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From: "Alexander A. Suhanov"
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 23:56:19 +0300
Subject: INFO-RUSS: Novogodnij podarok EBN
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Hi, folks!
V prednovogodnie dni stjagivalos' kol'tso blokady Groznogo. TV peredalo
reportazh s press-konferentsii Gracheva, polnoj mrachnyh ugroz po adresu
nenazvannogo po imeni S.A.Kovaleva. E naznachil Kovaleva chlenom
prezidentskoj komissii po sobljudeniju prav cheloveka v protsesse
vosstanovlenija konstitutsionnoj zakonnosti v Chechne (eto slovosochetanie
- "narushenija prav cheloveka v hode vosstanovlenija zakonnosti" - ne
samyj sil'nyj shedevr kantseljarskogo jazyka, v kontse pis'ma budet
kruche).
31 dekabrja Dudaev predlozhil prekraschenie ognja na novogodnie prazdniki
- s 20 chasov 31/12/1994. Vmesto etogo vlasti reshili vzjat' gorod
nochnym shturmom. Shturm nachalsja vecherom 31-go i rezko usililsja utrom 1
janvarja. Po meteouslovijam podderzhki s vozduha ne bylo, shrurmovali 6
tankovyh kolonn. Oni prodvinulis' s odnogo iz napravlenij k tsentru
goroda i podoshli vplotnuju k dvortsu. Drugaja kolonna vrode by zanjala
vokzal. V shturme uchastvovali obychnye vojska, poteri obeih storon
uzhasajuschie. Opjat' byla poterjana takticheskaja upravljaemost', tanki
otorvalis' ot pehoty. Sudja po vsemu, haoticheskij boj prodolzhaetsja, i
obstanovka pozvoljaet russkim govorit' "ulitsy goroda patrulirujutsja
militsiej, proishodit ochistka podvalov ot boevikov", a chechentsam -
"russkie okruzheny i istrebljajutsja". Do sih por ne vvedeny v dejstvie
elitnye podrazdelenija (otrjad "Vympel", perepodchinennyj posle oktjabrja
1993 MVD), i eto razumno (oni esche ponadobjatsja v Moskve). Vozmozhno, ih
vvedut v delo pod pokrovom nastupivshej nochi. Zachem? Dudaeva, pohozhe,
net v bunkere dvortsa s vechera, tam ostalis' russkie deputaty,
zhurnalisty i mini-gospital', v kotoryj snosjat ranenyh pri shturme, v
tom chisle russkih soldat.
Sjurrealisticheskoe vpechatlenie proizvodit prodolzhajuschajasja po TV reklama
"offshornoj zony Ingushetija". Pohozhe, ne tol'ko ingushej, a vse narody
Kavkaza zhdut strashnye vremena. Vmeste s tem medlenno, no verno padajut
pokazateli lichnoj populjarnosti E i nyneshnej vojny. Nakonets-to na fone
razgovorov o "edinom dem. fronte" (ot "demokraticheskih" tusovok do
gazety "Pravda") nachinaet obsuzhdat'sja soderzhatel'naja storona takogo
ob'edinenija: bor'ba za uprazdnenie posta prezidenta RF. Nado skazat',
chto chem shire budut predvybornye koalitsii (a oni budut shirokimi, ibo
vse ponimajut - esli vybory vse zhe sostojatsja, eto budet javno pervyj i
poslednij shans), tem sil'nee budet zhelanie vlast' podelit', chego
nyneshnjaja konstitutsija ne pozvoljaet.
Obeschannaja naposledok istorija o stile jazyka vlasti - ona proshla pochti
nezamechennoj iz-za vojny. Okolo goda nazad mer Vladivostoka Cherepkov
byl snjat s posta glavoj administratsii Primorskogo kraja Nazdratenko i
arestovan (mer - eto vybrannyj glava administratsii; vybory koe-gde
uspeli projti do perevorota, i teh uvolili; te zhe, kogo vybrali
posle, ostalis'. E vskore zapretil dal'nejshie vybory glav
administratsij). Sledstvie protiv Cherepkova prodolzhalos' god, chast'
vremeni on byl v tjur'me. Polgoda byl v tjur'me ego syn po takzhe javno
fal'shivomu obvineniju. Srazu zhe byl naznachen novyj glava
administratsii Vladivostoka. V nachale dekabrja Cherepkov byl opravdan, v
postanovlenii o prekraschenii dela est' standartnaja fraza "vosstanovit'
v imuschestvennyh i trudovyh pravah". Na sledujuschij den' E izdal ukaz ob
uvol'nenii ot dolzhnosti "glavy administratsii Vladivostoka Cherepkova"
po pros'bam trudjaschihsja i V SVJaZI S DLITEL'NYM NEISPOLNENIEM
OBJaZANNOSTEJ".
Hochetsja bol'she vsego, chtoby zhertvy zaschitnikov Groznogo byli ne
naprasny: eto delo mozhet, a znachit - dolzhno stat' nachalom kontsa
prezidentskoj diktatury v Rossii. Tol'ko POSTOJaNNOE davlenie na
pravitel'stva Zapada rezul'tativno - dejstvitel'no rezul'tativno, eto
pokazal opyt chechenskogo krizisa. Zhertvennye zaschitniki Groznogo
vyigrali vremja dlja probuzhdenija mirovogo soobschestva, probuzhdenija, byt'
mozhet, slishkom pozdnego dlja Chechni. Nash dolg - chtoby ono okazalos' ne
slishkom pozdnim dlja Rossii.
V buduschem godu - v svobodnoj Rossii!
Vash A.
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From: "Alexander A. Suhanov"
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 02:01:10 +0300
Subject: INFO-RUSS: "Chudo na Sunzhe"?
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Hi, folks!
Naskol'ko mozhno sudit', rossijskaja gruppirovka, prorvavshajasja v Groznyj
v novogodnjuju noch', unichtozhena. Do kontsa dnja ofitsial'nye istochniki
tverdili o "polnom kontrole nad gorodom" i "planomernom unichtozhenii
boevikov", kakovye versii plavno zamenilis' na "otvod chasti vojsk na
pereformirovanie". Russkie soldaty shli na shturm polugolodnymi; vzjat v
plen russkij soldat, nastupavshij v botinkah na bosu nogu (noski otnjali
starshie tovarischi). Gorod takzhe prakticheski razrushen, s segodnjashnego
utra vozobnovilis' nalety na uzhe ruiny Groznogo.
Informatsionnaja obstanovka takova: gazety ne vyhodjat
(novogodne-rozhdestvenskie kanikuly), gosudarstvennoe TV opaslivo
zhmetsja pod pressom tsenzury (kogda katastrofu stalo skryvat'
nevozmozhno, otnositel'no liberal'noe Rossijskoe TV peredalo soodschenija
o nej so slovami "eto ofitsial'noe soobschenie Pravitel'stva Ingushetii").
Dlja bol'shinstva, ne slushajuschego "Svobody", informatsionnoj otdushinoj
sluzhat peredachi stantsij, prinadlezhaschih konkurirujuschej s E
finansovo-politicheskoj gruppe mera Moskvy Luzhkova "Most". Eto
televidenie NTV i radio "Eho Moskvy". Oni rabotajut dovol'no smelo, ibo
ponimajut: im nechego terjat'. Pohozhe, g-n E v sluchae pobedy vse ravno
nikogo ne poschadit. Vo vsjakom sluchae, sotrudniki ego lichnoj tajnoj
politsii (organizovavshej nalet v maskah na gruppu "Most") ne skryvajut,
chto budut "spasat' Rossiju ot rusofobov, zapadnikov i mafii".
Moj lichnyj opyt prodolzhaet davat' podtverzhdenija tomu, chto nastroenija
intellektual'noj elity gorazdo bolee militaristskie, chem obschestva v
tselom. Mezhdu prochim, stoit opasat'sja rasprostranenija politicheskogo
raskola intelligentsii na sferu ekspertnyh otsenok nauchnyh zaslug
kolleg, naprimer pri vydelenii grantov Sorosa. Stoit obratit' vnimanie
na predposylki etogo:
1. Zakrytyj i "vnutrishkol'nyj" harakter ekspertizy v Rossii.
2. Ochevidnaja, no poka ne zlostnaja diskriminatsija uchenyh s nepravil'nymi
politicheskimi vzgljadami (nezlostnaja potomu, chto ih bylo malo i sredi
nih ne bylo osobo krupnyh uchenyh). Vo vsjakom sluchae, opyt
diskriminatsii est'.
Eto poka nichem ne podtverzhdennye opasenija, no stoit pobespokoit'sja
zaranee, chtoby etogo ne sluchilos'.
Vash Alik
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From: galperin@biotek.mcb.uconn.edu (Michael Galperin)
Subject: INFO-RUSS: Longer U.S. visas
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 09:13:45
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--- Forwarded message follows ---
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia released the following
on Friday, December 30, 1994.
New Visa Regime Means Fewer Visits to the U.S. Embassy
for Russian Travelers
Beginning Wednesday, January 4, 1995, all U.S. embassies and
consular posts throughout the world will begin issuing to citizens of
the Russian Federation tourist and business visas which are valid for
three years for unlimited entries to the U.S. Visa applicants who do
not wish three-year, multiple-entry visas may elect to receive a visa
which is valid for three entries during one year.
The fee for a three-year, multiple-entry visa will be the same as
the present one-year, multiple-entry fee: $120.00 or ruble equivalent.
The fee for the one-year, three-entry visa is $60.00 or ruble
equivalent. These fees are in addition to the non-refundable $20.00
application fee which must be paid prior to submitting a visa
application. Single entry visas will no longer be generally issued.
By reducing the frequency with which Russian travelers to the
U.S. must apply for visas, the Government of the United States hopes
to reduce inconveniences in the visa application process as well. We
are hopeful that the Russian Federation will approve a similarly
liberalized visa regime for American citizens applying for visas to this
country. The American practice is generally to apply reciprocity in
regard to the validity of visas.
In addition to offering a three-year, multiple-entry visa the
Embassy has introduced the following services to make the visa
process easier for applicants:
"express service" - for persons over 60 years old, persons with
adult immediate relatives who are U.S. citizens, students, exchange
visitors who are returning to the same program in the U.S., or
persons who have already traveled twice to the U.S. for short visits;
the "group window" - for groups of five or more persons going to
the U.S. for non-tourist purposes, such as business seminars,
educational exchanges, or athletic competitions;
the Foreign Commercial Service program - for U.S. business
persons resident in Russia who wish to submit applications for
persons invited to the U.S. for business purposes by their company;
the travel agency service - for Russian businesspersons to submit
their applications through selected travel agents.
Information on these streamlined procedures is available at the
consular section's receptionist window located under the American
flag at Novinskiy Blvd. 19/23.
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From: Boris VELIKSON
Subject: INFO-RUSS: pis'mo peterburzhcev
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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 95 17:42:33 "WET
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Nizhe sleduet tekst pis'ma, pomeshchennogo v "Izvestiyah" ot 24 dekabrya.
Mne kazhestya, pro nego sleduet znat'.
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Prezidentu Rossijskoj Federacii Borisu El'cinu
Gospodin Prezident, 17 dekabrya my napravili Vam i predsedatelyu pravitel'stva
Chernomyrdinu telegrammy, protestuyushchie protiv resheniya o raketno-
bombovom udare po Groznomu. My pisali Vam o zhertvah sredi mirnogo naseleniya,
v etom sluchae neizbezhnyh. Uvy, uzhe cherez sutki rossijskie shturmoviki
bombili gorod.
Gospodin Prezident! Strana eshche ne zabyla, kak v avguste 91-go goda
Vy poprosili u rossiyan proshcheniya za to, chto ne sumeli sberech' zhizni
trem molodym moskvicham - Usovu, Komaryu i Krichevskomu. Pomnite li Vy, kak
otozvalis' v narodnom serdce te Vashi slova, i ponimaete li, kakuyu pamyat'
ostavite o sebe, esli nemedlenno ne ostanovite nyneshnee brato- i detoubijstvo?
Akademik Dmitrij Lihachev, Konstantin Azadovskij, Zeven Arshakuni, Oleg
Basilashvili, Aleksandr Volodin, Valerij Voskobojnikov, Yakov Gordin,
Daniil Granin, Svetlana Karmalita, Nina Katerli, Evgenij Lebedev, Andrej
Petrov, Boris Strugackij, Oleg Hlebnikov, Andrej Chernov, Mihail Yasnov.
SANKT-PETERBURG.
____________________________________
Mne hotelos' by dobavit' : mne udivitel'no, kak malo pod nim podpisej.
Mne hotelos' by znat', gde te ostal'nye, kogo my vsegda uvazhali i
ch'i podpisi bylo by estestvenno ozhidat' pod podobnym tekstom.
Mozhet byt', oni pod drugim pis'mom, v drugoj gazete? Togda soobshchite
kto-nibud'; ochen' interesny pis'ma Suhanova, no v nih ne hvataet
otveta na vopros, kto s kem. Eto ochen' vazhnyj vopros. Pravda li,
chto molchit Solzhenicyn? Neuzheli - trudno poverit' - molchit
Okudzhava?
Porazitel'nye proishodyat veshchi: tut v Parizhe, v
rossijskom konsul'stve, sostoyalos' prazdnovanie godovshchiny "bul'do-
zernoj vystavki". Anti, tak skazat', sovetskoe meropriyatie, srazu
posle pervyh bombezhek i pered Rozhdestvom. Tuda priglasili parizhskih
russkih hudozhnikov i pisatelej. Kto poshel, kto ne poshel; prezident
Associacii russkih hudozhnikov v Parizhe, odin iz organizatorov
Dyagilevskogo festivalya, Vadim Nechaev, dolzhen byl chitat' tam svoyu
prozu. On poshel; no vmesto chteniya, prochital obrashchenie, v kotorom
skazal, chto perezhil v detstve blokadu Leningrada i bombezhki, i kak
ni cenna dlya russkogo pisatelya lyubaya okaziya prochest' svoi veshchi,
on ne mozhet v etih usloviyah, v etom konsul'stve, eto delat'. Eto ladno;
eto, v konce koncov, obyknovennyj poryadochnyj postupok, nichego
osobennogo. No prisutstvovavshij pri etom moskovskij poet Genrih Sapgir,
byvshij poryadochnyj chelovek, vyshel iz zala v znak protesta protiv
antipatrioticheskogo vystupleniya Nechaeva. Vot imenno poetomu i hotelos'
by znat', kto u nas nynche patriot: ne ugadaesh' ved'.
