Chechnya Timeline, Year 2003
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Event of the Year:
Dec. 4 2003 RUSSIA. 40 dead as blast strikes train
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SUMMARY:
Jan. 13 Ricin recipe found on Chechen fighter
Feb. 28 WA****NGTON. 3 Chechen groups on terrorist list
Apr. 4 8 dead in bus blast
May. 12 Blast kills 37
May. 13 Bomb: Security criticized
May. 14 Woman bomber kills 20
Jun. 4 RUSSIA. 'Suicide bomber' hits Caucasus bus
Jun. 20 Dozens hurt in blast
Jul. 5 MOSCOW. 2 concert bombers kill 14
Aug. 1 RUSSIA. Suicide blast kills 50
Aug. 2 RUSSIA. Bomb toll rises to 50
Aug. 8 WA****NGTON. Chechen leader named security threat
Sep. 15 RUSSIA. Bomb kills 2, wounds 29
Sep. 28 Acting Chechen president poisoned
Oct. 4 Security tight as Chechens vote
Oct. 5 Ex-candidate: Vote rigged
Oct. 6 Kremlin man set for win
Dec. 4 RUSSIA. 40 dead as blast strikes train
Dec. 15 RUSSIA. Chechen fighters 'seize hostages'
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DETAILS:
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Jan. 13
Ricin recipe found on Chechen fighter
Russian special forces found instructions for making poisons, including
ricin, in the possession of a fighter they killed
Feb. 28
WA****NGTON. 3 Chechen groups on terrorist list
The United States is partially meeting a Russian request as the
administration engages in sensitive talks over Iraq
Apr. 4
8 dead in bus blast
6 servicemen were seriously injured in another land mine blast
May. 12
Blast kills 37
Another 200 injured after a truck with explosives was driven by a suicide
bomber into government buildings:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/05/12/chechnya.blast/index.html
May. 13
Bomb: Security criticized
Putin blamed the bombing on rebels seeking to disrupt the establishment of
a new government
May. 14
Woman bomber kills 20
Explosives strapped to a waist detonated during a crowded religious
festival in the village of Iliskhan-Yurt:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/05/14/chechnya.blast/index.html
Jun. 4
RUSSIA. 'Suicide bomber' hits Caucasus bus
At least 13 people have been killed after a female suicide bomber blew up
a bus near republic of Chechnya:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2964644.stm
Jun. 20
Dozens hurt in blast
A truck bomb has exploded near a government building in regional capital
in a failed attack that killed 2 suicide bombers
Jul. 5
MOSCOW. 2 concert bombers kill 14
2 female suicide bombers killed 14 people outside a rock concert. Russian
Interior Minister blamed Chechen separatists:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/05/russia.blast/index.html
Aug. 1
RUSSIA. Suicide blast kills 50
A bomber drove a truck laden with explosives through the gates of a
military hospital for Chechnya-bound troops:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/08/01/russia.blast/index.html
Aug. 2
RUSSIA. Bomb toll rises to 50
Rescuers have called off the search for victims of a suicide blast at a
military hospital near Chechnya
Aug. 8
WA****NGTON. Chechen leader named security threat
Powell designated Basayev believed responsible for hostage standoff in a
Moscow theater as a threat to U.S. security
Sep. 15
RUSSIA. Bomb kills 2, wounds 29
A suicide bomber detonated a truck loaded with a ton of explosives at a
key government building in Ingushetia
Sep. 28
Acting Chechen president poisoned
Anatoly Popov is in hospital in serious condition. He is favorite to win
in the October 5 vote
Oct. 4
Security tight as Chechens vote
Moscow hopes that a presidential election will help bring peace to the
troubled region:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3165128.stm
Oct. 5
Ex-candidate: Vote rigged
Saidullayev has said the election is 'based on lies' and that ballot boxes
were stuffed with ballots marked for Kadyrov
Oct. 6
Kremlin man set for win
With more than half the votes counted, Akhmad Kadyrov appears poised for a
decisive victory in a presidential election:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/06/chechnya.elections/index.html
Dec. 4
RUSSIA. 40 dead as blast strikes train
The blast derailed the train as people travelled to work near the troubled
region of Chechnya:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3294445.stm
Dec. 15
RUSSIA. Chechen fighters 'seize hostages'
A group of Chechens has seized at least 4 hostages in the neighbouring
republic of Dagestan:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3319571.stm
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Mikhail Sidorin
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