RUSSIA: 'THE CAUCASIAN CRESCENT' CAUSES MASS PROTESTS.(Brief Article)
From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database
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Date: 11/5/2000
"The Caucasian Crescent" is a documentary series shown on state TV which alleges that Wahhabism in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachevo-Cherkessia poses a threat to Russian national security. The films were made by Yelena Masyuk, whose reports on the first Chechnya war raised official hackles. She was kidnapped by a Chechen gang in 1997 and held for four months until ransomed by NTV. After the first film was shown, thousands protested in Karachevo-Cherkessia demanding Kremlin ...
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