B. Velikson
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Excerpts from OMRI DAILY DIGEST Vol. 1, No. 3, 4 January 1995
OMRI is Open Media Research Institute in Prague
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RUSSIAN TROOPS RETREAT FROM GROZNY. Russian
artillery and aerial bombardment of Grozny and
surrounding villages intensified on 3 January as Russian
ground troops withdrew in disarray from the city center,
Russian and Western agencies reported. Some 100 people
were killed when Russian planes bombed a hospital in the
town of Shali 30 kilometers southeast of the Chechen
capital, according to AFP quoting Radio Moskvy. Russian
press coverage of the fighting was at odds with
developments on the ground, claiming that Russian forces
had regained the initiative and were consolidating control
of Grozny, the Los Angeles Times reported on 4 January. A
spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry quoted by
Interfax on 3 January denied Chechen claims that as many
as 600 Russians had been killed during the storming of
Grozny on 30 December-1 January, and hundreds more,
including one general and four colonels, taken prisoner; the
Los Angeles Times quoted eyewitnesses in Grozny who
claimed to have counted over 400 Russian corpses and 150
disabled tanks and armed personnel carriers in the streets.
-- Liz Fuller, OMRI, Inc.
CHECHEN LEADERSHIP "READY TO BEGIN
NEGOTIATIONS." AFP of 4 January quoted Ostankino
Television as reporting on 3 January that Russian parliament
deputy Sergei Kovalev had sent an open letter from Grozny
to Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin stating that
at the request of Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev
he had held informal talks with the Chechen leadership.
Kovalev said that the Chechens had expressed their
readiness to begin talks immediately on a cease-fire and the
coordinated disengagement of forces, on condition that
Russian forces withdraw to the positions they occupied
before the onslaught on Grozny on 30 December.
Chernomyrdin began talks on the Chechen situation on 3
January with State Duma Speaker Ivan Rybkin and
Federation Council Chairman Vladimir Shumeiko; they are
to continue on 4 January. -- Liz Fuller, OMRI, Inc.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISASTER? Both
Western military experts and Yeltsin's spokesman
Vyacheslav Kostikov argued on 3 January that blame for the
military debacle in Grozny lies squarely with the Russian
military leadership. Reuters on 3 January quoted unnamed
Western experts as commenting that the assault on Grozny
was badly planned and incompetently executed with
demoralized troops who had minimal experience street
fighting and little combat experience in general. Kostikov
for his part was quoted by ITAR-TASS as contending that
"the legitimacy of the president's and the government's
actions should not be questioned . . . instead we should
question the professionalism of the people who planned
this operation." Also on 3 January, former Prime Minister
Egor Gaidar told a news conference in Moscow that the
Chechen crisis increases the chances of a coup that would
lead to the imposition of a dictatorship in Russia, according
to the Los Angeles Times of 4 January. Arguing that "only the
president can stop the bloodshed in Chechnya" Gaidar said
that "Yeltsin must get rid of those who pushed him into the
Chechen adventure, above all, Egorov, Grachev, and
Lobov." -- Liz Fuller, OMRI, Inc.
KOZYREV, CHRISTOPHER MEETING IN THE OFFING?
AFP reported on 4 January that US Secretary of State Warren
Christopher and Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev
are to meet in Geneva, probably on 17 and 18 January.
Recently, the Chechnya crisis has placed a strain on US-
Russian relations, and AFP quotes State Department
representative Michael McCurry as saying that while
"Chechnya is by international recognition part of Russia,"
Washington's view is that "we don't like innocent civilians
losing their lives." Recently Kozyrev defended Russian
actions in Chechnya by comparing the situation there to
that in the secessionist US South during the US Civil War
more than 125 years ago. -- Stan Markotich, OMRI, Inc.
RUSSIAN ANALYSTS EVALUATE SOCIETY. On 2
January Interfax reported on a poll of 145 political analysts
throughout Russia, conducted by the Russian Academy of
Public Service this past December. According to the report,
half those questioned described the current social and
political climate in Russia as "alarming and threatening."
Survey respondents indicated they felt that social
conditions will make conflict likely in 1995, with possible
"conflicts between the public and the authorities . . .
especially dangerous." Analysts also saw opportunities for
continuing ethnic conflict, but speculate that tensions
between federal and regional authorities will not be as grave
as other forms of strife. A full 60% observed that some form
of "mass social protest actions" are likely in the regions
where they live. On the brighter side, analysts predict that
most conflicts will not escalate to the point where aggrieved
parties opt for violent solutions. Non-violent forms of
protest, including strikes and demonstrations, are projected
as dominating the political and social landscape. -- Stan
Markotich, OMRI, Inc.
SERGEI KOVALEV NAMED "MAN OF THE YEAR" FOR
1994. Several newspapers in Moscow and St. Petersburg
reported recently on the results of a Public Opinion
Foundation survey in which the respondents were asked to
name the persons they regarded to be the "best" and the
"worst" personality of 1994. Sergei Kovalev, the veteran
human-rights campaigner, currently in Grozny as an
eyewitness to the events in Chechnya, was "almost
unanimously" chosen as the "man of the year." Russian
President Boris Yeltsin was awarded the title of "worst man
of the year." In a separate development, RFE/RL and Russian
TV reported that Kovalev's colleagues from the Russia's
Choice faction in the State Duma, Nikolai Vorontsov and
Egor Gaidar, urged on 3 January that Kovalev be nominated
for the Nobel Peace Prize. -- Julia Wishnevsky, OMRI, Inc.
SAKHALIN WORKERS GET LIQUOR INSTEAD OF
MONEY. Interfax reported on 3 January that management at
a Sakhalin joint-stock paper company has paid a portion of
its workers' salaries in "mostly low-quality wine" shipped in
from the mainland and bartered for the paper produced by
the company. Previously, firemen working with the firm were
paid in red wine, perhaps explaining why "they failed to
extinguish fire in a coal gallery on the same day." -- Stan
Markotich, OMRI, Inc.
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IDIOTIZM NE LECHITSIA. 02 Jan.95
Proizoshlo samoe hudshee (i durackoe) iz togo, chto moglo.
Neponiatno s kakoi stati voiska vdrug sorvalis' s mesta i
brosilis' shturmovat' Groznyi (v novogodniuiu noch'!).
Poskol'ku, kak uje govorilos', shturm gorodov sovremennoi
voennoi naukoi ne predusmotren - poluchilos' to, chto i doljno
bylo. Kolonny tankov i bronetransporterov vtianulis' v gorod i
byli postepenno rasstreliany v upor iz granatometov, poprostu iz
okon domov - priamo v borta, pod priamym uglom.
Prichem (vidimo, dlia pushei nerazberihi) shturm ustroili
noch'iu. Uchityvaia, chto soldaty goroda ne znaiut, a mestnye,
naoborot, znaiut - rezul'tat legko predstavit'.
Eststvenno, soldaty, kotorym jit' hotelos', streliali "po
vsemu, chto dvijetsia".
Rezul'taty plachevnye. Oficial'nye istochniki soobshili o
"peregruppirovke voisk", chto, kak izvestno, oznachaet, chto dela
plohi. Po nezavisimym dannym, podbito pod 100 (sto!) tankov i BTR,
poteri voisk schitaiutsia na sotni, poteri mestnyh - na tysiachi.
Sudia po vsemu, v nejilyh promyshlennyh raionah
(neftepererabatyvaiushii zavod) i, vozmojno, v novostroikah voiska
vse-taki zakrepilis'. No v centre, pohoje, polnyi razgrom.
Seichas, po sluham, idut podkrepleniia.
Estestvennyi vopros: ZACHEM?
Otvet neponiaten. Generaly sami po sebe daleko ne idioty.
Imeetsia bogatyi opyt podobnyh neudachnyh shturmov (Afgan). Malo
togo, za tri dnia do vsego ministr oborony Grachev ustroil
press-konferenciiu, gde vpolne tolkovo i vniatno ob'iasnil,
pochemu Groznyi shturmovat' nel'zia.
I vdrug - takoi bred. Krov', pozor, i proch. I ved' liubomu
leitenantu izvestno, chto v nashe vremia goroda ne shturmuiut!
Edinstvennoe, chto mogu predpolojit' - chto Bol'shoe
Nachal'stvo potrebovalo vse konchit' "v tri dnia".
Sudia po vsemu, v Kremle vse davno uje v graduse "chert s
nimi, s jertvami i mirnymi jiteliami, no etih banditov my vse-taki
likvidiruem". Svolochi. Nu i poluchili.
Snimaia obvinenie v "genocide": bol'shinstvo mirnyh grajdan,
ostavshihsia v Groznom i gibnushih ot strel'by i bombejek - eto
RUSSKIE. (Chechencam bylo, konechno, namnogo proshe, chem russkim,
vyvezti sem'i k rodstvennikam v derevniu - blije. A procentnyi
sostav v Groznom byl, vidimo, primerno fifty-fifty.) No comments.
Netrivial'nye momenty:
1) V Groznom nachisto otsutstvuet kakaia-to vrajda mejdu
mestnymi russkimi i chechencami. Neveroiatno, no fakt. Russkie
korrespondenty spokoino iterv'iuiruiut soldat Dudaeva, russkie
babushki hodiat za vodoi (vodoprovod, konechno, ne rabotaet).
Nikakih soobshenii o pogromah i raspravah nad mestnymi russkimi ne
bylo ni razu ni iz odnogo istochnika.
2) Otnoshenie k plennym soldatam - po-prejnemu absoliutno
korrektnoe. Plennyh kormiat i poiat, ranenyh lechat,
korrespondentam razreshaiut s nimi obshat'sia.
3) U Dudaeva postoianno nahoditsia - dobrovol'no i svobodno -
gruppa deputatov Dumy (=parlamenta) vo glave s S.Kovalevym
(biolog, byvshii dissident, pri Brejneve sidel, chelovek
iskliuchitel'noi poriadochnosti). Oni postoianno soobshali o
jertvah bombejek. Chest' im i slava.
V obshem, stydno i merzko. Chto budet dal'she, poniat'
nevozmojno - no, pohoje, budut bol'shie peremeny. Horosho by
poubavit' kolichestvo idiotov na vysshih postah...
Opros: "polnnost'iu doveriaiut prezidentu" - 13%,
"bolee-menee" - 16%, "ne doveriaiut" - 65%. No comments.
Skol'ko-nibud' otvetstvennye liudi (urovnia direktorov
zavodov, ravno kak i bankov), uslyshav familiiu Elkina,
reflektorno materiatsia. Naibolee uvajaemy v etih krugah - prem'er
Chernomyrdin, pred. Dumy Rybkin i mer Moskvy Lujkov - vse troe za
um i professionalizm, a ne za politiku.
V armii - brojenie. Avtoritet ministra oborony Gracheva byl
na nule eshe do Chechni, a uj seichas... Pri etom est' dva
bezuslovno ves'ma tolkovyh i populiarnyh v voiskah generala
(Gromov i Lebed'). Oba pozvoliaiut sebe ehidnye repliki. Konechno,
v nyneshnei situacii Elkin nikogo iz nih ministrom oborony ne
naznachit - proshe uj srazu podat' v otstavku. Ne iskliucheno,
chto i pridetsia.
Sluh: lichnoe sostoianie Dudaeva - bol'she milliarda dollarov
nalichnymi. Poskol'ku cherez Chechniu iz Rossii uplylo po men'shei
mere neskol'ko (a, vozmojno, mnogo) milliardov $ - zvuchit
pravdopodobno.
V zakliuchenie - nebol'shoi istoricheskii ekskurs: "Zapiski"
generala Ermolova, glavnoupravliaiushego Kavkazom v 1816-1826 i, v
chastnosti, osnovatelia kreposti Groznaia.
Povtoriaiu, eto 1816 god. "Nije po techeniiu Tereka jivut
chechency, samye zleishie iz razboinikov <...>. Obshestvo ih
ves'ma maloliudno, no chrezvychaino umnojilos' v poslednie
neskol'ko let, ibo prinimalis' drujestvenno zlodei vseh prochih
narodov, ostavliaiushie zemliu svoiu po kakim-libo prestupleniiam.
Chechniu mojno spravedlivo nazvat' gnezdom vseh razboinikov."
Kommentarii: vse - odin v odin k nyneshnei situacii (v
Chechne baziruiutsia professional'nye bandity so vsego Severnogo
Kavkaza - zdes' oni v principe nedosiagaemy dlia rossiskoi
milicii, a gde-nibud' v Dagestane mogut i zamesti.)
Eto tak, k slovu.
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Kto-to iz deputatov Dumy, tol'ko chto vernuvshihsya iz
Groznogo, nazval cifru v 180 podbityh tankov i BTRov.
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Programma Vremya (a e`to teper' opyat' oficial'noe nazvanie, dazhe muzyka
ta zhe, Vremya vpered) povydavala eqe perlov: chechency de razlili
sinil'nuyu kislotu na puti russkih vojsk, a takzhe vypustili hlora.
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From: sasha@super.ece.jhu.edu (Alexander Kaplan)
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Dear folks,
A few weeks ago, Russia started its war against Chechnya. It is clear by
now (if it wasn't clear to some of you earlier), that this war is a crime,
a war of extermination waged by the Russian military largely against
civilian population; it is a mass violation of human rights; it has
already came close to genocide; and who knows what will happen next.
We've got quite a lot of reports (in particular by Andrianov and
Suhanov) from Moscow. Good people in Russia are doing what they can to
stop this war. We can do here even more. As was suggested on this net
by Maxim Poliashenko , we can call our senators
and congressmen, and send e-mail to Mr. President and Vice-President,
telling them "NO U.S. AID, NO U.S. MONEY FOR CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT OF
RUSSIA !!!" Boris Velikson , posted here a
copy of his letter to President Clinton of similar content. Oleg
Kolosov suggested that this kind of letters be
sent to the governments and influential organizations in other Western
countries.
