joy and sorrow. Highlanders hold | |constitution, and parliamentary |friendship sacred. Inattentiveness or impoliteness shall be | |and presidential elections. |forgiven if they are displayed to a brother, but to a friend -| |These votes will be held, |never! "Nokhchallah" is special respect for women. A man | |despite continued attempts by |dismounts his horse before entering the village where the | |bandit groups and their leaders |relatives of his mother or his wife live. And here is a story | |to scupper the process of |about a man who asked to spend a night in a house that stood | |normalisation in the republic, |on the outskirts of a Chechen village, without knowing that | |the latest terrorist act being |she was alone. The hostess could not reject his request. She | |the bombing of the republican |gave him something to eat and made a bed for him. In the | |government building. The war |morning, the man realized that the woman was alone and that | |being waged by Chechen |she had spent the night sitting by a lit lantern in the | |separatists against federal |anteroom. As he was hurriedly washing up, he brushed the | |forces and more often than not |woman's hand with his small finger by accodent. The man cut | |against their own co-citizens is|the finger off with his knife before leaving that place. Only | |by no means a "national |a man brought up in the spirit of "nokhchallah" will go to | |liberation struggle of the |such pains to protect a woman's honor. "Nokhchallah" rules out| |Chechen people", but an episode |all attempts at subjugation. Male Chechens have, since times | |in the overall offensive by |immemorial, been brought up as protectors and trained to bear | |international terrorism on the |arms. "Come at liberty" is the oldest of the greetings in | |fundamental principles of modern|actual use in Chechnya. The freedom of spirit and readiness to| |civilisation. The facts show |fight to protect it is "nokhchallah." "Nokhchallah" demands | |that being a part of the Russian|that Chechens respect all other men, regardless of their | |Federation in no way threatens |social origins, family background and religious beliefs. The | |the Chechen Republic 's cultural|bigger the difference between a Chechen and someone else, the | |identity, the free use of its |more respect the Chechen shall accord that someone. You have a| |own language, and preaching |chance to be forgiven for hurting a Moslem's feelings because,| |Islam. On the contrary, it was |people say, you may meet the person whose feelings you have | |during de facto "independence" |hurt on Judgement Day. But all is lost if you have hurt the | |from Russia that the Chechen |feelings of a person of a different creed, because there is no| |people suffered a humanitarian |chance of ever meeting him. The sin will stay with you | |tragedy on an unprecedented |forever. "Nokhchallah" is no book of do's and don't's. It is | |scale. Hostage-taking, the slave|of their own free will that the Chechens obey its rules. It is| |trade and plundering came to |a condensed | |form the economic basis of the |([http://www.chechnyafree.ru/index.php?section=traditionseng& | |new regime, while chaos and war |lng=eng] in detail ...) | |became the form of its political| | |existence. We want to emphasise | Chechen tarditions | |once more: Chechnya is part of | | |Russia , geographically, |The book "Vainakh Ethics" by Edi Isaev | |politically and |Edi Isaev on Customs and Traditions of Chechens The book" | |civilisation-wise. So a |Vainakh Ethics " by Edi Isaevthe chechen character | |hypothetical triumph of radical | | |Islamism on its territory would |The book "Vainakh Ethics" by Edi Isaev is an utmost important | |be anti-historical. Such a |work at a time when the life in Chechnya is returning to | |development would signify the |normal. Edi Isaev is a historian, Professor at the Chechen | |establishment in the midst of |State University, writer and publicist directs his book to | |Europe of a Taliban-like regime,|youth. In introduction he emphasizes: "The norm of Vainakh | |with all ensuing consequences |ethics is the code of wise truths of people that reflects | |for the international community.