Violence in the Northern Caucasus (Voices on Genocide Prevention)
Series: Voices on Genocide Prevention
From: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Length: 00:21:28
Greogory Shvedov of the Caucasian Knot and International Memorial discusses the current situation in Chechnya and how violence is spreading throughout the Northern Caucasus.
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Piece Description
Greogory Shvedov of the Caucasian Knot and International Memorial discusses the current situation in Chechnya and how violence is spreading throughout the Northern Caucasus.
Broadcast History
Posted to US Holocaust Memorial Museum's Web site on February 7, 2008 and is available on various Web-based distribution sites, namely iTunes.
Transcript
FEBRUARY 7, 2008, VIOLENCE IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS
BRIDGET CONLEY-ZILKIC: Listeners, please note, after today's episode, we will be switching to a biweekly schedule. With me today is Gregory Shvedov, who is the Chief Editor of Caucasion Knot, and a board member of International Memorial. Gregory, thank you for being here today.
GREGORY SHVEDOV: Thank you.
BRIDGET CONLEY-ZILKIC: I wanted to start by asking you to explain to our audience the name of your online publication, