ALKHAN-YURT/ NOVYE ATAGI, Russia -- The Chechen capital Grozny, pounded by Russian forces Wednesday, was quiet early Thursday as residents waited to see if peacemaker Aleksander Lebed could deliver...
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Lebed Says Chechnya Orders Were Fakes
MOSCOW -- Boris Yeltsin's new security chief plunged Moscow politics into chaos for the second time in a week Tuesday, challenging the authenticity of presidential decrees on the Chechnya crisis and...
Chechen Rebel Says No Word on Truce from Russians
MOSCOW -- Aslan Maskhadov, chief-of-staff of Chechen separatist forces, has yet to hear from Russian army commanders about a cease-fire in Grozny, Interfax news agency reported from rebel...
Watchdog Condemns Shooting at Press in Chechnya
MOSCOW -- A Russian watchdog group condemned the armed forces Monday for shooting at journalists in Chechnya and accused them of trying to obstruct free reporting in the breakaway region. The...
Russians Pound Chechnya in Renewed Fighting
MOSCOW -- Russian troops backed by aircraft and artillery fire pounded what they said was a well-fortified rebel base Sunday on the second day of a battle in southern Chechnya. The assault was a new...