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"en.20030116.9.4-123"2
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"Reports from Chechnya are still extremely shocking to us all. Russian troops ride roughshod over the people in their fight against the rebel troops of the Republic of Chechnya. There are people there living in extraordinarily wretched conditions, both within Chechnya and outside. Those who have managed to flee are then forced to return to an area that is really impossible to live in. Crimes by the military are inadequately prosecuted, and by bringing this resolution we want to protest against this. Grozny is still extremely unsafe, which indicates that the fight against the so–called rebels in Chechnya has not yet come to an end by a long chalk. Buildings are being blown up and the people the European Parliament delegation went there to open discussions with are all lying in hospital. In that context, the best the Russians could do was to postpone the visit of the European Parliament delegation to Chechnya. The official reason for this is perhaps odd, but we hear through diplomatic channels that this is on account of the fact that security there absolutely cannot be guaranteed, something which the Russian state naturally views as a scandal, which it is.
In that context the OSCE is regarded as a busybody whose mandate should rather not be renewed. We also protest against that. We definitely want the OSCE’s mandate to continue, as the OSCE is absolutely necessary for the provision of aid and for political initiatives later on when observing a possible referendum. Another busybody, Mr Erkel, who was the head of
in Dagestan, the territory bordering on Chechnya, has been kidnapped. We do not know by whom. No ransom has been demanded. It is therefore entirely possible that this man has been captured by the authorities themselves, as has happened in the past. I have asked the Commission and the Council about this. Fellow MEPs in various other parties have highlighted this and are completely behind it. We want the Commission to make efforts to find out what has happened to Mr Erkel and to see whether it would be possible to obtain his release. Anyway, the European Union must do whatever is possible from a political and community point of view, and the resolution bears witness to this. A white list for Chechen leaders, as has been proposed in an amendment, seems to us to be counterproductive, however. It is restrictive, and our group is inclined to think that the Danish government pursued a very good policy on this point. They did not need a white list."@en1
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