I've sent my letter to Mr. President too (anybody who is interested can
ask me for a copy). At this point, however, I decided to go one step
further. I want to suggest that those of us who support an action of
the United States Government to stop the war of Russia against Chechnya
send a collective letter to Mr. President of the United States and Mr.
Vice-President. With a lot of signatures, the letter will have a chance
to be read. (Sure, sure, I do remember that old joke about intelegent i
huligan where the intelegent in response to the voice of reason -- "Ne
pi**i!" -- screams "Net, ya budu pi**et', ya printsipial'no budu
pi**et'!":-):-). Yet, like an old battle horse:-), here I go... Anyway,
below you'll find the text of the proposed letter. I tried to make it
short and to the point, and write it the way hopefully acceptable to as
many of you as possible. We can do it in two possible ways.
(i) You send me your "signatures" and I compile them into one block
together with the text of the letter and get it out to Mr. President
and Mr. Vice-President. I'll be waiting for your msgs until Jan.
10'95, noon, collect whatever signatures I've got, and get the letter
out. If anybody got their signatures to me later, I can send an
"addendum" letter to the same addressees.
(ii) You can use this text below for your OWN letters to whoever you
think is best. If you do so, I would still appreciate it if you send me
a msg notifying me that you've sent it out (I need it basically for my
statistics). My own opinion though is that the larger single "snowball"
we generate, the better.
If in your signature you are eligible to use titles like "Prof.",
"Dr.", "Group Leader", "MD", "Director", "President (or Vice-President)
of Co.", or anything of this nature, please do NOT hesitate of using
them; I actually would encourage you to do so! (unlike our regular
postings, in which I usualy discourage it:-). Same, if you are a US
citizen. BUT, folks, a signature of ANYONE of you will count! (either
in the US or outside of it; academia people and business; housewives
and free spirits:-); males and females, etc.; but no pets, please:-).
I strongly encourage you to join the letter if you support its main
thrust. Aside from your name, you may want to use your address (office
or home, it doesn't matter), and your e-mail. If any of your friends
who are not IR-subscribers, wish to join the letter, they are most
welcome too; just include their names in your msg to me (of course,
with their consent only).
The more signatures, the better; I am thinking of at least 100
signatures which makes it a bit less than 10% of the total number of
IR-subscribers (there are about 1050 of us now). I may also need a few
volunteers (preferably -- veteran subscribers) to help me to handle the
job of compiling the signatures into a single list (if I really get a
lot of them:-), so please in your msgs regarding joining the letter,
indicate whether you are willing to help me. If there are no strong
objections, I'll be joining this letter too (just for you not to feel
lonely:-).
My best, and Happy New Year,
--Alex (Sasha) Kaplan, INFO-RUSS owner/coordinator
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To: Mr. William Clinton, President of the United States
Cc: Mr. Albert Gore, Vice-President of the United States
White House Washington, DC
Dear Mr. President and Mr. Vice-President:
We want to express our grave concerns over the war by Russia against
the break-away republic of Chechnya and the position of the United
States in what is happening. The war waged by the Russian government
and its military largely against the civilian population is a violation
of human rights on a grand scale, bordering on genocide. The losses
among the population are tremendous; hundreds thousand of people,
including women and children, have became refugees. There is no
justification whatsoever for the Russian government to methodically
murder civilians.
To maintain that what is happening is the internal matter of the
Russian government, is to greatly encourage its criminal behavior. The
United States Government must use all its clout to stop the war. A
possible way to do that is to make it known to the Russian government
that all financial aid, all agreements advancing Russia's interests,
will be frozen or canceled altogether if the war continues.
We are asking you to use all the means available to you, to influence
the Russian government to terminate the war.
With our best regards,
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Excerpts from OMRI DAILY DIGEST Vol. 1, No. 4, 5 January 1995
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YELTSIN ORDERS HALT TO BOMBING OF GROZNY. On 4
January Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered the Russian
military to desist from bombing the Chechen capital Grozny
at midnight that night, according to Russian radio and
television. The exact military situation in Grozny on 4 January
was unclear: the Russian Interior Ministry press service as
quoted by Interfax of 4 January claimed that Russian interior
ministry troops "continued to force militants out of Grozny
during the morning;" other Russian media reported that
Chechen forces were retreating southwards from the city. ITAR-
TASS reported that Russian troop reinforcements were being
sent to Chechnya, and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai
Egorov told a press conference in Mozdok that Russian forces
could be in control of Grozny by 5 January. He also said that
the Chechen "government of national revival" headed by
Salambek Khadzhiev would begin work in Grozny as of 5
January. Russian presidential advisor Emil Pain told Interfax
on 4 January that empowering either Deputy Prime Minister
Sergei Shakhrai or Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin to
negotiate with the Chechen leadership in place of Egorov and
intelligence chief Sergei Stepashin could expedite the
resumption of talks on a political settlement of the Chechen
crisis. Interfax on 4 January quoted the head of the opposition
Chechen Provisional Council, Umar Avturkhanov, as stating
that his forces will not comply with Yeltsin's demand to
surrender their weapons until Dudaev's forces have been
completely neutralized. Also on 4 January, Interfax quoted an
unidentified senior Russian Foreign Ministry official as stating
that Moscow is drafting an official response to the OSCE
proposal to send a group of experts to evaluate the human
rights situation in Chechnya. -- Liz Fuller, OMRI, Inc.
CHECHNYA SUBJECT NOT ON THE TABLE AT US-
RUSSIAN BILATERAL TALKS? "The situation in Chechnya is
not a subject for the talks," Nikolai Spassky, the Russian Foreign
Ministry's North American Department Director, told Interfax
on 4 January. Spassky was referring to talks between Russian
Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev and US Secretary of State
Warren Christopher, tentatively scheduled to be held on 17 or
18 January in Geneva. Spassky did, however, say that except for
Chechnya, both sides would discuss the entire gamut of
bilateral relations and would likely concentrate on affairs in
Europe, including the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. --
Stan Markotich, OMRI, Inc.
RUSSIA WARNS MUSLIM AMBASSADORS OVER
MERCENARIES IN CHECHNYA. The Russian Foreign Ministry
summoned the ambassadors of Afghanistan, Iran, Jordan,
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and the Turkish charge d'affaires on
4 January and warned them that their respective governments
should take all necessary steps to preclude the further
recruiting and dispatch to Chechnya of mercenaries from
their countries, AFP and Interfax reported. Iranian President
Ali Akbar Rafsanjani warned on 4 January that the Russian
military intervention in Chechnya could undermine Russia's
links with the Islamic world, according to AFP, which further
quoted a statement by Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman
Mahmud Mohammadi published in the Iranian press that the
Iranian government has offered to send humanitarian aid to
Chechnya "to relieve the sufferings of the Chechen people." In
Ankara, Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ferhat Ataman
condemned the Russian military intervention and resulting
civilian casualties which he saId could have serious
destabilizing consequences for the entire Caucasus region, and
affirmed that Turkey considers a cease-fire declaration
"indispensable." -- Liz Fuller, OMRI, Inc.
KOVALEV IN MOSCOW, TO MEET YELTSIN,
AMBASSADORS. Russian human rights envoy Sergei Kovalev
arrived in Moscow on 5 January, a day after he told a news
conference in the Ingush capital, Nazran, that he was going to
meet President Boris Yeltsin and foreign ambassadors to
inform them about human rights violations that have taken
place in the course of Russian air attacks on Grozny. Kovalev
also carried an appeal signed by 84 Russian POWs held
prisoner in the cellar of the Presidential Palace in Grozny who
condemn the Russian military intervention in Chechnya.
According to Kovalev, he and his fellow human rights
campaigner, Oleg Orlov, will return to Grozny if the military
action there continues. Along with three members of the State
Duma Human Rights Commission, Kovalev and Orlov had
been in Grozny monitoring the situation personally since 14
December 1994. The three deputies--Valerii Borshchev of the
liberal Yabloko faction in the Duma, and Mikhail Molostvov
and Yulii Rybakov (both of Russia's Choice) remain in the
cellar of the Presidential Palace. -- Julia Wishnevsky, OMRI, Inc.
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I will keep this message brief and to the point. I am looking for information
on opening a bank account in Russia to which I can send US dollars to be
converted and deposited as Roubles. Do you have any suggestions? I do indeed
have friends and relatives in Russia who could perform the conversion and
deposits for me, but I am not sure whether or not they are able to open an
actual account for me.
Best Wishes in this upcoming Christmas!
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PRESS RELEASE Contact: Avo E. Ora
January 5, 1995 301 340 1954
BALTIC AMERICANS CALL ON US TO END SILENCE ON CHECHNYA
In light of the unrelenting and arbitrary violence of Russian
forces in Chechnya and the reports of human rights violations by
Russia's own Human Rights Commissioner, the Joint Baltic American
National Committee once again calls upon the United States to
denounce the extreme actions of the Russian Federation and to
encourage a non-violent settlement of the conflict through
bilateral negotiation or international mediation.
The Russian Federation's use of force against the civilian
population of Chechnya, many of whom are ethnic Russians, directly
violates principles set forth by the Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe's Budapest meeting (December 1994) which
state: "If recourse to force cannot be avoided in performing
internal security missions, each participating State will ensure
that its use must be commensurate with the needs of enforcement.
The armed forces will take due care to avoid injury to civilians or
their property." (CSCE Budapest Conference Document, VII.36)
Aerial bombardment by the Russian military against "military
targets" which have included an orphanage, a hospital, residential
houses, markets and civilian vehicles displays Russia's lack of
concern for civilians, human rights, and the CSCE principles Russia
agreed to uphold. These actions have been documented and reported
on - as in yesterday's Washington Post article "Russian Jets Focus
on Civilian Targets."
The silence of the United States regarding these violations
threatens the basic principle of the universality of human rights,
whether in Haiti or in Russia, and the future role of the CSCE in
European security structures.
The United States must demand that Russia respect the principles of
the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and resume
negotiations with Chechnya in order to find a non-violent solution
which would result in a just and lasting peace.
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Hi, folks!
Uzhe dva dnja novogo shturma ne proishodit (hotja predlozhenie Dudaeva
o peremirii dlja sbora trupov russkih soldat bylo
proignorirovano), i mozhno opjat' pogovorit' o delah tylovyh.
V Moskve nachalo proishodit' patrulirovanie metro voennosluzhaschimi
bez znakov razlichija. Oni ne ischut bomb, kak soldaty i oficery
obychnogo vida, a proverjajut dokumenty u kavkazcev. Vid etih ljudej
ochen' otkormlennyj (oni ne pohozhi ni na voennyh, ni na pereodetyh
v voennuju formu mentov), oni peregovarivajutsja po racijam, kotorye
rabotajut dazhe v poezde metro. Voobsche v poslednie dni proverki
dokumentov u kavkazcev nosjat nevidanno dazhe dlja Moskvy
izdevatel'skij harakter: naprimer, vozle metro "Park kul'tury"
stojat chetyre posta v dvuh metrah drug ot druga i proverjajut
dokumenty u kazhdogo, sekundu nazad pred'javivshego ih pred'yduschemu
postu. Dokumenty - eto pasport i dve bumazhki - moskovskaja "viza"
i kvitancija ob oplate etoj vizy. Meroprijatie, vidimo, vpolne
propagandistskoe.
Professor V.A.Dybo i ego vnuk oboshli s podpisnymi listami protiv
vojny dom v podmoskomnom gorode Mytischi. Dom (uzhasnaja hruschoba)
zaselen v pochti ravnyh doljah sotrudnikami mestnogo torgovogo
tehnikuma (kazhetsja, Mytischenskij tehnikum kooperativnoj torgovli),
uchenymi iz Akademii Nauk pobednee (u kogo ne bylo moskovskoj
propiski) i rabochimi mashinostroitel'nogo zavoda. V dome rovno 100
kvartir. Obitateli 85 iz nih podpisali, 1 zhenschina otkazalas' s
antimusul'manskoj motivirovkoj, ostal'nye otsutstvovali, ne
vyrabotali otnoshenija ili ob'javili, chto "bol'she nichego ne
podpisyvaem".
Vmeste s tem neobychno mnogo iz predstavitelej intellektual'noj elity
vykazyvajut militaristskuju ili etatistskuju poziciju. Odin avtor
(vozmozhno, nekotorym iz vas izvestnyj A.Kibrik) nachinaet svoj tekst so
slov "Da, ja teper' - sojuznik Barkashova i Zhirinovskogo" ("Novoe vremja"
N52-1994). Drugie, vozmuschajas' bezdarnost'ju komandirov i p'janstvom
podchinennyh, vse zhe snova i snova nadejutsja, chto nakonec-to segodnja
ocherednoj shturm uvenchaetsja uspehom. "Uinston Smit poljubil Bol'shogo
Brata".
Kstati. Skladyvaetsja dovol'no-taki zloveschee vpechatlenie, chto russkie
vojska sovsem ili pochti sovsem ne berut plennyh (v otlichie ot
chechencev). Vo vsjakom sluchae, otsutstvujut vsjakie upominanija o nih, dazhe
v propagandistskom zhanre "plennye svidetel'stvujut o razlozhenii
bandformirovanij". Eto zastavljaet dumat', chto vzjatie russkimi goroda
budet oznachat' ne izbavlenie zhitelej ot boev (pust' kuplennoe moral'no
dorogoj cenoj), a esche hudshuju gumanitarnuju katastrofu.
