The lot of refugees is unenviable

[DaSangarTalib]

If we had thousands of dollars to the man, - say Chechen refugees in Moscow and in other cities of Russia and North Caucasus, we would design passport, purchased visa and left into Europe.


If we have several thousand rubles, we would leave from this camp and tried to find work to any city of Russia, speak in Ingushetia the people tired from the idleness.



If I had 20 rubles, - says on the threshold of the ruins of his house the inhabitant of mountain village in Chechnya before the video camera of human rights activists from the group of Victor Popkov, killed in 2001, I would leave into Ingushetia, into the camp for the refugees. Owner recently buried his killed close ones directly near their destroyed house. He with the family not of day would remain in the village, if it would be something into that dress children, on what to leave, and a little money - on 10 rubles to the man in order to pass block signal posts.



That escaped from Chechnya it was necessary to design only for its forces and to the relatives, who helped with the dwelling and fed as much time, as they could. After being held several years, after wasting its completely resources and possibilities of relatives and friends, after losing even the quite unprestige work (many on several times), after being dissuaded in the hope of obtaining although any aid, some Chechen families return to the native smouldering ruins.



They make this, knowing well position there, understanding that they risk by the life of their children.



Numerous such those deciding, again (already second time) they leave conversely, after being missed someone from the members of family or after obtaining heavy injuries.



In Chechnya young men occur on the suspicion as the possible soldiers of armed forces of CHRI or the volunteers. FSB kadirovs bands force some of them to join their ranks under the threat of violence or violence above the relatives and the close ones. Simply they steal and kill many.



In recent years not smaller danger threatens women. Furthermore, detention and theft of women (and generally relatives) is used as the method to make necessary to be returned the Chechen mujahadeen, which consist of the relationship with those stolen. Recently was stolen the 72- years old father of the Vice President of CHRI Dock Umarov, which they already stole together with the daughter-in-law and the breast children.



The lot of the innocent civilians of Chechnya and refugees is unenviable. Since the beginning of the renewal of the military aggression during September 1999, Russian troops made all, in order not to let out people from Chechnya. The authorities of adjacent republics obtained the order of Moscow to reject to the escaping from Chechnya inhabitants the shelter in their territory.



The columns of inhabitants of many kilometers were collected on the departure from Chechnya, but they did not give them to traverse block signal posts. In the morning on 29 October of 1999, one of such columns was subjected to the severe bombardment, which led to the loss and injury of hundreds of women, children, patients, invalids, old men.



The crimes of the Russian military in Chechnya and on north of the Caucasus continue. Violence and monstrous cruelty from the side of occupiers, special services and local marionettes continues. Continues the resistance, which enlarges its boundary with each day. Last events in Dagestan and in the Stavropoulos territory clearly indicate that in front the Caucasus await the fierce fightings.