Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-01-20-Speech-4-108"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-01-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Chechnya2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000120.7.4-108"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-01-20-Speech-4-1092
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to quote two Chechen women refugees: “My son is 13. If we return, I fear that the Russians will arrest him instantly and effect his disappearance” and “The Russians are not liberators but occupiers. We used to get terrorised by the Islamites. Nowadays, it is the Russian soldiers.” It appears that the end of the bloodshed in the Northern Caucasus is not in sight by a long chalk. Without any hesitation, the Russian Prime Minister and Acting President, Vladimir Putin, has impressed on an official delegation of the Council of Europe that the latter should not base its criticism of the Kremlin war on propaganda material. Indeed, this time, Moscow took instant control of the PR aspect of the second Chechen war to break out within the space of a few years. To no avail, however. The stories of the immense throng of Chechen refugees speak for themselves. Neither do all Russian politicians allow themselves to be bullied or intimidated by Putin and his circle of advisers. For example, the Presidential candidate, Grigory Yavlinsky, who is inclined to reform, quite clearly states that it is criminal to use a war for election purposes. Yavlinsky argues in favour of a dialogue with the Chechen leaders as well as the people. This sound line of thinking deserves our support. Indeed, the really threatening alternative is a nigh hopeless guerrilla war. The present, politically stable resolution of the European Parliament aims to avoid this frightening and dangerous scenario at all costs. We will be able to measure its effect anyway when Mr Putin’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Ivanov, pays a call on the Council of Europe in Strasbourg next week."@en1

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