RUSSSIA: LARGE NUMBERS OF REFUGEES CROSS CHECHEN-INGUSH BORDER FOR FIRST TIME IN NEARLY TWO WEEKS

Record ID: 274742

  • Title: RUSSSIA: LARGE NUMBERS OF REFUGEES CROSS CHECHEN-INGUSH BORDER FOR FIRST TIME IN NEARLY TWO WEEKS
  • Date: 4th November 1999
  • Summary: KARABULAK REFUGEE CAMP, INGUSHETIA, (NOVEMBER 4, 1999) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 1. SV EMERGENCIES MINISTER SERGEI SHOIGU WITH THE PRESIDENT OF INGUSHETIA RUSLAN AUSHEV IN KARABULAK REFUGEE CAMP (2 SHOTS) 0.18 2. TRACK SHOIGU DRIVING THROUGH ANGRY CROWD TO BORDER CHECKPOINT 0.25 3. SV'S SHOIGU SPEAKING TO DOCTORS AT A REFUGEE CAMP HOSPITAL (2 S
  • Embargoed: 19th November 1999 12:00
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  • Location: CHECHEN-INGUSH BORDER, INGUSHETIA, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA8PI505RQRGDADAX9QHMJ8FUC9
  • Story Text: For the first time in nearly two weeks large numbers
    of refugees have been able to cross the border in and out of
    Chechnya.Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu, sent by
    Prime Minister Putin to deal with the refugee crisis, has said
    exit routes would be set up in Chechnya.

    Large groups of refugees were able to cross in and
    out of Chechnya on Thursday (November 4) after being held at
    the border for nearly two weeks.Russian officials said they
    hope to clear off the backlog of thousands of refugees within
    a day.

    Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was sent to
    Ingushetia by the Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to help deal
    with the humanitarian calamities, has said that accomodation
    for another ten thousand refugees will be shortly prepared in
    Ingushetia.He also claimed that new exit routes for refugees
    will be set up in Chechnya.

    The clogged checkpoint, separating Chechnya from
    neigbouring Ingushetia, has generated strong Western criticism
    of Russia's military campaign and the ensuing human suffering.

    The United Nations and The Organisation for Security and
    Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have sent their representatives
    to Ingushetia to inspect the situation on the border with
    Chechnya.

    Meanwhile Russian forces, six weeks after the start of
    their military advance in the breakaway region, advanced
    through villages west of the regional capital Grozny and
    nearly sealed off the second city Gudermes.

    Defence Minister Igor Sergeev said on Tuesday that Russian
    troops planned to take eventual control of the entire
    separatist region.


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