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colluded with the Russian patriarch, Kirill, to limit the powers of the Greek Orthodox patriarch in Istanbul, Bartholomew I, usually seen as first among equals in the Orthodox hierarchy. Yet mutual suspicions linger. Russia is unhappy with Turkey’s indulgence of Chechens. (Tahir Buyukkorukcu, a Muslim preacher, speaks of the “Russian pig” when talking of Chechnya in his television show on the private Kon channel.) Russia has shut schools run by the Muslim fraternity of a Turkish imam, Fethullah Gulen. For Turkey, Russia’s refusal to label Kurdish rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as “terrorists” is a sore point. It is also wary of Russia’s show of wanting to help Armenia and Azerbaijan make peace over Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkish officials say Russia wants to repair the damage to its image caused by its battering of Georgia. More likely, it wants to stop Turkey making peace with Armenia. Many believe that Russian scheming emboldened Azerbaijan to press Turkey into ditching plans to re-establish ties and reopen its border with Armenia. This is now patrolled by Russian soldiers, just as in the cold war. Copyright © 2009 The Economist Newspaper and The Economist Group. All rights reserved. -69-
Killings in Chechnya Zarema's end Aug 13th 2009 | MOSCOW From The Economist print edition More brutal murders in lawless Chechnya ZAREMA SADULAYEVA was not political. She did not investigate crimes committed by Russian and Chechen security men or write articles about them. She ran an independent charity that helped children traumatised, physically and emotionally, by two Chechen wars. Her organisation, Save the Generation, dealt with those who had lost limbs and parents. AP On August 10th, in broad daylight, a group of armed men—some in military fatigues, others in civilian clothing—walked into her office and took away her and her husband, Alik Djabrailov (a former rebel). The men returned to pick up the pair’s mobile phones and car. A few hours later, their bodies were found in the boot near Grozny, riddled with bullets. In their callousness and impunity the executions recalled the murder of Natalia Estemirova, a human-rights defender, a few weeks ago. The two women worked across the street from each other and shared the belief that human life and dignity are more important than political Another funeral in Grozny expediency. It is not a belief apparently held by the Chechen or Russian authorities. Shortly after the murder of Ms Estemirova, Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya’s president, told Radio Liberty that she had “no honour, dignity or conscience”. His henchmen consider human-rights workers legitimate targets. Mr Kadyrov bears much responsibility for the climate of impunity and terror in Chechnya. With the silent blessing of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s prime minister and his patron, Mr Kadyrov has created a totalitarian system in the province. Mr Kadyrov has been expanding his personal power, acting more as a Kremlin ally than as a subject and state employee. If Moscow had the will to investigate the murders of human-rights defenders and to protect the few still working in the region, it could easily do it. But the murders remain unsolved and human-rights activists, lawyers and journalists continue to die (a journalist was killed in neighbouring Dagestan on August 11th). An independent investigation in Chechnya would cause friction with Mr Kadyrov who is personally loyal to Mr Putin and whose means, in the Kremlin’s eyes, justify the end of stabilising Chechnya. In fact, Russia’s “victory” in the Chechen wars is deceptive. The entire north Caucasus remains a battleground, where people die daily. On August 12th armed rebels gunned down Ingushetia’s construction minister. The Kremlin has not made Chechnya into an integral, law-abiding part of Russia. But it has moved Russia closer to Chechnya. Copyright © 2009 The Economist Newspaper and The Economist Group. All rights reserved. -70-
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