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Ramsan Kadyrov, who is presumed to be a war criminal, has been appointed by Vladimir Putin as new president of Chechnya. It is the opinion of the Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV) that he will continue to rule the Chechnyan people as a dictator. „Kadyrov, who is a puppet of Putin and cold as ice, will prevent a just political solution to the Chechnyan conflict with murder, torture, abduction and other arbitrary acts of his troops”, criticised the GfbV correspondent for the Russian Federation, Sarah Reinke on Wednesday in the light of the forthcoming investiture of Kadyrov. She warned of the unpredictability of the new tyrant, who will be prepared to take any measures to keep his power.
The militia of the new president, who are called „Kadyrovtsy”, are greatly feared, for they are responsible for countless acts of cruelty in the civilian population, said Reinke. „The public censure which was meted out to Russia by the commission of the Council of Europe for the prevention of torture for the third time in March 2007 shows only the tip of the iceberg in Chechnya.” Torture is carried out systematically in the remand prison ORB-2 in Grosny and also in the cells of the Kadarovtsy in Ramzan Karyrov’s native village of Tsenteroi and in the village of Jalka. The victims are often presumed fighters or their relatives. These are afraid of reporting abduction or torture because they would endanger both their abducted relatives and themselves.
Great progress in the work of reconstruction cannot cover up the dreadful human rights situation in Chechnya. UN sources show that over 80% of the Chechnyans live under subsistence level. There are still some 200,000 internally displaced persons, who make up 20% of the total population. 150,000 Chechnyans are living in emergency accommodation. Infant mortality and deaths at childbirth are some four times the Russian average. 40% of new-born children are ill at birth. At least 26,000 children have been made orphans through the war. 86% of the population is suffering from mental problems.
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