Poka vse. Vash Alik
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GROZNY BOMBING CONTINUES. Despite Russian
President Boris Yeltsin's order of 4 January to halt the
bombing of Grozny at midnight that night, bombing raids
on Grozny and neighboring villages continued on 5 January,
Ostankino Television reports. Dudaev's forces remained in
control of the center of Grozny but were surrounded by
Russian forces, according to the Russian government press
center. Ostankino further reported that on 5 January the
Chechen "government of national reconciliation," headed
by Salambek Khadzhiev, issued a statement supporting the
restoration of constitutional order in Chechnya but
condemning as "a mistake" the ongoing bombing of
peaceful towns and villages that could result in nationwide
protests. Speaking in Mozdok (North Ossetia) on 5 January,
Federal Counter-Intelligence head Sergei Stepashin rejected
the prospect of a protracted guerrilla war in Chechnya,
vowing to eliminate the Chechen opposition, according to
Interfax. Discussing the reasons for the failure of Russian
troops to establish control in Grozny, Segodnya disclosed
on 5 January that neither the Defense Ministry nor any
other power structure has units specially trained for urban
combat against a well-armed enemy. Spetsnaz forces are
trained for acts of sabotage and reconnaissance but have
never been used to storm urban areas. The Georgian
government has sent troops to the Georgian border with
Chechnya to prevent Chechen forces from entering
Georgia, Interfax reported on 5 January. In Moscow, State
Duma deputies from Russia's Choice, Yabloko and the
December 12 liberal-democratic union continued to collect
signatures to press for an emergency debate on Chechnya,
Interfax reported on 5 January. The Democratic Russia party
unveiled a new peace initiative for Chechnya comprising a
cease-fire, the withdrawal of all Russian military formations
and armor from Grozny, and the release by both sides of
prisoners of war, to be followed by negotiations at
government level on a peace settlement. -- Liz Fuller, OMRI,
Inc.
INTERNATIONAL REACTION. German President Helmut
Kohl said on 5 January that he had informed Russian
President Boris Yeltsin by phone the previous day that
although he regarded the conflict in Chechnya as an
internal Russian affair, he considered the civilian casualties
too high, according to The New York Times of 6 January. In
Washington, according to a separate report in The New
York Times, senior White House aides have drafted a letter
for President Clinton's approval appealing to Yeltsin to
stop inflicting civilian casualties in Chechnya and to
consider the proposal made earlier this month by the EU to
involve the OSCE in the search for a solution to the
Chechen crisis. The Washington Post of 6 January quoted
US Secretary of State Warren Christopher as stating that his
Russian counterpart, Andrei Kozyrev, informed him by
telephone on 4 January of the Russian leadership's
willingness to involve the OSCE. UN Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali affirmed on 5 January that the UN is
likewise prepared to mediate in the Chechen dispute if
asked, according to AFP. Also on 5 January the Pakistan
Foreign Ministry denied charges made the previous day by
the Russian Foreign Ministry that Afghan refugees were
being sent from Pakistan to fight as mercenaries in
Chechnya, AFP reported. -- Liz Fuller, OMRI, Inc.
FSK KNOWS NAME OF KHOLODOV'S KILLER. The head
of the Federal Counter-Intelligence Service, Sergei
Stepashin, knows the identity of the man responsible for the
death in October 1994, of Moskovsky komsomolets
investigative journalist Dmitri Kholodov, who was killed by
an exploding briefcase, Izvestiya reported on 6 January.
Spokesmen for both the FSK and for Yeltsin's office denied
claims that Stepashin had sent a letter to Yeltsin a month
ago informing him of the circumstances of the murder and
the name of the perpetrator, whom Izvestiya identified as
serving in a paratroop regiment which was at that time
deployed in Sokolniki and has since been sent to Chechnya.
-- Liz Fuller, OMRI, Inc.
KOVALEV ARRIVES IN MOSCOW. Russian official
propaganda on the Chechen developments surpassed the
Bolsheviks "and even Dr. Goebbels," human rights envoy
Sergei Kovalev told RFE/RL at a Moscow airport on arrival
from Grozny via Nazran on 5 January. According to
Kovalev, Russian officials have so far failed to say "a word of
truth" about the developments in Grozny. Kovalev believes
that Yeltsin was misinformed by his hawkish friends and
bodyguards, albeit not to the same extent as the rest of the
nation, because, Kovalev explained, only a very stupid
person could believe the mendacious Russian officials. Later
that day, in the packed conference hall of Izvestiya,
Kovalev provided a detailed account of the sufferings of
Russian and Chechen civilians who fell victim to Russian air
raids. Kovalev opined that without the invasion, Chechnya
would have remained a part of the Russian Federation and
that the military action was counterproductive in the case of
Chechnya and would be so in other republics. Kovalev
added that, in his view, the Chechen developments would
also encourage the East Europeans to join NATO as soon as
they could. "I came with the intention to look in the eye
those officials responsible for the handling of Chechnya,"
Kovalev told the news conference as reported by Izvestiya.
The human rights champion is scheduled to meet with
Yeltsin on 6 January. -- Julia Wishnevsky, OMRI, Inc.
RUBLE CONTINUES TO PLUMMET. On Moscow Interbank the Central
Bank closed the trading session at 3,623 rubles to $1.
GAP IN WEALTH INCREASES. The State Statistics
Committee reports that those Russians with the highest
incomes have 15 times as much as the lowest. In a 5 January
report in Vechernyaya Moskva, statistics indicated that in
1993 the ratio was 11:1 and in 1991 it was 4.5:1. In January
through November 1994, 10% of the population received
30% of the total income, while the poorest 10% received
only 1.9%. About 65% of the population had incomes below
the average level. By the end of 1994, average salaries and
wages were just over the equivalent of $100 a month. --
Thomas Sigel, OMRI, Inc.
POLAND TO COMMEMORATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
AUSCHWITZ LIBERATION. President Lech Walesa's aide
Andrzej Zakrzewski on 5 January said survivors of Auschwitz,
Nobel Peace Prize winners, and representatives of 26 states
will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death camp's
liberation at the end of the month, Reuters reports.
...a series of ceremonies will take place at
Auschwitz, including a period of silence at the camp gates,
speeches, wreath-laying, and finally the lighting of candles
on the platform where many of the 1.5 million people killed
at the camp arrived by train from all over Europe. Among
the heads of states who have said they will attend are the
presidents of Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Latvia and Slovenia.
Germany will be represented by President Roman Herzog,
Israel by the speaker of its parliament, and Russia by either
President Boris Yeltsin or Premier Viktor Chernomyrdin.
Invitations have been sent to 92 Jewish groups and attempts
are being made to reach all Auschwitz survivors to invite
them, Zakrzewski said. -- Jan Cleave, OMRI, Inc.
UKRAINE ENCOURAGES JEWISH REVIVAL, RABBI
SAYS. While nearly 70,000 Jews have emigrated from
Ukraine in the last five years, over half a million remain,
many playing an active role in the revival of Judaism since
Ukraine declared its independence in 1991, Kiev-based
Orthodox Rabbi Yaakov Bleich says in an article in The
New York Times on 6 January. The New York-born rabbi
has during the past five years presided over a renewal of
Jewish life in Ukraine, including the opening of 12 Jewish
schools and 38 synagogues. Although openly anti-Semitic
slogans can be heard from groups such as the
ultranationalist UNA-UNSO, both the Ukrainian government
and the religious establishment have gone out of their way
to stress reconciliation with Jews, the 30-year-old rabbi said.
-- Chrystyna Lapychak, OMRI, Inc.
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Although the volume of mail prevents the President from
personally reviewing each message, all e-mail is read by White House
staff. Your concerns, ideas, and suggestions are carefully
recorded and communicated to the President weekly with a
representative sampling of the mail. We are currently working
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Whitehouse.gov was established to allow you to send
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The only personal addresses at whitehouse.gov are the following:
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We would like to announce another first for the White House.
On October 20, 1994, President Clinton and Vice President Gore
acted to improve the accessibility of government information by
opening a service called "Welcome to the White House: An
Interactive Citizens' Handbook" on the Internet. This new World
Wide Web service provides a single point of access to all
electronic government information on the Internet. By using a
free Web-browsing software such as Mosaic or Cello, the user can
access a multimedia interface to information from the White House
and the Executive Branch of government, including White House
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information about Cabinet-level and independent agencies. This
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government Web sites and services. Check with your service
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White House" can be accessed at:
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Though the new Web server provides access to White House
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From: "Alexander A. Suhanov"
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Hi, folks!
Dnem v pjatnicu pri artpodderzhke poka nevidannogo masshtaba russkie
vojska prodvinulis' na rjade napravlenij na sotni metrov. Vecherom
(okolo 20 chasov) pri uchastii okolo 300 tankov i bronemashin (eto
bol'she, chem v novogodnjuju noch') v boj byli vvedeny morskie
pehotincy. K segodnjashnemu utru reshajuschih uspehov ne dostignuto.
Obraschaet vnimanie izmenenie taktiki: ispol'zovanie horosho
podgotovlennoj pehoty i medlennoe prodvizhenie, chtoby ne poterjat'
kontakta s tylom i flangami. Eta taktika javno bolee uspeshna;
budet li ona postojannoj - predskazat' trudno, ibo Kreml' toropit
(sm. nizhe).
E na sovete bezopasnosti potreboval pobedit' v kratchajshie i
konkretnye sroki, i s etogo sroka peredat' otvetstvennost' za
operaciju vojskam MVD. V kommjunike soveta mnogo dezinformacii,
tak, soderzhitsja bessmyslennaja fraza "Chernomyrdinu pristupit' k
peregovoram s chechenskim rukovodstvom" pri tom, chto otkloneno
predlozhenie Dudaeva o peremirii na neskol'ko chasov dlja sbora i
zahoronenija trupov russkih soldat. Zajavleno takzhe, chto Grachev
dolzhen otchitat'sja, ne narushal li on prikaza prezidenta ne bombit'
gorod. Eto soobschenie nahoditsja v protivorechii s soobscheniem Sergeja
Kovaleva, sm. nizhe. Naznachen novyj ministr justicii - vice-spiker
Dumy, kommunist Valentin Kovalev, dejatel' jarostno-militaristskoj
napravlennosti. Emu porucheno "naladit' kontakt s pravitel'stvom
nacional'nogo spasenija Chechni" i sozdavat' na territorii
respubliki federal'nye sudy. Kreslo ministra justicii bylo
vakantno posle togo, kak predyduschij ministr, tihij i nezametnyj
Jurij Kalmykov, byl snachala otstranen ot zasedanij soveta
bezopasnosti, a potom okonchatel'no otstranen vvidu kavkazskogo
(adygejskogo, kazhetsja) proishozhdenija i (predpolagaemogo i
podtverdivshegosja) neodobrenija agressii.
CK KPRF osudil vhozhdenie V.Kovaleva v pravitel'stvo i potreboval
ot frakcii iskljuchit' ego iz rjadov. "Partbilet polozhish', suka!"
Razgovor Sergeja Kovaleva s EBN soderzhal interesnye momenty. On
prodolzhalsja 49 minut i byl pochti monologom K. Odnako E skazal, v
otvet na zajavlenie, chto posle prikaza o prekraschenii bombezhek oni
prodolzhalis': "Ja imeju tochnye svedenija, chto moi prikazy
NEUKOSNITEL'NO vypolnjajutsja". Na predlozhenie S.A.K. ob'javit'
peremirie na dni rozhdestvenskih prazdnikov 6-7 janvarja E otvetil
"Esche ne vremja". Po svoej iniciative E soobschil, chto svoim ukazom
uvolil direktora Rossijskogo radio i televidenija Olega Popcova.
RTV dazhe v uslovijah oficial'noj cenzury nahodilo vozmozhnost'
rabotat' otnositel'no chestno.
Kogda slyshish' o podtverzhdenii "Vrachami bez granic" soobschenija o
razrushenii russkoj aviaciej bol'nicy v gorode Shali (bomba popala v
detskoe i rodil'noe otdelenie), ponimaesh', chto russkaja armija ne
beret plennyh, a chechency chasami i dnjami ugovarivajut (privlekaja
nastojatelja groznenskogo sobora) okruzhennyh russkih sdat'sja i v
konce koncov predlagajut im (gruppe u central'nogo vokzala) vyjti s
oruzhiem, no bez tjazheloj tehniki - ponimaesh', chto vyrvavshiesja u
korrespondenta proprezidentskoj gazety "Segodnja" slova
"razoruzhenie el'cinskih bandformirovanij" PROSTO TOChNY. Sejchas
mnogie liberaly hotjat znat', kto vooruzhil dudaevskuju armiju. Kto by
pointeresovalsja, kto vooruzhil rossijskuju armiju?
Vash Alik
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From: "Alexander A. Suhanov"
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Subject: INFO-RUSS: Kol'co szhimajets'a
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Hi, folks!
V Groznom boi, v celom uspeshnye dlja agressorov. Oni prodvigajutsja na svoi
desjatki metrov v chas k dvorcu. Idet uragannyj obstrel iz "Gradov" i
artilleriej. Ves' centr goroda gorit. Vidimo, u chechencev istonchilsja
rucheek snabzhenija boepripasami i zameny vybyvajuschih iz stroja. Odnako
soobschenija o nizkih poterjah interventov zavedomo lozhnye: taktika upornogo
prodvizhenija prosachivaniem ne mozhet byt' "malokrovnoj". Vchera ubit general
MVD - glavnyj koordinator shtaba MVD, segodnja - lokalizovan i polnost'ju
plenen desant, vysazhennyj juzhnee Groznogo. Russkie pribegli k taktike
vermahta, poobeschav unichtozhit' selenie, (predpolozhitel'no) v kotorom
nahodjatsja plennye. Eto narushenie zakonov i obychaev vojny - ne
izolirovannoe; prakticheski dokazano ispol'zovanie igol'chatyh bomb (kak
skazal oficer Ministerstva po chrezvychajnym situacijam Rossii, "chechency eti
igly sejchas sobirajut vedrami". Vprochem, primenenie "Gradov" v gorode (eto
oruzhie principial'no netochnoe) - samo po sebe est' primenenie oruzhija
massovogo porazhenija. Groznyj mozhet past' zavtra, a mozhet proderzhat'sja
esche nedelju-dve: eto ochen' zavisit ot takticheskih reshenij obeih storon.
Sergej Kovalev pokinul Moskvu, chtoby vernut'sja v Groznyj, i dobralsja uzhe
do Nazrani.
Za tri dnja Sergej Kovalev dal neskol'ko interesnyh interv'ju, o kotoryh ja
nadejus' napisat' zavtra. Proshlo takzhe interesnoe interv'ju Hasbulatova o
mehanike prinjatija reshenij v poslednie dni pered krizisom, ob etom - tozhe
zavtra.
