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The OSCE response to conflicts in the region

The OSCE response to conflicts in the region OSCE CHRONICLE The OSCE response to conflicts in the region Arie Bloed 1. OSCE and Chechnya Two weeks before the newly elected Chechen President Maskhadov was to take over power, the former Chechen authorities surprisingly expelled the head of the OSCE mission in Grozny, the Swiss Ambassador Tim Guldimann, on 4 February this year. The alleged reason was that Guldimann had referred to Chechnya as being still a part of the Russian Federation, which stirred unrest among the Chechen leaders. Although the newly elected President did not approve of the expulsion, Guldimann had to leave the Caucasian republic within a couple of hours for the neighbouring region of Ingushetia. The action came as a surprise as Guldimann was quite popular among the Chechens in view of his substantive role in building bridges between the Chechen rebels and the Russian authorities which started a bloody campaign against Chechnya in December 1994. Shortly before his expulsion, elections had taken place in Chechnya, with substantive assistance from and monitored by the OSCE, which in the opinion of the group of foreign election monitors, were free and fair. It was assumed that the action against Guldimann was an act of revenge by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) Brill

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Brill
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© 1997 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0925-0972
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1571-814X
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10.1163/157181497X00304
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OSCE CHRONICLE The OSCE response to conflicts in the region Arie Bloed 1. OSCE and Chechnya Two weeks before the newly elected Chechen President Maskhadov was to take over power, the former Chechen authorities surprisingly expelled the head of the OSCE mission in Grozny, the Swiss Ambassador Tim Guldimann, on 4 February this year. The alleged reason was that Guldimann had referred to Chechnya as being still a part of the Russian Federation, which stirred unrest among the Chechen leaders. Although the newly elected President did not approve of the expulsion, Guldimann had to leave the Caucasian republic within a couple of hours for the neighbouring region of Ingushetia. The action came as a surprise as Guldimann was quite popular among the Chechens in view of his substantive role in building bridges between the Chechen rebels and the Russian authorities which started a bloody campaign against Chechnya in December 1994. Shortly before his expulsion, elections had taken place in Chechnya, with substantive assistance from and monitored by the OSCE, which in the opinion of the group of foreign election monitors, were free and fair. It was assumed that the action against Guldimann was an act of revenge by

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Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1997

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