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...Although the former nurse and mother of 10 demonstrated at Stutes' old clinic, she says she has no plans to do so at the new site. "With the video cameras, they see you coming," she says. "It's like Hitler's fortresses. People couldn't get in there to protest the killing of the Jews...
...pound the devastated city and Moscow did not publicly respond to his overture. Earlier today, the Russian defense minister said that his forces would "advance deep into the town with a view to confiscating weapons and eradicating gangs." Meanwhile, the Chechnya offensive seems to be finally sparking some internal protest: Long-time human rights activist Yelena Bonner resigned from President Boris Yeltsin's human rights commission, saying the military's actions marked Russia's return to total
...death by hiding in a basement bomb shelter. Chechen officials claim that 200 people have died in the fighting.Despite the continued ferocity of the attack and the fact that it's reminiscent of the long and bloody Afghanistan conflict, Yeltsin has not been the target of any major public protest, says Zarakhovich. Why? "Here people are so used to bloodshed and their leaders not knowing what they are doing that they have become numb," he says. Still, public opposition may be the least of the Yeltsin's problems. After Russians capture Grozny, they're likely to stay for years under...
Russian rockets slammed Grozny, capital of separatist Chechnya, Monday night as Moscow tightened its grip on the breakaway republic, while hundreds of thousands of Chechen villagers lined roadways and linked arms in a peaceful protest against advancing Russian troops. Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev said 120 people died in the missile attack and denounced Russia for the "mass killing of peaceful citizens." Chechen radio said the Russian attacks targeted residential areas and administrative buildings. A Russian government statement acknowledged the worsening situation in Grozny but blamed Dudayev, saying he's holding his own people hostage. Meanwhile, Russia closed its borders with...
...Caucasus mountain region last week, encountered heavy resistance. But President Boris Yeltsin faced growing opposition to the intervention as thousands of worried parents sent Yeltsin telegrams asking for information about their sons, and today, a former prime minister urged the Russian people to take to the streets in protest...