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...they share his goal of independence from Russia. But the fact that Basayev can roam around Vedeno with impunity and seemingly unleash strikes at will in Russia perfectly illustrates how the Chechen conflict has degenerated from a struggle for self-determination into a vicious war of terror in which Russian and Chechen civilians have become the targets. As the traditional 40-day mourning period in Beslan came to an end last week, people across Russia were left worrying where Basayev will strike next. Basayev, a short, wiry 39-year-old, comes from a land famed for its anti-Russian insurgents...
...former welder in his forties. His past alcoholism shows on his ravaged face. The apartment is hot and muggy, the plastic sheets that serve as windows rustle in the wind and a sour smell drifts from the toilet. Most of Grozny has electricity these days, but four years after Russian air strikes practically razed the city there is still no running water. The atmosphere is sour, too. Gathered in the apartment are members of the two main anti-Russian factions: the Wahhabis and those aligned with Aslan Maskhadov, the Chechen President overthrown by the Russians in 2000. Jamal knows...
...main asset, Yuganskneftegaz, which controls vast Siberian oil fields. The subsidiary, which pumps 1 million bbl. of oil per day - about 60% of Yukos' output - has been valued by Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein at between $14.7 and $17.3 billion. Reports last week suggested the Kremlin might hand it to a Russian rival, Gazprom, for a fraction of that price. "It's robbery in broad daylight," complains Robert Amsterdam, a lawyer for Khodorkovsky, who says the Kremlin has no right to proceed with what he terms "the world's largest hostile takeover." So far the firm isn't saying whether it will...
...weapon. "We're giving it another try, but there's a lot of skepticism," says one European diplomat. After G-8 members met last week to devise a package of inducements and threats, reports emerged that Britain, France and Germany would offer Tehran new trade talks and access to Russian nuclear fuel, if the country halted its nuclear ambitions. Tehran appeared to reject the move. The Europeans had hoped their agreement with Iran last year to cease work on uranium enrichment - Tehran says it's for peaceful purposes - might lead to rapprochement. But "every time we went, there was another...
...sleeps secure in the knowledge that locals won't betray him, despite Moscow's $10 million reward for information leading to his capture. Asked if she would report Basayev to the Russians if she spotted him, one woman shot back: "Are you out of your mind?" According to Sharip, a Chechen police officer and childhood playmate of Basayev's, "If someone did inform on Shamil, it would be last thing they ever did. The very same person who took the call would phone Basayev straight away. The informant would be a dead man." Basayev maintains his protective bubble through fear...