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President of Russia’s Chechen Republic blames US CIA, MI6 for violence in Caucasus
Russian tycoon Berezovsky recognized bringing Putin to power as mistake
Ukraine’s Secret Service handed over papers on NKVD Katyn executioners to Poland
Ukraine’s President held session with working group on counteraction to corruption
Heads of CIS security services discussed joint efforts on counteraction to security threats
Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security made no report on corrupt ministers - General Prosecutor
Arrest of Kazakhstan’s security service officers on fact of businessman’s abduction connected with interest of Interior Ministry officials
President of Russia’s Chechen Republic blames US CIA, MI6 for violence in Caucasus
In an interview to newspaper Zavtra, the Kremlin-backed President of Russia’s Chechen
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Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, claimed that his security forces were fighting US and British intelligence services who wanted to split the country apart. Kadyrov’s remarks to the Zavtra newspaper have been reprinted on his official website.
Kadyrov said that he had seen the US driving licence of a US citizen, CIA operative Chitigov who was killed in a security operation he led.
News agencies note that pro-Moscow Chechen authorities have previously said insurgents following the radical Wahabist form of Islam receive support from international Islamist groups sympathetic to Al-Qaeda, but have not accused the West of instigating violence.
"We're fighting in the mountains with the American and English intelligence agencies. They are fighting not against Kadyrov, not against traditional Islam, they are fighting against the sovereign Russian state," Kadyrov told the paper. Asked if he was saying there were signs of CIA and MI6 participation in the violence, he said "Of course" and reiterated that he had seen evidence of their direct involvement.
Russian tycoon Berezovsky recognized bringing Putin to power as mistake
Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky who lives in self-exile in London, has recognized as a mistake his assistance to Vladimir Putin's arrival to power after he received the information on participation of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in carrying out of explosions of dwelling houses in Moscow and Volgodonsk in 1999, online paper Grani.ru reports, referring to an open letter of journalist Yulia Latynina. The letter was cited by historian Yury Felshtinsky, the co-author of the book forbidden in Russia, FSB blows up Russia.
According to Felshtinsky, in 2000, having received sufficient proof that the FSB has organized explosions of houses in Moscow and Volgodonsk, and also planned to blow up an apartment house in Ryazan, he arrived to New York for a meeting with Berezovsky who reportedly said he regretted his previous position.
In his letter Felshtinsky challenges the statement made by Latynina that the version of participation of the FSB to explosions has been thought up by Boris Berezovsky after his dismissal from authority. "If he [Berezovsky] would have felt when they were making Putin, that behind Putin there were someone, the terrible siloviky who could blow up apartment houses, they would throw out Putin as a hot potato", declared Latynina on radio Ekho Moskvy.
The acts of terrorism in Buinaksk, Moscow and Volgodonsk were committed on September, 4-16 1999. As a result of the bombing 307 person were lost, more than 1,700 persons were wounded.
Heads of CIS security services discussed joint efforts on counteraction to security threats
The press service of the National Security Service of Kazakhstan (KNB) issued a press-release on the results of the 27th session of the Council of heads of security services and special services of the CIS member-states in Aktau, news agency KazTAG reports.
The heads of the CIS security services have discussed current questions of increase of efficiency of information and practical interaction of security services and special services on counteraction to modern threats, according to KazTAG. More than 20 major questions of the agenda, including perfection of activity of the CIS Anti-terrorism centre within the framework of new edition of the concept of cooperation of security bodies in the sphere of information counteraction to terrorism and other violent displays of extremism, and also about the performance by the council of some interstate program have been considered at the forum. Corresponding decisions and concrete measures on their realization have been developed on all the above mentioned questions, the press release says.
Delegations and heads of the security services of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and also leadership of the CIS Anti-terrorism centre and CIS executive committee were taking part at the session.
The representatives of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, the Ministry of National Security of Turkmenistan, National Security Service of Uzbekistan and security services of Spain, Italy, France were participating at the event as observers.
The Council of heads of security services and special services of the CIS member-states was created on March 28, 1997 on the decision of Council of the CIS heads.
Ukraine’s Secret Service handed over papers on NKVD
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Katyn executioners to Poland
Poland has received documents from Ukraine containing the names of NKVD officers responsible for the 1940 Katyn massacre, Polish Radio reports.
The documents, handed over by Ukraine’s Secret Service (SBU) to the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) in Warsaw, shed light on the Katyn executioners, who they were and why they killed 350 Poles in the Roviensky oblast in 1939 and 1940. The killings were just part of the slaughter of over 20,000 Polish officers by the Soviet NKVD, Polish Radio notes.
