Chechnya film festival
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Chechnya Film Festival took place in Washington DC 15-18 September 2003, in New York
23-25 September 2003, and was at first planned to take place in Moscow 1-4 October 2003.
It has presented a list of documentaries about Chechnya
, and as the result of that was disallowed in Russia
by Vladimir Putin
, the president
of Russia.
List of documentaries:
New York
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23-25 September 2003, and was at first planned to take place in Moscow 1-4 October 2003.
It has presented a list of documentaries about Chechnya
Chechnya
The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny...
, and as the result of that was disallowed in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
by Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
, the president
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
of Russia.
List of documentaries:
- Assassination of Russia. It deals with the series of bombingsRussian apartment bombingsThe Russian apartment bombings were a series of explosions that hit four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk in September 1999, killing 293 people and injuring 651. The explosions occurred in Buynaksk on 4 September, Moscow on 9 and 13 September, and...
that took place in Moscow and were blamed on Chechen fighters in general and on Aslan MaskhadovAslan MaskhadovAslan Aliyevich Maskhadov was a leader of the Chechen separatist movement and the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.He was credited by many with the Chechen victory in the First Chechen War, which allowed for the...
in particular. - Chechen Lullaby
- Terror in Moscow
- Murder with International Consent
External links
- "Assassination of Russia" - "Покушение на Россию" - A 52-minute documentary (in Russian), using footage originally shot by NTV is available for downloading from this site. The film examines Russian apartment bombings and focuses on the foiled bombing in Ryazan.