Chechnya Peace Forum

EVENT: CHECHNYA & RUSSIA MAY 14 2008	CLARITY IN CHECHNYA, IVAR AMUNDSEN, DIRECTOR CPF	INTERVIEW WITH AKHMED ZAKAEV

On May 14 2008 the Chechnya Peace Forum and the Foreign Policy Centre hosted the conference "Spotlight On Russia", in London. Please click on the link below for more infomation on what was discussed and who took part. View the picture gallery by visiting the Events section...	The crisis in Chechnya does not have a military solution, only a political one, and must be rooted in the Chechen traditions of culture and religion.	«The Agency Caucasus»: Prime Minister, allow me first and foremost to thank you for kindly agreeing to answer the Caucasus Press [Agency] questions. We would like to ask your opinion on Kosovo's independence. Do you think that the international recognition of Kosovo's sovereign independence could influence the struggle for Chechnya's independence?

18-07-2008 \| The Washington Post		17-07-2008 \| The New York Times

Medvedev says technology key to Russian democracy		Former Russian Billionaire Files for Parole

16-07-2008 \| The Moscow Times		16-07-2008 \| The Washington Post

Putin gets a role in foreign policy		Russia will defend interests abroad: Medvedev

16-07-2008 \| The Financial Times		15-07-2008 \| The Washington Post

Backing Georgia		A War The West Must Stop

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07-07-2008
Press Release
Brown must hold Russia to its international commitments at G8

Commenting at the start of the G8 Summit in Japan, Ivar Amundsen, Director of the Chechnya Peace Forum issued the following statement...

07-05-2008
Article published in The Guardian
Chechnya will be the test for Medvedev

In the painful saga of Chechnya and the Caucasus, President Medvedev's predecessor Vladimir Putin used an unyielding position to establish his domestic standing on the back of atrocities in the region...

23-02-2008
Article published in The Times
World Chechnya Day

Sir, Today is World Chechnya Day, commemorating the dignity and resilience of a people who, against all odds, refused to be erased from existence. It was on this day in 1944 that Stalin ordered the deportation of the entire Chechen and Ingush population...