Chechnya

GROZNY, RUSSIA (GaeaTimes.com)- The parliament in the trouble-torn Russian republic of Chechnya was witness to a bloody battle today when it was stormed by around four militants on early Monday morning.

PULTUSK, Poland - A Chechen separatist leader wanted in Russia on terrorism charges said Saturday his release from temporary arrest in Poland means that another European country rejects the Russian allegations he calls "absurd." Akhmed Zakayev told The Associated Press that the Polish court's decision on Friday to release him "showed once again that the position of people in Europe concerning Russia's approach to Zakayev has not changed, that they stand by the law." Zakayev, who lives in exile in Britain, faces charges of murder, kidnapping and terrorism in Russia, stemming from the 1999 conflict in Chechnya, when he was a top assistant to the late separatist President Aslan Maskhadov.

WARSAW, Poland - A Polish court has ordered the release of a Chechen separatist leader pending a decision on whether he can be extradited to Russia.

WARSAW, Poland - One of Russia's most wanted men - a charismatic Chechen activist who counts Vanessa Redgrave among his supporters - was arrested in Poland Friday on Russian charges related to Chechnya's separatist war of the 1990s, but later set free.

EUGENE, Ore. - The co-founder of an Islamic charity has been convicted of charges related to helping smuggle $150,000 to Muslim fighters in Chechnya.