Popravka k vcherashnemu tekstu: Valentin Kovalev - ne chlen kompartii, a
tol'ko ee frakcii v Dume.
Vash Alik
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Dear folks,
This is to follow up my posting of January 4'95, in which I proposed
to send our group letter regarding the criminal war of Russia against
Chechnya to Mr. President and Mr. Vice-President of the United States.
I was expecting about 100 signatures before getting the letter out on
January 10, noon. At this point we have already about 140+ signatures
and still counting. My very great thanks to all of you who replied to
my posting, and especially to those who agreed to join the letter and
also provided some valuable improvements, corrections, and information.
I want to update you on the situation with the letter.
(i) On the urging of some of you, I realized that it would be a good
idea to send a copy of the letter also to the prominent members of
Senate and House (especially to those of a new majority). When I saw
that the "signatures" are coming in good numbers, I made a few
telephone calls that led me to the right offices. In particular, I
believe now that one of the most responsive and relevant is the
Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe , with some of the most
influential Senators being members of that Commission. On the Friday
afternoon, I spoke with the staff of that Commission on the phone, and
they were very encouraging essentially telling me that they are very
interested in the letters like that especially coming from Russian
community. They promised me to pass it immediately on to the Senators
involved. I'll be reaching offices of those and other Senators on
Monday. I want also send copies of our letter to the new Senate Majority
Leader Senator Robert Dole and the new House Speaker Congressman Newton
Gingrich. So, this group letter of ours may have a real good chance to be
read by the influantial people interested in the issue.
This may also hopefully help those of you who are still thinking of
whether your voice will be heard at all, to make your decision
regarding joining our letter. I am still collecting the "sigantures".
(ii) For the people who have already joined the letter.
I am planning to send an updated draft (the second draft, slightly
updated following some suggestions from you, see below) with all the
SIGNATURES I'll have at the moment, to you on MONDAY evening. If you
see any error in your name/address or if you see how the text can be
corrected or further improved (without any SUBSTANTIAL revisions) or if
you changed your mind about signing it at all, please reply IMMEDIATELY.
If you have already sent me your agreement to sign the letter, but have
NOT received the updated draft of it with all the signatures before the
LATE NIGHT on Monday, please send me your msg too!!! (it may just happen
that in ERROR, your e-mail address and signature were missed).
(Folks, if you have no corrections or other serious reasons to reply,
please refrain from replying; sorry, I am overloaded with all this
project.)
(iii) For the benefits of those of you who are still thinking of joining
us, here is an updated draft of that letter:
SECOND (UPDATED) DRAFT OF INFO-RUSS GROUP LETTER (January 8'95)
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Dear Mr. President and Mr. Vice-President:
Dear Senators and Congressmen:
We want to express our grave concerns over the war by Russia against
the break-away republic of Chechnya and the position of the United
States in what is happening. The war waged by the Russian government
and its military largely against the civilian population is a violation
of human rights on a grand scale, bordering on genocide. The losses
among the population are tremendous; hundreds of thousands of people,
including women and children, have became refugees. There is no
justification whatsoever for the Russian government to methodically
murder civilians.
To maintain that what is happening is the internal matter of the
Russian government, is to greatly encourage its criminal behavior. The
United States Government must use all its clout to stop the war. A
possible way to do that is to make it known to the Russian government
that all financial aid, all agreements advancing Russia's interests,
will be suspended or canceled altogether if the war continues.
We are asking you to use all the means available to you, to influence
the Russian government to terminate the war; we are also asking you to
promote a peaceful settlement of the conflict through appropriate
international bodies.
Sincerely yours,
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END OF THE SECOND DRAFT
-- Alex Kaplan, INFO-RUSS owner/coordinator
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Iz interview s letchikom, bombivshim Groznyj:
"Nam ob`yasnili, chto chechency vzyali vseh russkih v zalozhniki i uveli v
gory; v gorode odni bandity. ...Tochechnye udary oruzhiem vysokoj tochnosti???
Da net u nas takogo. Odin pilot gonyalsya za shikarnym Mersedesom, hotel
rasstrelyat' iz pushki, no promahnulsyta. Mozhet, takie tochechnye udary
imeyutsya vvidu? ... Bol'shinstvo ozhidaet prikaza ob oonchanii boevyh
dejstvij. Nikto ne hochet, chtoby ego familiya popala v pressu: boyatsya
pozora i mesti chechencev. ... Boyus' smotret' TV, chtoby ne sojti s uma."
Samoe nachalo, 16 Dec. Na bazarah oruzhie prodavalos' vmeste s myasom. Myaso
$1/kg, AKM - $600, TT - $700, snajperskaya vintovka $1200.
Stanica Sernovodsk, 14 dec. Pogiblo 15 mestnyh, vyshedshih na demonstraciyu.
Armejskoe nach-vo dalo 15 min rodstvennikam zabrat' tela. "Potom nachnem
strelyat'" Vynesti uspeli ne vseh. Cherez nekotoroe vremya sobaki nachali
prinosit' kuski chelovech'ego myasa. Chechency perestrelyali vseh sobak.
Iz interview dezertira: "Zaplatili po milliony ($300). Obeqali eqe v konce.
Sperva poslali "zaletchikov" (teh, kto proshtrafilsya). Oficery govorili:
"Rebyata, nam e`ta vojna ne nuzhna. Smatyvajtes'!"
Seryj kardinal - nachal'nik ohrany prezidenta Al-dr Korzhakov (iz KGB,
razumeetsya). Ostalsya pri hozyaine dazhe kogda Gorbatyj prognal togo v
opalu, riskuya GBeshnoj kar'eroj. Vo vremya avtoavarii bukval'no rukami
razorval dver' i vynes iz mashiny hozyaina. Zato teper' - samaya vliyatel'-
naya figura. Odin ministr rasskazyval, chto nakanune naznacheniya byl
vyzvan na sobesedovanie k Korzhakovu i byl schastliv, chto ponravilsya.
Pod komandoj Korzhakova pretorianskaya gvardiya v 40 000 chel (Alfa, 118
desantnyj polk, 27 motostrelkovaya brigada osobogo naznacheniya, ...).
Nalet na Luzhkovskuyu gruppu Most s izbieniem ohrany - delo ruk ego podo-
pechnyh. Sledom za tem pis'mo Chernomordinu s prikazom ne menyat' sistemy
licenzirovaniya neftee`ksporta...
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Organization: School N57
From: "Alexander A. Suhanov"
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 00:09:11 +0300
Subject: INFO-RUSS: Prizrak nadezhdy
Status: O
Hi, folks!
Kak i vchera, russkie vojska "uspeshno prodvigajutsja, no poka ne zanjali
dvorec". Boevye poteri opredeljajutsja kak 20/50 (ubitye/ranenye) v
den'. Eto - po armii, bez MVD. Plennye desantniki perevedeny v
Groznyj, a ul'timatum - esli plennye ne budut osvobozhdeny, blizhajshee
selo budet razbombleno - prodlen do 12 chasov vtornika. Nazyvaetsja
selo Alhazurovo, v nem (vmeste s bezhencami) - bolee 10 tysjach
zhitelej.
S.Kovalev v Nazrani, otkuda popytalsja dogovorit'sja s Chernomyrdinym o
peremirii na 48 chasov. Ch vrode by s entuziazmom soglasilsja, kak
budto preodolel "slaboe soprotivlenie voennyh" i poruchil S.A.
dogovorit'sja o detaljah. Pochti navernjaka vse eto obernetsja obmanom -
Kremlju ne privykat', no utro pokazhet.
Rasskazyvaju ob interv'ju, kotorye daval S.Kovalev. Naibolee podrobnoe
- 50 minut - s radiozhurnalistami "Svobody", "Golosa Ameriki" i "Eha
Moskvy". On podrobno rasskazyval o zhizni v Groznom, o sil'nom
vpechatlenii, kotoroe proizvel na nego uroven' entuziazma chechenskih
bojcov, podtverdil, chto podavljajuschee bol'shinstvo ih - mestnye zhiteli
(a ne "naemniki"). Pri ostorozhno-kriticheskom otzyve o nekotoryh
aspektah chechenskoj real'nosti (propagande, naprimer, kotoruju on
nazval "ves'ma tendencioznoj, naivnoj, chasto romanticheskoj,
nesravnimo menee zlokachestvennoj, chem rossijskoj") bylo ochevidno,
chto "kriminal'noe soobschestvo" Groznogo proizvelo na nego chisto po
chelovecheski nesravnenno luchshee vpechatlenie, chem lager' "konstitucii
i zakona".
Mnogo govoril o vsreche s E. Vseh interesovalo, zdorov li tot i ne
p'jan li. S.A. podtverdil - zdorov, ne p'jan i ochen' razdrazhen. Po
mneniju K, E polnost'ju otdaet sebe otchet v proishodjaschem i vpolne
soznatelen; situaciju vpolne kontroliruet.
Kovalev soglasilsja, chto E poshel po puti zverstva i prestuplenij, no
ostorozhno distancirovalsja ot nekotoryh svoih tovarischej (Zolotuhina,
naprimer) kotorye v znak protesta vyhodjat iz prezidentskih struktur
ili prizyvajut k impichmentu. Ob'jasnenie bylo otchasti strannym:
"Vo-pervyh, Zjuganov huzhe, vo-vtoryh, pod moim nachalom rabotajut
horoshie ljudi, ja ne mogu ih brosit'". Solidarizirovalsja s Gajdarom
("podozhdat' do 96 goda"). Kak budto kto-to prizyvaet nemedlenno
vruchit' Zjuganovu ili Zh absoljutnuju vlast' E - vmesto togo, chtoby
ubrat' samu etu opasnuju dolzhnost' "edinonachal'nika vseja Rusi". Na
vopros "kogda E vstal na put' krovi i ubijstv, privedshij ego k
Chechne?" po sobstvennoj iniciative zatejal ob'jasnenie svoej pozicii po
povodu gosperevorota 1993 goda. On ee nereshitel'no i putano
opravdyval, zaschischal i E, no zatem povtoril, chto "da, on vstal na
etot put' uzhe togda". V obschem, u nas est' geroi, no net kompetentnyh
politikov-demokratov.
Interv'ju programme NTV "Itogi" (zapisannoe 7 janvarja) bylo blednee,
no ne mogu uderzhat'sja, chtoby ne pereskazat' odin ego rasskaz. On
poznakomilsja v Groznom s dobrovol'cem - ukraincev, drugom i byvshim
doverennym licom deputata SSSR Sergeja Chervonopisskogo (majora,
afganskogo veterana-invalida, iniciatora obstrukcii A.D.Saharova na
1 s'ezde narodnyh deputatov SSSR; on okonchil rech' istericheskim
krikom "Derzhava, Rodina, Kommunizm!" i zal vstal v poslednem v
istorii Sovetskoj Rossii poryve massovogo psihoza). Ukrainec, znaja,
chto K byl drugom Saharova, prosil proschenija, a na vopros, chto privelo
ego v Groznyj srazhat'sja na storone "musul'man", rasskazal: "Ja poshel
k Serege, i on mne skazal - konechno, poezzhaj, esli by u menja hotja by
odna noga byla, ja by poehal tozhe".
Do zavtra!
Vash A
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Subject: INFO-RUSS: NanoTechnology
Status: O
Attention of the ex-Soviet scientists in the states of the ex-USSR or
outside:
USA Innovative Research Institution is seeking for cooperation in the area
of NANOTECHNOLOGY. Funding from the US government sources are expected to be
available. Interested individuals or organizations are invited to contact
Dr. Simon Rosenfeld
through e-mail: SROSENFELD@smtpgate.ssmc.noaa.gov,
through fax:
in USA (301)713-0119 Attn:S.Rosenfeld, M. Poindexter
or mail:
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Subject: INFO-RUSS: chechnya - discussion list on Chechnya
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_______________________________________________________________________________
To: Multiple recipients of list NEW-LIST
From: WIENCH@PLEARN.EDU.PL on Mon, Jan 9, 1995 6:13 PM
Subject: NEW: chechnya - discussion list on Chechnya
CHECHNYA on LISTSERV@PLEARN.EDU.PL
The CHECHNYA list is devoted to the current situation in Chechnya,
particularly sharing the news about recent developments. The list
will be also focused on the problem of human rights of the victims of
invasion as well as humanitarian aid issues.
Please avoid emotional comments, the list is first of all for
information purposes. No flames will be tolerated.
The list is based on a LISTSERV server at the University of Warsaw,
Poland.
To subscribe to the CHECHNYA discussion list, send an e-mail message
to LISTSERV@PLEARN.EDU.PL and in the body of the message type:
SUB CHECHNYA firstname lastname
Eg. sub chechnya Jane Doe
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provided by the original submitter. We do NOT verify the technical
accuracy nor any claims made in the announcements nor do we
necessarily agree with them. We do not warranty or guarantee any
services which might be announced - use at your own risk. For more
information send e-mail to LISTSERV@VM1.NoDak.EDU with the command
GET NEW-LIST README in the body. mgh
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From: sasha@super.ece.jhu.edu (Alexander Kaplan)
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 95 23:31:21 EST
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Subject:SIGNATURES
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Dear folks-"podpisants" (signatories that is:-) -- or is it signees?:-)
If you received this msg (27 kb!!), your signature is under that
letter to Mr. President (and whoever else is there in Washington, DC:-)
regarding the criminal war by Russian government against Chechnya.
(Don't pay attention on the "INFO-RUSS" heading lines: I am just using
INFO-RUSS mailer with the list of your addresses, and this msg is not
broadcasted to the entire info-russ list.)
We have now 218 signatures!!!! (as of 10 pm, Jan. 9'95).
The inflow of msgs overhelmed me; frankly, I was (pleasantly)
surprised. But it also costed me dearly; last night I've slept
only three hours. Next time, folks, it will be somebody's else
turn to collect the signatures:-).
OK, below you find that letter, somewhat polished and corrected, but
with NO major changes compared with the original draft (the main change
is the sentence in the very end of the letter
"We are also asking you to promote a peaceful settlement of the conflict
through appropriate international bodies."
against which I hope there would be no objection).
