A Step At A Time
Reflections on the world post-9/11, by a British writer, translator and musician who engaged for many years in the debates of the Cold War, and who tends to see the world's present troubles as a continuation of the old common struggle with tyranny and oppression. The blog can also be accessed here
Monday, June 27, 2005
Siberian Exile
Siberian exile - a prominent feature of both Tsarist and Stalinist Russia - is to be reintroduced in the Federation:
PUTIN ORDERS MOVE OF IMPRISONED CHECHENS FROM CAUCASUS TO SIBERIA.(from today's RFE/RL Newsline)
According to a new decree by President Putin, people from the North Caucasus who are jailed for terrorism will serve their terms in Siberia, RTR reported on 26 June. RTR did not provide the date of the decree or say whether it is classified or not, but mentions that under jurisdiction of the edict are people who are sentenced for
"terror, diversion, rebellion, assault of state bodies, participation in illegal armed formations, hostage taking, and human trafficking." RTR commented that "prisoners accused [or convicted] of terrorism and their accomplices should be separated by thousands of kilometers." VY
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