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Originally Posted by cykoe6
Better save some room for Putin on that list (remember Grozny?)
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(Russian soldiers) first expelled, temporarily, hundreds of civilians from Alkhan-Yurt, and then began systematically looting and burning the village, killing anyone in their way. Among the dead were: centenarian Nabitst Kornukayeva, and her elderly son Arbi, who were found shot to death in the yard of their looted home; fifty-seven-year-old Khamid Khazuyev, who was shot in the yard of his home when he tried to stop looting soldiers; Akhanpash Dudayev, sixty-five, who was killed in his basement, and his body burned in his looted home; and Taus Sultanov, forty-nine, who was shot in a cellar and left to bleed to death while soldiers robbed other civilians with him of their belongings. The killings went on for more than two weeks, without any apparent attempt by Russian authorities to stop it. Aindi Altimirov, the last to die, was killed and beheaded by Russian soldiers on December 18.
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The looting of Alkhan-Yurt was systematic and organized, involving a large number of soldiers who acted with impunity throughout their stay in the village. Looted goods were stored in the homes occupied by Russian commanders as well as the tents of soldiers, and were transported openly in military vehicles out of Alkhan-Yurt. It is simply impossible that such widespread looting could take place in broad daylight without the knowledge and, at a minimum, the tacit consent of Russian commanders. The looting that took place in Alkhan-Yurt was not an isolated incident of such misconduct by Russian forces in Chechnya: since the beginning of the Chechen conflict, Russian troops have been systematically looting villages and towns under their control, and there is no evidence that the Russian command has taken any steps to prevent it.
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In the Staropromyslovski executions Russian federal soldiers summarily executed at least 38 confirmed civilians during an apparent spree in Staropromyslovsky city district of Grozny, the Chechen capital, according to survivors and eyewitnesses.
The killings occurred between late December 1999 and mid-January 2000, during the heavy fighting for the city. Most of the 38 victims were women and elderly men, and all appear to have been deliberately shot by Russian soldiers at close range. More than a dozen additional civilians may also have been murdered in the district, while six men from the district who were last seen in Russian custody "disappeared" during this same period and remain unaccounted for.
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The Russian forces entered the neighborhood after bombarding it with artillery fire and airstrikes, in two waves. The first-line combat troops did not encounter any resistance and did not commit any crimes, but they warned the Chechens that the "cleansing" troops are coming. These troops - special policemen and contract soldiers - began shooting the residents, many of them middle-aged or older, and looting their possessions. At least six incidents of group rape were also reported.
According to the June 2000 report by the Human Rights Watch, some killings were accompanied by demands for money or jewelry, which served as a pretext for execution if the amount proffered was insufficient. According to a survivor, the Russians said they had "orders to kill everyone." Many of the dead in Novy Aldi were children or elderly, and women. Some of survivors were forced to plead for their lives, while some feigned dead.
Russian forces torched many homes in Aldi, and some of the arson seemed to be primitive attempts to destroy evidence of summary executions and other civilian killings. While federal servicemen engaged in some plunder on February 5, pillage on a massive scale took place during the following week, and witnesses stated that soldiers returned in large numbers on February 10, 2000, and "in broad daylight brazenly stripped their homes of goods of value."
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That is just the tip of the Chechnya iceberg so to speak.
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