My most profound and warm thanks to all of you, folks, for joining
this little "scream in wilderness":-). Yes, the chance that our voice
will influence the policy of the US government is slim; but when you
walk, the planet turns around under you, you know... (just a bit,
yet...:-). And, in the end of the day, no lesser thing is a piece with
yourself... Thanks also to those of you who sent in your critical
comments, corrections, etc. I am still open for corrections in English
(but no conceptual changes or additions, please; too many of us
have already approved the text...)
Hopefully, I'll be able to prepare all the stuff tomorrow morning and
get it out by e-mail and faxes -- do you know it is 22 pages long?
As to the war itself -- gosh, I even don't want to think of what is
coming next. A feeling as if you see a horrible dream and cannot wake
up...
One more thing: I frankly don't know where to put my own signature.
Temporarily, I've put it on the top of heap (well, this way I sort of
take a bit greater responsibility if anything goes wrong); but than
again it doesn't look very modest:-). If you have a strong feeling that
this should be changed, please let me know.
My best ,
Alex (Sasha) Kaplan
THIRD (UPDATED) DRAFT OF INFO-RUSS GROUP LETTER (January 9'95)
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To: Mr. William Clinton, President of the United States
Cc: Mr. Albert Gore, Vice-President of the United States
Cc: Honorable Newton Gingrich
House Speaker
Cc: Honorable Robert Dole
Senate Majorty Leader
Cc: Honorable Jesse Helms
Chairman of the Foreign Relations Senate Committee
Cc: Honorable Mitch McConnell
Cc: Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman
Chairman of the House Committee on International Relations
Cc: Honorable Christopher Smith, Chairman
Commision on Security & Cooperation in Europe
Cc: Honorable Alfanose D'amato, Co-Chairman
Commision on Security & Cooperation in Europe
Cc: Mr. Warren Christofer
Secreatry of State
Dear Mr. President and Mr. Vice-President:
Dear Senators and Congressmen:
We want to express our grave concerns over the war by Russia against
the break-away republic of Chechnya and the position of the United
States in what is happening. The war waged by the Russian government
and its military largely against the civilian population is a violation
of human rights on a grand scale, bordering on genocide. The losses
among the population are tremendous; hundreds of thousands of people,
including women and children, have become refugees. There is no
justification whatsoever for the Russian government to methodically
murder civilians.
To maintain that what is happening is the internal matter of the
Russian government, is to greatly encourage its criminal behavior. The
United States Government must use all its clout to stop the war --
possibly by warning the Russian government that all financial aid, all
agreements advancing Russia's interests, will be suspended or canceled
altogether if the war continues.
We are asking you to use all the means available to you to influence
the Russian government to terminate the war. We are also asking you to
promote a peaceful settlement of the conflict through appropriate
international bodies.
Sincerely yours,
Prof. Alexander E. Kaplan
Dept. of Electr. & Comp. Eng.
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Tel: (410) 516-7018
Home: (410) 366-3056
Fax: (410) 516-5566
sasha@super.ece.jhu.edu
Andrei Kozlov
Project Director
Image Machines Corp.
590 Herndon Parkway
Herndon, VA 22070
koz@access.digex.net
Dr. Alex V.Babkin
Low Temperature Laboratory
Helsinki University of Technology
Otakaari 3A, 02150 Espoo, Finland
tel +358-0-451-2975
FAX +358-0-451-2969
ababkin@vipunen.hut.fi
Anatoly A.Voronov, Executive Director
GlasNet
Moscow, Russia
avoronov@glas.apc.org
Dr. Albert Chekanov
10 Kent Ridge Crescent
MTC, NUS, Singapore 0511
mtcca@leonis.nus.sg
Michael Klepikov
Department of Computer Science
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
klm@blaze.cs.jhu.edu
Dr. Mikhail (Misha) Savitski
Software Systems Engineer
EISCAT Svalbard Radar Project
EISCAT Scientific Association
Box 812 S-98128 Kiruna, Sweden
Voice +46-980-79162
FAX +46-980-79161
mms@eiscathq.irf.se
Dr. Ilya Spitkovsky
Professor of Mathematics
The College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
ilya@CS.WM.EDU
Dr. Victor Ryaboy
The Department Computer Engineer
Department of Chemistry
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
32000 Haifa, Israel
Phone +972 4 293746
FAX +972 4 233735
chr05vr@chem.technion.ac.il
Sergei A. Pashchuk
Visiting Professor
The University of Sao Paulo
Brazil
Sergei@USPIF.IF.USP.BR
Dr. Wim P. van Meurs
Elisenstrasse 5
12169 Berlin (Germany)
Tel. 49-30-7954979
Freie Universitat Berlin
meurs@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de
Michael Bonn
Russian and Israeli citizen
Ph. D. student
Racah Inst. of Phisics,
Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem,
91904 Jerusalem
Israel
BONN@vms.huji.ac.il
Kirill Yakovlevsky
91 Pine Ridge Road
Waban, MA 02168
yakovlevsky@macnet.vpharm.com
Dr. Peter Shkolnikov
Electrical and Comp. Eng. Dept.
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
peter@super.ece.jhu.edu
Tanya Shkolnikov
Julia Rogers Library
Goucher College
Baltimore, MD
(410) 337-6370
Prof. Jacob Khurgin
Dept. of Electr. & Comp. Eng.
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
jbk@super.ece.jhu.edu
Dr. Yuri V. Ralchenko
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100 ISRAEL
fnralch@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il
Dr. Sergei N.Smirnov
Senior Research Associate
Chemistry Department
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
snsm@dartmouth.edu
Dr. Gregory G. Leptoukh
Department of Physics
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
gregor@ajax.physics.ncsu.edu
Michel B. Zilbershtain
Bar-Ilan univ.
Ramat-Gan, 52900
Israel
zilberm@bimacs.cs.biu.ac.il
Alexei G. Basnakian, M.D., Ph.D.
National Center for Toxicological Research
1 NCTR Dr., Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
ABASNAKIAN@FDANT.NCTR.FDA.GOV
Dr. Yuri Rabover
187 Adelphi Av. #1
Harrison, NY 10528
yuri@smarts.com
Alex Dribin
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovoth, Israel.
CSDRIBIN@WISWIC.WEIZMANN.ac.il
Dr. Misha Ivanov, former Russian
Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
National Research Council of Canada
Montreal Rd M-23A
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0R6
Canada
ivanov@ned1.sims.nrc.ca
Alexander Fiksel. Ph.D
Solar Energy Laboratory
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Office (608)263-1589
Home (608)238-4302
FAX (608)262-8464
alex@solar.me.wisc.edu
Alexei Bolshakov
Rice University
Citizen of Russia
balexei@caesar.rice.edu
Igor Tsukerman, Ph.D.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto,
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A4, Canada
FAX (416) 971-2325
igor@power.ele.utoronto.ca
Dr. Maxim Poliashenko
Sr. Consulting Specialist
GEIS
Atlanta
maxim@geis.geis.com
Leonid Rokhinson
Department of Physics
SUNYSB
leonid@insti.physics.sunysb.edu
Leonid Goldgeisser
Electrical Engineering Department
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-2350
(516) 632-7094
(516) 632-2111
leonid@eegw.ee.sunysb.edu
goldleon@techunix.technion.ac.il
Vadim Babenko, PhD
Olga Egorycheva, PhD [Vadim Babenko's wife]
Director of Software Development
InforMax, Inc., USA
74672.2423@compuserve.com
Dr. Yulia Zaks
AT&T Bell Laboratories at Princeton
Princeton, NJ
yzaks@pruxe.att.com
Dmitry V. Fyodorov
Department of Neurosciences
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106
dxf10@po.CWRU.Edu
Dr. Alexander Taratorin
Principal Scientist
Guzik Technical Enterprises
4620 Fortran Drive
San Jose CA 95134
74144.3233@compuserve.com
Alex Razdolski, President
SKY Corp.
AlexRazdol@aol.com
Sergey Cheskis
Assistant Professor
Tel Aviv University
Israel
cheskis@ccsg.tau.ac.il
Alexander Gribanov
Brandeis University, Libraries
The Andrei Sakharov Archives
GRIBANOV@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU
Nikolai V. Morozov,
Weizmann Inst. of Science, Condensed Matter Dep.
Rechovot 76100, Israel.
fnmornik@wis.weizmann.ac.il
Dr.Lev Tsimring,
Institute for Nonlinear Science
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0402
lev@gibbs.ucsd.edu
Dr. Boris G. Shpeizer
Department of Chemistry
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843
BGS1234@TAMXRD.TAMU.EDU
Irene Gassko
Computer Science Department
Boston University
111 Cummington St.
Boston, MA 02215
irina@cs.bu.edu
Lenny Monastyrsky
Senior R&D Engineer
US Citizen, voter and taxpayer
Lenny.Monastyrsky@lambada.oit.unc.edu
Sarunas Liekis
Brandeis University
LIEKIS@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU
Valery E. Fradkov
Research Assistant Professor
Materials Engineering Department
Rensselaer Polytecnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180, USA
tel. (518) 276-3012
FAX (518) 376-8554
fradkv@rpi.edu
Oleg Konovalov
North York
Ontario, M2R 1N3
Canada
olegk@interlog.com
------------------------------
Fariz Rzayev
President
Knara A. Rzayeva
Vice President
Ulvi Z. Kalabekov
Regional Director (Europe)
Ninella A. Balayants
Treasurer
Midnight Star International Co.
120 Townsend Drive
Hummelstown, 17036, Pennsylvania USA
tel (717)566-1786, (800)293-2248
FAX (717)566-1786, (800)293-2248
telex 192463063
midntstar@aol.com
------------------------------
Misha Viner-Bykovskiy
12 Sylvia St., Lexington, MA 02173
(617)862-3688 home
(617)861-0670 office
wu/o=egh/dd.eln=62186300@mhs.attmail.com
Vassily Ivanov
PhD, MBA (University of Washington)
6187 NE Radford Dr.
Seattle, WA 98115
vivanov@u.washington.edu
Kozhakhan Abenov
U. of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Citizen of Kazakhstan
kkaben00@mik.uky.edu
Dr. Y. Kogan
University of Maryland (UMBC)
Math. and Stat. Dept.
kogan@math.umbc.edu
Yefim Schukin
President & CEO
Cognitive Technology Corporation
100 Larkspur Landing Circle, suit 106
Larkspur, CA94939
0003626500@mcimail.com
Vadim Gore
Physics Department
Tel-Aviv University
Israel
feldberg@halo.tau.ac.il
Dmitry Kleinbock
US permanent resident
Department of Mathematics
Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520
kleinboc@math.yale.edu
------------------------------
Dr. Alexei Poliakov
Muriel Gerbault
Dr. Catherine Astier
Laboratoire de Geophysique et Tectonique
URA 1760
Universite Montpellier II
34095 MONTPELLIER CEDEX 5
France
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Dr. Yuri Podladchikov
Institute of Earth of Sciences
Vrije Universiteit
de Boelelaan 1085
1081 HV Amsterdam
Holland
Dr. Ethan Dawson
900 W25th
Minneapolis
55405 Minnesota
USA
Karin Rousselin
10, Alle'e basse du Village anglais
Rives de Bagatelle
92 150 Suresnes
France
Virginie Maurech
Hopital Val de Grace
60 rue Port Royal
75005 Paris
France
Valerie Poireau
92 rue St Maur
75011 Paris
France
aljosha@sajou.dstu.univ-montp2.fr
[the end of Polyakov's list]
Leonid A. Broukhis
46728 Crawford st., #20
Fremont CA 94539
leob@netcom.com
Sergei Gouskov
LAN/database administrator
Centre for Russian and EuroAsian Studies
University of Melbourne
Australia
u1665753@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
Dr. Marina Mironova
Research Fellow
Centre for Russian and EuroAsian Studies
University of Melbourne
Australia
marina_mironova.soviet@muway.unimelb.edu.au
Igor Izrailtyan, MD
Hahnemann University
Cardiothoracic Research
Broad & Vine St.
Philadelphia PA 19102
igor@cvi.hahnemann.edu
Dr. Pavel Etingof
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Harvard University
(former resident of Moscow)
etingof@math.harvard.edu
Professor Alexander Soifer
University of Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150
asoifer@uccs.edu
Prof. V.I. Tatarskii
Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
Corresponding member of the Russian Acad. Sci.
Foreign Assoc. of the Nat. Acad. Eng. of the USA
Tel: (303) 497-3668(of); (303) 440-6074 (home)
FAX: (303) 497-6020
vit@etl.noaa.gov
Vadim Adamov
St. Louis, Missouri
3rd Congressional District
va2@cec.wustl.edu
Andrew Kotlov
Yale University
kotlov@sky.com (not sure)
199501061747.AA19769@CAUCHY.MATH.YALE.EDU (not sure)
Dr. Natalia Laufer
Konstantin Kazarnovskij
Sergey Krichevskiy
(from alsu@sch57.mcn.msk.su)
Dr. Yuri S. Kivshar
Senior Research Fellow,
and Project Manager of the Australian Photonics
Cooperative Reserach Centre
Optical Science Centre
Research School of Physical Sciences
Australian National University
ACT 0200 Canberra (Australia)
tel +61-6-249-3081 (office)
+ 61-6-253-1891 (home)
FAX: + 61-6-249-5184
ysk124@rsphysse.anu.edu.au
Alexander Gorodinsky, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 Euclid Ave., Box. 8228
St. Louis, MO 63110
tel (314) 362-3542
FAX (314) 362-7463
goro@cellbio.wustl.edu
Dmitriy Glinberg
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL 60660
dglin@merle.acns.nwu.edu
Dr. Natalia E. Noginova,
Dr. Mikhail A. Noginov.
Alabama A&M University
Department of Physics
P.O. Box 1268
Normal, AL 35762
tel (205) 851-5305
FAX (205) 851-5622
noginovm@freenet.scri.fsu.edu
Sandra Lee Smiley
618 So. 14th
Bozeman, MT 59715
Michail A.Alterman, Ph.D.
Associate Scientist, Director
Biochemical Service Laboratory
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
ALTERMAN@KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU
Anna Nessis
Brandeis University
Dept. of Near Eastern
and Judaic Studies
Waltham, MA 02254
nessis@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Vladimir Gusev
Chemical Engineer, Ph.D.
