U.N. issues license to kill Chechens

Various comments of the UN decision not to condemn Russia for its war crimes in Chechnya keep coming in. The war crimes include mass extermination of peaceful civilians, kidnappings, murders, robberies, pillaging, hostage-taking, etc.

This is the third refusal this year. The initiative introduced by a number of Eastern European countries was calling on Moscow to only take measures aimed at stopping violations of human rights: at stopping kidnappings, tortures and extrajudicial executions. At the same time the resolution was condemning both Russian terrorism and the actions of the Chechen Army, which is conducting the defensive war against the troops of a foreign state that invaded the territories of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI).

12 members of the UN Commission spoke in support of the resolution, which is three countries less than last year. 23 states voted against it, which is 2 more than last year: Russia itself, China, Cuba, India, etc. 18 countries abstained from voting.

In the year 2000 Russia became the first state as a permanent member of UN Security Council, against whom the resolution was passed that censures Russia for violations of human rights. Even though the resolution did not have an obligating nature and did not imply any sanctions, its main element is still the fact of drawing the attention of the international community to the human rights reputation of one country or another. In 2001 the UN Commission adopted another similar resolution on Chechnya. Ever since then Russia was even brought out of such sparing criticism.

Meanwhile murders, kidnappings, punitive raids and brutal executions of civilians on the occupied territories of CRI are continuing. In response Chechen troops carry out combat operations and inflict sensible blows on the enemy.

Most recent such operations in Gudermes, Vedeno and Sharoi Districts of CRI made the Kremlin embarrassed and angry. A huge doze of disinformation was dumped out in response, which was supposed to belittle the new facts of successful operations by Chechen units, whom Russian propaganda buried a long time ago.

Apparently, the new UN decision to encourage the animal instincts of the Kremlin regime and the genocide of the Chechen people is direct complicity in the murder of Chechens as ethnic group. The UN has issued another political license to kill. And even though the number of Chechens deluded on this matter has never been too high anyway, the UN has now deprived even this stratum of Chechen citizens of the last remainders of these illusions.

Mussa Stone,