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]]> By: Humble Money » Blog Archive » links for 2009-07-19 http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/russian-journalist-killed-in-chechnya/comment-page-1/#comment-26076 Humble Money » Blog Archive » links for 2009-07-19 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:02:12 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=5947#comment-26076 [...] Russian journalist killed in Chechnya | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion This woman may have had the most dangerous job in the world: [...] [...] Russian journalist killed in Chechnya | afoe | A Fistful of Euros | European Opinion This woman may have had the most dangerous job in the world: [...]

]]> By: Matt http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/russian-journalist-killed-in-chechnya/comment-page-1/#comment-26031 Matt Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:45:55 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=5947#comment-26031 He's not been killed yet, thankfully, but Sergei Kanev, a reporter for Novaya Gazeta, has been attacked several times and nearly killed. He writes mostly about police and government corruption and not too much on the Caucasus. A reprint of a NY times article on him is here: http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.baltics/msg/038e746983229f94 He’s not been killed yet, thankfully, but Sergei Kanev, a reporter for Novaya Gazeta, has been attacked several times and nearly killed. He writes mostly about police and government corruption and not too much on the Caucasus. A reprint of a NY times article on him is here:
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.baltics/msg/038e746983229f94

]]> By: Sleeper http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/russian-journalist-killed-in-chechnya/comment-page-1/#comment-26012 Sleeper Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:29:52 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=5947#comment-26012 I think that the key issue here is that Moscow has limited control over what goes on in Chechnya. When Kadyrov's father was killed, what really struck me was that Ramzan turned up at the Kremlin to receive Putin's condolences, and was only wearing a tracksuit. It seemed to me like a carefully calculated mark of disrepect, as if to demonstrate to the Chechens first, and to Moscow second that Ramzan felt no need to show any fealty to Putin. I always hate to use ethnic generalisations, but there does seem to be a strong streak of Chechen independence and lawlessness (i.e. refusal to obey Moscow's "laws") that is already present in a lot of Gulag memoirs. Chechen police happily murder opposition figures in broad daylight in Moscow, or in European countries, and Putin's dirty secret is not that he condones this, but he's powerless to do anything about it. If they kill Ramzan, someone else will take his place. The fact is that the Russian military is good for nothing except preparing for another invasion by Nazi Germany, or launching missiles - they can't fight a modern war, and they can't deal with a terrorist insurrection. The incompetence that is a minor irritation when you're dealing with other government officials becomes truly terrifying when you encounter the corruption and indolence that is rife in the Russian military. And the FSB and MVD are little better. The bottom line is that Putin has his very own little rogue state, within his borders, that he has to tolerate, because he would be humiliated if he took them head-on. I think that the key issue here is that Moscow has limited control over what goes on in Chechnya. When Kadyrov’s father was killed, what really struck me was that Ramzan turned up at the Kremlin to receive Putin’s condolences, and was only wearing a tracksuit. It seemed to me like a carefully calculated mark of disrepect, as if to demonstrate to the Chechens first, and to Moscow second that Ramzan felt no need to show any fealty to Putin.

I always hate to use ethnic generalisations, but there does seem to be a strong streak of Chechen independence and lawlessness (i.e. refusal to obey Moscow’s “laws”) that is already present in a lot of Gulag memoirs. Chechen police happily murder opposition figures in broad daylight in Moscow, or in European countries, and Putin’s dirty secret is not that he condones this, but he’s powerless to do anything about it. If they kill Ramzan, someone else will take his place.

The fact is that the Russian military is good for nothing except preparing for another invasion by Nazi Germany, or launching missiles – they can’t fight a modern war, and they can’t deal with a terrorist insurrection. The incompetence that is a minor irritation when you’re dealing with other government officials becomes truly terrifying when you encounter the corruption and indolence that is rife in the Russian military. And the FSB and MVD are little better.

The bottom line is that Putin has his very own little rogue state, within his borders, that he has to tolerate, because he would be humiliated if he took them head-on.

]]> By: Natalia Estemirova, Russia’s latest murdered human rights defender « Transitionland http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/russian-journalist-killed-in-chechnya/comment-page-1/#comment-26011 Natalia Estemirova, Russia’s latest murdered human rights defender « Transitionland Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:03:53 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=5947#comment-26011 [...] Muir at AFOE writes: It’ll be interesting to see where this goes. There have been some hints that the Kremlin is a [...] [...] Muir at AFOE writes: It’ll be interesting to see where this goes. There have been some hints that the Kremlin is a [...]

]]> By: ComingAnarchy.com » Another Kremlin Critic Assasinated http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/russian-journalist-killed-in-chechnya/comment-page-1/#comment-26005 ComingAnarchy.com » Another Kremlin Critic Assasinated Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:09:53 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=5947#comment-26005 [...] A Fistful of Euros comments: [...] [...] A Fistful of Euros comments: [...]

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