Yale University
New Haven, CT
gusev@minerva.cis.yale.edu
Sveta Mordkovich
Motorola Israel Ltd.
(972-3) 565-9721 (off)
(972-8) 643-860 (home)
sveta@milcse.rtsg.mot.com
Dr. Joseph Maftoul
Schneider Electric
Centre de Recherches A2
Grenoble
France
Maftoul@merlin-gerin.fr
Avtsin Alex
Shaar Mizrah Dorms, 102/6/3
Kiryat Technion
Haifa, 32000
Israel
972-4-282257
alex@ie.technion.ac.il
Bernhard Chiari, M.A.
Seminar fuer Osteuropaeische Geschichte
Universitaet Frankfurt
Postfach 111932, D-60054 Frankfurt
Germany
tel 069/798-3172
FAX 798-2984
chiari@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Dr. Boris Kunyavskii
Bar-Ilan University
Israel
kunyav@bimacs.cs.biu.ac.il
Dmitri Vezenov
Case Western Reserve Univ.
Cleveland, OH, 44106
vezenov@husc.harvard.edu
Serge A. Winitzki
Robinson Hall 257
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
(617)391-8461
swinitzk@emerald.tufts.edu
Dr. Sergey Broude
Vice President
Boston Action for Soviet Jewry
Boston, MA
SBROUDE@mecn.mass.edu
------------------------
Pan Mikhail Teterin
mi@cs.bu.edu
Pani Olga Mirkina
om@cs.umb.edu
17 Keefe Avenue
Newton Upper Falls, MA 02164
tel (617) 332-0552
------------------------
Dimitri Vulis, President
D&M Consulting Services, Inc
Dr. Marina Vulis
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS
Forest Hills, N.Y.
(718) 261-2013
dlv@bwalk.dm.com
------------------------
Dr. Sergei. K. Turitsyn
Institut Automatics and Electrometry,
Novosibirsk, Russia
turitsyn@xerxes.thphy.uni-duesseldorf.de
Arkady Lyubarsky, Ph.D.
Dept. Psychology
University of Pennsylvania
3815 Walnut Str
Philadelphia, PA 19104
arkady@cattell.psych.upenn.edu
Dmitri Vakhtin, 25, physicist
Citizen of Russia
St. Peterburg, Russia
DMITRI@VAKHTIN.SPB.SU
Nikolai A. Kitanine
CRTBT 25 Avenue des Martyrs
BP 166
38042 Grenoble Cedex 9
France
kit@crtbt-theo.polycnrs-gre.fr
Michael Koffman
454 W. Huntington Dr. #C
Arcadia Ca 91007
mkoffman@inst-sun1.jpl.nasa.gov
Elena Litchman
100 Ecology Bldg
University of Minnesota
1987 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
elena@cdr.lter.umn.edu
Dr. Andrew Kotlov
Yale University
kotlov-andrew@math.yale.edu
Alexander Reshetov, Ph.D.
Minneapolis
aresheto@empros.com
Dmitry A. Bazykin
The Johns Hopkins University
Home address:
4221 Hickory Ave., Apt. "E"
Baltimore, MD 21211
bazykin@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu
Andrea Domst
SUNY at Fredonia
Chemistry Department
209 Houghton Hall
Fredonia, New York 14063
(716) 673-3286
domst@cs.fredonia.edu
Giuseppe Castellacci
MIT, Dept. of Mathematics
Cambridge, MA 02139
giuseppe@math.mit.edu
Ilya Shlyakhter
MIT, Cambridge, MA
4 Greenway Ct. Apt. 4
Brookline, MA 02146
(617) 232-3703
ilya_shl@mit.edu
Andrey Petukhov, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Physics,
Department of Physics
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
tel (605)394-2364
apetukho@msmailgw.sdsmt.edu
Michael Foygel, Ph. D., D. Sc.
Associate Professor of Physics,
Department of Physics
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
tel (605)394-1227
apetukho@msmailgw.sdsmt.edu
Zinovy Shifman
rzs@ade.att.com
Leon Koralov
Department of Mathematics
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794
koralov@math.sunysb.edu
Oleg Lioubashevski
Physics Department
Hebrew University
Israel
OLEG@vms.huji.ac.il
Gennadiy Tsygan
102 Strongwood Rd
Owings Mills, MD 21117
(410)654 0741
GENNADIY@aol.com
Ivan Maximov
Department of Solid State Physics
University of Lund
Box 118, S-221 00 LUND
Sweden
tel +46 46 10 95 86
FAX +46 46 10 36 37
Ivan.Maximov@ftf.lth.se
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Basile BETAKI
writer, journalist
4, rue Michel Vignaud, 92360 Meudon-la-Foret, France
Helen KASSEL-McCABE (US citizen)
Computer Scientist
4, rue Michel Vignaud, 92360 Meudon-la-Foret, France
Marina JARKOVA
Graduate student
2, rue de la Station, 92360 Meudon-la-Foret, France
Dr. Boris Velikson (US citizen)
Section de Biophysique
des proteines et des membranes
DBCM
Centre d'Etudes de Saclay
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex
France
boris@deborah.saclay.cea.fr
------------------------------
Dr. Aleksander Y. Druk
US Antarctic Program
NSF S-015
McMurdo, Antarctica
s015.mcmurdo@mcmurdo.gov
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Moscow, Russia:
Alexandr Suhanov alsu@sch57.mcn.msk.su
Alexandr Borun
Viktor Borun
Dr. Anna Dybo
Prof. Vladimir Dybo (collected 85 signatures against the war)
Dr. Liya Levitskaya
Sergey Krylov
Maria Suhanova
Dr. Valeria Churganova
Philipp Krylov (15 year old;
collected 60 signatures against the war)
Dr. Natalia Laufer
Konstantin Kazarnovskij
Sergey Krichevskiy
Yuri Kagarlitsky
Dr. Alexei Shmelev
Dr. Elena Shmeleva
--------------------------
Alexander Kirillov, grad. student
Yale University
Varvara Kirillova, grad. student
Boston University
kirillov@math.harvard.edu
Yuri Saveliev
Saveliev Trade & Consulting
P.O. U178
UNE-ARMIDALE NSW 2351
AUSTRALIA
FAX (61 67) 71 1155 (Attn.: Yuri)
ysavelie@metz.une.edu.au
--------------------------
Heather Olsen
109B Azalea Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903
hlo2w@virginia.edu
Dr. Alexander Bekker
Technion, Haifa 32000
Israel
bekker@techunix.technion.ac.il
Tomasz Zarycki
Warsaw
Poland
ZARYCKI@PLEARN.EDU.PL
Professor Fouad M. Aliev
Phys. Dept.
Univ. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
F_Aliev@upr1.upr.clu.edu
---------------------
Dr. Alexandr Kreinin
IBM Canada
Toronto
Dr. Valery Garger GARGER@GDLVM7.VNET.IBM.COM
US Citizen
IBM Corporation
Endicott, NY
David Mozeshtam
US Citizen
IBM Corporation
Poughkeepsee, NY
Walter Tessler
US Citizen
IBM Corporation
Endicott, NY
Irina Garger
US Citizen
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
-----------------------
Olga Kravchenko
MIT, Cambridge
MA 02139
(617) 354-1921
okra@math.mit.edu
Wendy C. Fox
Bozeman, MT 59715
WGabriel@aol.com
David Kleiner
Washington University @St.Louis
kleiner@panix.com
Vladimir Spevak
Tel-Aviv University
Tel-Aviv 69978
Israel
spevak@TAUPHY.TAU.AC.IL
Professor Zvi Griliches
Dept of Economics
Harvard University
GRILIC@HARVARDA.HARVARD.EDU
Boris Youssin, Ph.D. (Harvard '88)
(US citizen)
University of the Negev
Be'er Sheva
Israel
youssin@black.bgu.ac.il
Dima Barsky
Dept of Electronic & Electrical
Engineering, University of Surrey
Guildford UK GU2 5XH
FAX +44 1483 34139
Voice +44 1483 300800 ext 2384
D.Barsky@ee.surrey.ac.uk
Gregor Smith
16 First Rangeway
Waterville, ME 04901
gwsmith@colby.edu
Evgeny Mezhibovsky
Technion
Haifa, 35028
Israel
c0779952@techst02.technion.ac.il
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Dr. Oleg V. Kolosov
Research Fellow, Dpt. of Materials
Scholar, Wolfson College
University of Oxford, Oxford
United Kingdom
kolosov@vax.ox.ac.uk
Mrs. Ekaterina I. Kolosova
Stuff Member
Keston Research, Oxford
United Kingdom
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Dr. Igor Kostetskii
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
kostets1@pilot.msu.edu
Dr. Vladimir Kisil
vkisil@math.cinvestav.mx
Yury Kalish
Technology Engineer
1035 N. Woodward
Birmingham, Michigan 48009
Yury_Kalish@MTS.cc.Wayne.edu
Simcha Streltsov
Moderator of Russian-Jews List
Boston University
Boston, MA 02135
simcha@shamash.nysernet.org
Dr. Alexei Izyumov, Visiting Professor
Department of Economics
Univ. of Louisville
tel 852-4842
A0IZYU01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU
Alexander Rozental
Systems Analyst,
R.O.W. Sciences Inc., Bethesda, MD
ar80c@nih.gov
Dr. Georgii Pavlov
Dept of Astronomy
Pennsylvania State University
525 Davey Lab
University Park, PA 16802
pavlov@astro.psu.edu
Larry L. Moons
6607 Chimney Top Drive, North
Mobile, Al 36695
LarryM9815@aol.com
Sergei Burkov, PhD
Univ of Wisconsin
burkov@vms2.macc.wisc.edu
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Dr. Michael G. Rosenblum mros@miranda.bu.edu
(Russian citizen)
Boston University, Boston, 02215 MA
Leopold V. Epstein, Scientist
Cambridge, MA
Lina M. Maystrovsky, Principal Software Eng.
Cambridge, MA
Victor I. Rivkin, Engineer, US citizen
Boston, MA
Dr. Israel Klipker
Newton, MA
Dr. Aron Futer, US citizen
Newton, MA
Dr. Olga Futer, US citizen
Newton, MA
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Yuri Cooper
460 Old Connecticut Path
Wayland MA 01778
yury@bgs.com
Professor Mark Strikman
Davey Lab. 104
Physics Department
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Member of the Commity for International Freedom of Scientists
of American Physics Society
strikman@phys.psu.edu
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Igor Izrailtyan, M.D. igor@cvi.hahnemann.edu
Medical College of Pennsylvania & HU
M.S. # 110
Broad & Vine
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Anastasia Izrailtyan
496 Avon St.
Philadelphia, PA 19116
Guennadi Katchanov, M.D.
Medical College of Pennsylvania & HU
M.S. # 110
Broad & Vine
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Olga Ribova
2135 Walnut St. #504
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Andrey Kamensky
700 Farmington Ave. #C1
West Hartford, CT 06119
Olga Sovgir
716 Farmington Ave. #B4
West Hartford, CT 06119
Dmirij Kondrachov
2039 Walnut St. #3F
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Irina & Diana Kozlov
2039 Walnut St. #3F
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Prof. Edward Sternin
Dept. of Physics
Brock University
St.Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1
Voice (905)688-5550 ext.3414
FAX (905)682-9020
edik@brocku.ca
Valentine M. Smith
University of Missouri - Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri 64110
CDELL@VAX1.UMKC.EDU
Evgeny V. Leybzon
Washington University of St.Louis
Richmond Hts; MO 63117
evl1@cec.wustl.edu
Nerijus Udrenas
Ph.D. Candidate in comparative history
Brandeis University
UDRENAS@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU
Joel and Joan Glickler
jglickle@AOL.com
Dr. Simon Rosenfeld
Senior Research Associate in the
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration,
former (in the USSR) member
of the International Scientific Committee
"Intelligence and Cosmos",
1315 East-West Hwy, SSMC3,
NOAA/ERL/Air Resources Laboratory,
Silver Spring, MD, USA
srosenfeld@smtpgate.ssmc.noaa.gov
Audrius Pranckevicius
Brandeis University
Waltham,MA
PRANCK@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU
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Dr Yuri Godin
Dept of Mathematics, Technion
32000 Haifa
Israel
maryuri@techunix.technion.ac.il
Yana Begun
Barcode Computers Ltd.,
Haifa Israel
barcode@mri.elscint.co.il
Boris Begun
Dept of Mathematics, Technion
Haifa Israel
begun@techunix.technion.ac.il
-----------------------
Dr. Alexander Jodidio
Bellcore
Red Bank, NJ
aej@bellcore.cc.com
Dr. Leonid Sagalovsky
Argonne National Laboratory
leonid@anl.gov
------------------------
Ilya Somin,
author of Unanswered Questions of Communism's
Collapse, Policy Review, Fall 1994
Amherst College,
isomin@amherst.edu
Sofya Somin,
BBN Software Products
Waltham, MA 02254-9111
ssomin@bbn.com
Yefim Somin
BGS Systems
yefim@bgs.com
------------------------
Marina Davidovich
software engineer, IBM Israel
Alexander Davidovich
Research Fellow, IBM Israel
(currently at IBM Burlington Labs,
Burlington, VT).
sashad@VNET.IBM.COM
------------------------
Prof. Alexander Kelmans,
RUTCOR, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
kelmans@rutcor.rutgers.edu
--------------------------------------
Michael Chumack, chum@math.wayne.edu
Deprtment of Mathematics,
Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI, 48202
Maria Knyazeva,
Deprtment of Mathematics,
Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI, 48202
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Anton Karnaukh, M.A.
Mila Karnaukh, B.A.
Math. Dept., Princeton
anton@math.Princeton.EDU
Evgenij Poliakov
Department of Physics, NMSU,
Las Cruces, NM 88001
tel 505-646-4213 (of.)
505-522-3440 (h.)
epoliako@nmsu.edu
Vladimir Yegorov
905 A Eagle Heights
Madison, WI 53705
yegorov@math.wisc.edu
Simon Selitsky
Software Engineer
simons@stingray.pictel.com
Yevgeniy Kalmens
6321 N.Sacramento #3e
Chicago, IL 60659
gkalmens@ccmail.rrddts.donnelley.com
Renat R. Sukhov, M.D.
