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Resources
American Committee for Peace in Chechnya
http://www.peaceinchechnya.org/
Chaired by Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, General Alexander M. Haig Jr., and Ambassador Max M. Kampelman, this organization, associated with Freedom House and The Jamestown Foundation, works to promote a peaceful resolution to the war in Chechnya. Review an archive on U.S. policy on the war, skim "Chechnya Weekly" news briefings or read papers on Chechnya by Russian studies scholars.
BBC News: The Chechen Conflict
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/europe/2000/chechnya/default.stm
Read the profiles of Russian and Chechen leaders or about how the war in Chechnya has extended to the Internet as hackers from both sides of the conflict tamper with pro-Chechen or Moscow-backed Web sites.
Chechen Republic Online
http://www.amina.com
This rebel-friendly Web site, once monitored by the pro-Russian Government of the Chechen Republic, includes information on the Chechen language and culture as well as news and photos of the conflict.
Crisis in Chechnya
http://www.rferl.org/nca/special/chechnya/index.html
Get background information and news from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty or read a special package on the arrest of RFE/RL's correspondent in Chechnya Andrei Babitsky.
Human Rights Watch: Chechnya
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/russia/chechnya/
Watch video interviews with relatives of the "disappeared" in Chechnya and view a gallery of Chechen children's drawings about their war experiences.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?home_index.html
The Institute for War and Peace Reporting is an independent educational organization in London that tracks events in the Caucasus, Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Balkans. Read an interview with former Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov or sign up for the weekly Caucasus Reporting Service for coverage and analysis of events in the region.
Kavkaz Center
http:// www.kavkaz.org
Participate in chats with the Chechen diaspora or watch videos of the war in Chechnya at this information-packed site published by a pro-rebel Chechen Islamic group. In English, Russian and Turkish.
Memorial
http://www.memo.ru/eng/memhrc/index.shtml
Memorial, a Russian human rights organization, provides an overview of conditions for Chechen refugees and within the breakaway republic itself, plus online accounts of zachistki -- security-sweeps by Russian forces.
The Moscow Times
http://www.moscowtimes.ru
This Moscow-based English-language daily gained much attention for its reporting of Russia's first war in Chechnya in 1994-1996 and continues to provide regular updates on the region.
Prague Watchdog: Crisis in Chechnya
http://www.watchdog.cz/
Get an in-depth account of the war through weekly and monthly reports from this Czech human rights organization.
Russian Informational Centre
http://www.infocentre.ru/eng_user/index.cfm?page=0&date=2002-07-09&startrow=1
Get Moscow's take on the Russo-Chechen conflict or read interviews with Russian government officials at this site by the Russian Ministry for Press, Television, Radio Broadcasting and Mass Communications. In English and Russian.
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