RUSSIA: CHECHEN REFUGEES SCUFFLE WITH RUSSIAN POLICE AT CENTRAL REFUGEE CROSSING POINT ALONG CHECHEN INGUSH BORDER

Record ID: 274929

  • Title: RUSSIA: CHECHEN REFUGEES SCUFFLE WITH RUSSIAN POLICE AT CENTRAL REFUGEE CROSSING POINT ALONG CHECHEN INGUSH BORDER
  • Date: 20th January 2000
  • Summary: ADLER-20 CHECKPOINT, CHECHEN-INGUSH BORDER, RUSSIA (JANUARY 20, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. SLV/LV: BORDER CHECKPOINT/ RUSSIAN MILITARY VEHICLES (2 SHOTS) 0.16 2. SV: CARS LINING UP 0.24 3. SV/HAS: GROUP OF MALE REFUGEES SCUFFLING WITH GROUP OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS (5 SHOTS) 1.31 4. SLV: BORDER CROSSING 1.39 5. SV: BUS DRIVING AWAY 1.54
  • Embargoed: 4th February 2000 12:00
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  • Location: ADLER-20 CHECKPOINT, CHECHEN-INGUSH BORDER, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA1FXB6S3U6SIGBUF8O2754B3VW
  • Story Text: Chechen refugees have scuffled with Russian police
    at a central refugee crossing point along the Chechen-Ingush
    border.

    Over 200,000 Chechen refugees have poured out of
    Chechnya since Russia's military campaign started four months
    ago.

    During that time, distrust between the Russian authorities
    in the region and the refugees has remained high.

    Chechen drivers going across the border on Thursday
    (Januuary 20) complained that they were being forced to pay
    bribes.

    "I don't object to the checks and all, but they come up to
    you, name a price and you have to pay," said one refugee.

    In addition to war tensions, the refugees have complained
    of inadequate treatment in refugee camps and detentions of
    Chechen men.

    Russian authorities have said that Chechen guerrilla
    fighters often pose as refugees to smuggle weapons and
    supplies for the fighters and thus demand that they be
    thoroughly searched and sometimes detained.
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