Research Associate
Neuropathology Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University
558 Ross/ 720 Rutland Ave
Baltimore, MD 21205
rrsukhov@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
Boris Zeldin
Civil Engineering, MS 318
Rice University
P.O.Box 1892
Houston TX 77030
(713)-630-9114
zeldin@civinet.rice.edu
Pavel L. Gavrilyuk (citizen of Ukraine)
Eugenia O. Gavrilyuk (citizen of Russia)
MTS students
Perkins School of Theology,
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA.
Dr. Yuri Luryi, Professor of Law
Senior Fellow
Centre for Russian and East European Studies
University of Toronto
Toronto
Canada
yluryi@julian.uwo.ca
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Hi, folks!
Segodnja v 8 chasov nachalos' i poka sobljudaetsja 48-chasovoe peremirie.
Rossijskie vlasti sobljuli dekorum i predstavili ego ne kak
rezul'tat soglashenija s Dudaevym, dostignutogo cherez posrednika
(Kovaleva, drugih deputatov i vlasti Ingushetii), a kak
odnostoronnij akt. Zajavlenie pravitel'stva imeet mrachno-ugrozhajuschij
i provokacionnyj ton: "Prekraschenie ognja predostavleno dlja
uporjadochennoj sdachi boevikov, osvobozhdenija IMI plennyh i
neukosnitel'noe ego sobljudenie - poslednij dlja nih shans na spasenie
zhizni". "Prekraschenie ognja svidetel'stvuet o polnom i okonchatel'nom
razgrome dudaevskih bandformirovanij".
Vernye g-nu E lidery parlamenta prakticheski polnost'ju
konsolidirovali kontrol' za vverennymi im palatami, delajut
zajavlenija chut' li ne bolee agressivnye, chem rabotniki administracii
i, vidimo, uvereny, chto provedut cherez parlament vse, chto nado. A v
planah - "peresherstit'" komitety Dumy, vozglavljaemye "porazhencami",
prezhde vsego oborony i bezopasnosti (Jushenkov), sudebnoj reformy
(Zolotuhin), po pravam cheloveka (Kovalev), a mozhet byt' - i
uprazdnit' post upolnomochennogo po pravam cheloveka. Tem vremenem
prezident sozdaet svoi sobstvennye "pravozaschitnye" struktury,
vozglavljaemye eks-vice-spikerom Dumy, ministrom justicii V.Kovalevym
i vice-spikerom Soveta Federacii Dolgolaptevym. Poslednij zajavil,
chto ego komissija sejchas izuchaet fakty grubogo narushenija "banditami"
pravil vedenija vojny - primenenija oruzhija massovogo porazhenija, v tom
chisle himicheskogo, i opravdal otkaz E ot vvedenija chrezvychajnogo
polozhenija v Chechne. ChP, zajavil on, budet vvedeno - s soglasija Soveta
Federacii - POSLE okonchanija boevyh dejstvij.
Vash A.
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Subject: INFO-RUSS: OMRI Daily Digest 10 Jan 1995
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Excerpts from OMRI DAILY DIGEST Vol. 1, No. 7, 10 January 1995
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RUSSIA OFFERS 48-HOUR CEASE-FIRE IN CHECHNYA. In an
appeal carried by ITAR-TASS on 9 January and summarized by
Western agencies, the Russian government, "at the president's
instigation," offered Chechen forces a 48-hour cease-fire beginning
at 8 a.m. local time on 10 January and announced that Russian
forces will cease hostilities during the same period; it also repeated
the amnesty offer contained in Yeltsin's ultimatum of 13 December
to all Chechen fighters who lay down their arms. No formal
response has yet been made by the Chechen leadership. AFP
reported on 10 January that after a two-hour lull beginning at
approximately 8 a.m., Russian forces resumed shelling Grozny. The
cease-fire offer was predicted by Russian Television newscasts earlier in the
evening of 9 January on the basis of Russian Human Rights Commissioner Sergei
Kovalev's disclosure to Interfax that Russian Prime Minister Viktor
Chernomyrdin told him by telephone that he had reached an agreement with the
Russian military on a cease-fire. Interfax and Western agencies reported on 9
January that despite fierce resistance, Russian infantry reinforcements
advanced to within 200 meters of the presidential palace in central Grozny
and now controlled two-thirds of the city. -- Liz Fuller and Julia
Wishnevsky, OMRI, Inc.
INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC RESPONSES. In an interview
given to Liberation and quoted by The Washington Post on 10
January, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe again raised the
possibility of unspecified countermeasures by the international
community in response to the Russian military incursion and
human rights violations in Chechnya. NATO Secretary-General
Willy Claes also urged Russia to halt the fighting in Chechnya
"without delay." OSCE Executive Secretary Istvan Gyarmati, who
previously headed a CSCE mission to South Ossetia and is thus
familiar with the Caucasus, left for Moscow on 9 January for talks
with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolai Afanasevsky on the
situation in Chechnya, AFP reported on 9 January, quoting MTI. --
Liz Fuller, OMRI, Inc.
OMON UNIT IN CHECHNYA MUTINIES. Izvestiya on 9 January
carried an account of an OMON detachment from Ekaterinburg
which left Chechnya when its superiors would not provide it with
written orders. The 101-man unit had been called up on 2
December and was part of the column commanded by Maj.-Gen.
Viktor Vorobev that advanced on Grozny several days later. Its main
mission seemed to have been to keep an eye on the inexperienced
paratroopers in a neighboring unit. One OMON officer described
the airborne soldiers as "boys who were totally unprepared for
combat operations." The OMON unit's tour of duty was to end on 2
January but was extended to 26 January. The officers were told that
their mission was "to safeguard public order" in a war involving
tanks and artillery, but they were equipped with only small arms and
crowd-control agents. Virtually the entire unit returned to
Ekaterinburg when Moscow refused to provide it with written orders
to use its weapons or with the cards authorizing it to carry weapons
in a state of emergency. -- Doug Clarke, OMRI, Inc.
WHO ARMED DUDAEV? Top Russian officials have been accusing
each other of providing Dudaev with the ammunition used by
Chechen fighters against Russian forces. The controversy reached a
peak on 8 January in an interview on "Vesti" with the last Soviet
defense minister, Evgenii Shaposhnikov, who displayed a document
signed in 1992 by Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev stating
that the weaponry of the Red Army division stationed in Chechnya
before it declared itself independent should be divided between the
Russian and Chechen armies on a 50-50 basis. On 9 January, Russian
Deputy Defense Minister Boris Gromov confirmed Shaposhnikov's
revelation in an interview with Ostankino Television news "Vremya."
Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Shakhrai, for his part, told Russian
Television on 7 January that Shaposhnikov and his deputies--
Gromov and Grachev--had agreed to turn over to Dudaev Soviet
Army heavy artillery and aircraft that "today are firing at Russian
soldiers." Shaposhnikov and Gromov responded by saying that in
1992, Grachev was acting in his capacity as head of the Russian
Defense Committee, rather than as Shaposhnikov's deputy, as
Shakhrai claimed. -- Julia Wishnevsky, OMRI, Inc.
SOLDIERS' MOTHERS PICKETING GENERAL STAFF. The
mothers of Russian conscripts serving in Chechnya rallied on 9
January in front of the Russian General Staff headquarters in
Moscow. "Vesti" showed footage of crying women displaying
placards and demanding that the military be put under public
control. One of the mothers told "Vesti" that the army has not
informed parents about the whereabouts of their sons. The parents
demanded that the Security Council, which is widely regarded as
responsible for the decision to invade Chechnya, be dissolved, and
that Defense Minister Grachev resign and be replaced with a
civilian. The demonstrators resolved to picket the General Staff
every day. -- Julia Wishnevsky, OMRI, Inc.
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Subject: INFO-RUSS: Okazalos', lazha.
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Hi, folks!
Peremirie okazalos' strannym. Citiruju Sergeja Jushenkova (partija DVR,
preds. komiteta po oborone Dumy): "Partija vojny dlja perehvata
politicheskoj iniciativy ispol'zovala predlozhenie Kovaleva o
prekraschenii ognja i vmesto SOGLAShENIJa o prekraschenii ognja, OBMENE
plennymi i ranenymi ob'javilo obnostoronnee prekraschenie ognja i
ul'timatum o polnoj kapituljacii s javno provokacionnoj cel'ju".
Analogichno ocenil proishodjaschee vice-prezident Ingushetii, Geroj
Sovetskogo Sojuza, general-lejtenant Agapov.
Itak: russkie vojska sokratili sektor obstrelov artilleriej so
vsego Groznogo do tol'ko central'noj chasti, sootvetstvenno boi u
dvorca prodolzhajutsja, hotja i s men'shej intensivnost'ju.
S'emochnaja gruppa NTV posetila poselok Alhazurovo, kotoryj ugrozhali
razbombit' "el'cinskie sokoly". V mestnoj bol'nice troe ranenyh
ili bol'nyh plennyh (t.n. "zalozhnikov"), oni lezhat sredi zhertv
bombezhek. Ostal'nye perevedeny, vidimo, v Groznyj. Parni sdalis',
chtoby ne umeret' ot goloda posle 8 dnej bluzhdanij v gorah (eto
"specnaz"!) Ochen' civilizovannyj vid u sel'skoj bol'nicy, i bel'e
u vseh normal'noe. A nad vsem etim visit obeschanie nashih
konstitucionalistov "srovnjat' s zemlej". Ja ne znaju, kakie esche
nuzhny argumenty, chtoby ponjat', kto v etoj vojne bandit.
Istorija so strannym peremiriem zadaet mnogo voprosov o roli
Chernomyrdina. Sozdaetsja strannoe vpechatlenie poroj, chto vsja vojna,
pomimo prochego, byla zatejana, chtoby ego svalit'. Posmotrim,
posmortim.
Snova byl miting DVR. Vystupali Gajdar, Jushenkov, Gerber, Shabad.
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predaete Prezidenta". Ostal'nye byli menee civil'ny, i slovo
"zhidy" bylo samym cenzurnym. No na nepartijnuju publiku (okolo
poloviny) tjazheloe vpechatlenie proizvodili popytki vyvesti iz-pod
udara E. K funkcioneru s plakatom "Gracheva, Erina, Stepashina - k
otvetu" podhodili kazhduju minutu s voprosom "gde familija El'cina?"
V konce koncov, ustav ob'jasnjat' liniju partii, on stal govorit'
"chernil ne hvatilo". Eta strannaja linija rezko zatrudnjaet
koordinaciju dejstvij s "Jablokom" i iskljuchaet - s kommunistami.
Mezhdu tem te 75%, kotorye protiv vojny, bolee chem napolovinu
simpatizirujut kommunizmu ili hotja by jarye antiel'cinisty. Zavtra v
Dume eto im otol'etsja, bojus'. I, chto huzhe, nam.
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Subject:INFO-RUSS: OMRI Daily Digest, vol. 1, no. 8, 11 January 1995
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Excerpts from OMRI DAILY DIGEST Vol. 1, No. 8, 11 January 1995
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STREET BATTLES IN GROZNY CONTINUE. ITAR-TASS on 10
January reported that small groups of Chechen militants in Grozny
continued their resistance despite Russian troops' efforts to inform
them of the Russian government's ceasefire offer the previous day.
AFP on 11 January reports a lull in the fighting after continuous
artillery fire throughout the night. Outside Grozny, Russian Interior
Ministry troops were reported to be combing villages to neutralize
illegal armed formations, according to ITAR-TASS. The same news
agency cited an unconfirmed report that former Russian parliament
speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov, who abandoned his widely publicized
mediation mission in Chechnya after the Russian invasion on 11
December, returned to Chechnya on 7 January. In an interview with
Interfax on 10 January, Russian Security Council Secretary Oleg
Lobov asserted that Russia is determined to crush the Chechen
resistance once the 48-hour ceasefire has expired. He rejected
charges that Russia had suffered "a defeat" in Chechnya or that the
hostilities constituted "a Russian-Chechen war." In Moscow, Prime
Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin held talks on Chechnya with Russian
President Boris Yeltsin and representatives of the Chechen
diaspora, whose input he solicited in stopping hostilities and
beginning talks on a peaceful solution to the conflict. A Chechen
representative subsequently told Interfax that Moscow-based
Chechens advocated a face-to-face meeting between Yeltsin and
Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudaev. While expressing respect for
Salambek Khadzhiev, head of the Moscow-appointed Chechen
"government of national revival," he argued that the next Chechen
government should be elected by the Chechen people. -- Liz Fuller,
OMRI, Inc.
CHECHNYA "NO LONGER JUST A RUSSIAN ISSUE." In talks with
OSCE Executive Secretary Istvan Gyarmati in Moscow on 10 January,
Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev conceded that the
Chechen conflict can no longer be considered a strictly Russian
issue, AFP reported on 10 January. Gyarmati told journalists that
Kozyrev also admitted that human rights violations had taken place
but contended that Russia had been constrained by the degree of
Chechen resistance to use greater force than originally intended.
Gyarmati reaffirmed the OSCE's view that any settlement to the
conflict must be based on the principle of Russia's territorial
integrity. He said he would propose to a meeting of the OSCE's
permanent council in Vienna on 12 January that it send a
delegation to Chechnya to gather materials on human rights
violations there. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov told
Interfax on 10 January that there was "no question" of OSCE
involvement in resolving the Chechen conflict and that Moscow is
prepared to cooperate with the OSCE only in protecting human
rights in Chechnya. -- Liz Fuller, OMRI, Inc.
AUSHEV CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS BY RUSSIAN TROOPS IN INGUSHETIA. Ingush
President Ruslan Aushev has sent a telegram to Federation Council
Chairman Vladimir Shumeiko calling for the immediate dispatch to
Ingushetia of observers to assess human rights violations by Russian
army and Interior Ministry troops, Interfax reported on 9 January.
Ekho Moskvy reported the same day that a Russian combat
helicopter on 7 January shot a 12-year-old Ingush shepherd boy in a
village 10 km from the Ingush cap