|their ideals." The book is educational. It contains the ideas | |The corporate author - |on ethics by thinkers of various people and various times from| |journalists of the Russian |Epicurus and Confucius A.S. Makarenko and L.N.Toltoi. The | |Information Agency Novosti - |second chapter is devoted to ethic norms of Chechens. The | |have attempted to be as brief as|third chapter considers in detail traditional family ethic | |possible on providing answers to|code. The final chapter is devoted to Islamic ethic norms. | |the most-often aked questions |Materials from the book Vainakh Ethics by Edi Isaev is devoted| |(above all posed by a foreign |to customs and traditions of Chechens. | |audience) about the Chechen |[http://www.chechnyafree.ru/index.php?lng=eng§ion= | |issue. Hence the book's title: "|bookvaineng&row=0] (more about chechen traditions...) | |Chechnya : Questions and | | |Answers". It draws heavily on | Chechen cuisine | |information provided by various | | |Russian ministries and |All about Chechnya, chechens. ChechenRepublic | news| history|| |departments that in one or |traditions| music | |another way are involved in |"The Chechens, like the rest of the highlanders, avoid | |normalising life in the |extremes in their eating and drinking habits. What they | |republic. |usually eat is chureks or corn bread with mutton lard spread | |Russian Information Agency |on it, and wheat stew with lard in it; water is their basic | |Novosti |refreshment." "...Unleavend wheat or barley bread baked on | |([http://www.chechnyafree.ru/ |charcoal, milk and cheese constitute their daily menu; meat is| |index.php?section=answerseng&lng|eaten, very rarely, by the richest of the Chechens." That was | |=eng] in detail ...) |written about the Chechen eating habits in the 19th century. | | |And it was not until the late 19th century that many | | Chechen economics |vegetables grown in Europe - tomatoes, cabbage, radish - had | | |found their way to the kitchen gardens of mountainous | |Chechnya reconstruction: |Chechnya. Chechen farming units have, since times immemorial, | |progress and plans |been self-sufficient, with only spices and sweetmeats being | | |bought at the market. And, although they have become familiar | |[3375] The year 2003 was marked |with the cuisines of many other ethnic communities, the | |in Chechnya by significant |Chechen women cherish the very special culinary traditions of | |progress in economic |their own. | |reconstruction as well as by the|([http://www.chechnyafree.ru/index.php?section=kitcheneng&lng=| |March constitutional referendum,|eng] in detail ...) | |the October elections for | | |regional President and the | - | |December elections to send | | |deputies to the federal Lower |## | |House. According to Director of | | |Finances and Economy at the | Copyright ? [http://www.chechnyafree.ru/index.php?lng=eng] | |presidential office for Southern| CHECHNYA FREE.RU | |Russia Dr Yuri Palastrov, | | |Chechnya reconstruction | | |programmes gobbled up a total of| | |21 billion roubles in 2003. The | | |republic's own spending amounted| | |to 10 billion roubles, including| | |all 1.2 billion that Chechnya | | |coffered after raising revenue | | |and paying federal taxes. | | |Federally-funded programmes | | |produced nearly 240 thousand | | |square metres of new or repaired| | |housing space, 8 new or repaired| | |schools for 2,930 students and | | |25 new or repaired health | | |clinics. All pensioners, people | | |on benefits and public employees| | |were finally restored to full | | |and regular pay. Chechnya was | | |self-sufficient in grain, meat, | | |dairy and poultry products. The | | |harvest of sunflower seed | | |increased 2 and a half times, | | |and the harvest of maize, 5 | | |times against the respective | | |figures in 2002. The proceeds | | |from oil reached 230 million | | |dollars. The tax collection | | |approached 4 billion roubles. Dr| | |Palastrov describes all this as | | |evidence of recovery picking up.| | |Regions outside Chechnya, | | |including neighbours in the | | |Southern Federal District, built| | |or rebuilt 17 schools in the | | |republic, two district general | | |hospitals and one social | | |services centre. In 2004, 22 | | |billion roubles are expected to | | |be spent on reconstruction in | | |Chechnya. Federal programmes | | |should build or repair 700 | | |thousand square metres of | | |housing space, resurrect 470 | | |factories, plants, | | |infrastructure installations, | | |schools, hospitals and | | |kindergartens and create 20 | | |thousand jobs. One hundred and | | |50 thousand unemployed people | | |are entitled to free | | |consultation. One thousand of | | |them will be offered coaching | | |for new skills. Thirty thousand | | |will be welcome to take up | | |community jobs. The | | |administration will continue to | | |accommodate returning refugees | | |and pay out compensations for | | |property that was lost in the | | |separatist wars. Yuri Palastrov | | |tells us he expects important | | |breakthroughs in the | | |reconstruction process this | | |year. | | |([http://www.chechnyafree.ru/ | | |index.php?lng=§ion= | | |economeng] more...) | | | | | |--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------| | [http://www.chechnyafree.ru/ | | |index.php?section=projectrus&lng|[mail][mailto:info@chechnyafree.ru] [mailto] | | =eng] [about] | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://felist.com/member/unsub?grp=news.media.chechnyafree&email= http://felist.com/ mailto:ask@felist.com