The documents show that the aim of the NKVD massacre was to ‘decapitate’ Polish society by murdering a whole class of intellectuals, officers, landowners and others. Consequently, the NKVD functionaries were ordered to arrest and execute “officers, landowners or agents of noble Poland,” say the documents, dating from 1956, according to the radio.
The documents handed to Poland by the Ukrainian secret services, however, point to the deliberate attempt by the Soviet Union to deprive Poland of a whole class of people. As such, Katyn falls under a UN convention of 1948 which describes genocide as: “Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”, Polish Radio concludes.
Ukraine’s President held session with working group on counteraction to corruption
The President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko held a meeting with co-chairmen of Interdepartmental working group on counteraction to corruption. The main themes of a meeting were improvement of interaction and coordination between the state and law enforcement bodies in questions of prevention and counteraction to corruption, reduction of current legislation conformity with the world standards and the international obligations of Ukraine, realization of practical measures on eradication of corruption, news agency UNIAN reports, referring to the Main Service of Information Policy of the Presidential secretariat.
The General Prosecutor of Ukraine Alexander Medvedko, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Valentin Nalyvaychenko and Minister of Justice Nikolai Onishchuk reported to the head of state on the work in the sphere of counteraction to corruption.
President Yushchenko emphasized that work of the Interdepartmental working group on counteraction to corruption required the further improvement and should be carried out publicly in conditions of wide publicity, in close cooperation with the public and mass media. He called the high-ranking officials to provide strengthening of the civil control over activity of law enforcement bodies through close partnership with mass media.
The SBU head reported to the President on refutation of political statements of separate political forces on alleged illegal deliveries by Ukraine of armament to Georgia.
President Yushchenko recommended Medvedko and Nalyvaychenko to strengthen the control over target use of budgetary funds, suggested to carry out checks of legal validity of collection of taxes and other obligatory payments for the future periods, UNIAN notes.
Bulgaria’s State Agency for National Security made no report on corrupt ministers - General Prosecutor
The Sofia-based newspaper Monitor published an interview with Bulgaria’s General Prosecutor Boris Velchev. The material has been titled, DANS Report Like Loch Ness Monster.
The report in question was allegedly prepared by the State Agency for National Security (DANS) and allegedly named at least ten corrupt government ministers, Monitor marks. Velchev describes the situation as "absurd" and stresses that from the very beginning it became clear that there is no such report. "A minister will not be convicted unless evidence of his guilt is collected. A minister will be convicted when the prosecution collects evidence of the guilt of the official concerned and the court admits this evidence as sufficient," the paper cites Velchev.
Arrest of Kazakhstan’s security service officers on fact of businessman’s abduction connected with interest of Interior Ministry officials
As it has become known from well informed circles in the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan (KNB), the situation connected with detention of three security services officers by military-investigatory directorate of Ministry of Interior, “ becomes complicated due to obvious interest of separate officials of the Ministry of Interior”, news agency KazTAG reports.
“ This opinion is based on untimeliness and illogicality of the actions connected with selection by the military-investigatory directorate of a preventive punishment to security officers in the form of arrest after 2 months from the date of bringing of criminal case. Thus the specified accused employees of the KNB during investigation did not evade from participation in investigatory actions”, according to the source of the news agency.
According to him, the officers of the KNB department in Almaty, Farkhad Yunusbayev, Askar Rustambekov and Ruslan Zhetpisbayev, the arrested persons on suspicion in abduction of Kazakh businessman Zainudin Magomedov, served in the division on struggle against terrorism and religious extremism.
The source of the information expressed concern that “within the framework of the given criminal case and arrest of the KNB members information war was launched in mass media to generate negative opinion about the KNB”.
The case of Z.Magomedov was considered within the framework of joint antiterrorist operations with the Russian Federation. The source exclaimed surprise that some security forces have interceded for Magomedov, that „causes suspicion in their certain interest in successful end of Magomedov’s case”.
On July 28, Kazakhstan businessman Zainudin Magomedov denied rumours about his abduction by unknown persons. He said he was in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, voluntarily, on legal basis. He said that he was forces to leave in connection with raider capture of the cement works, Monolith, he co-owned in village of Korday of Zhnbyk area. However on arrival to Kazakhstan, Magomedov declared at a press conference that had been allegedly abducted by employees of secret services.
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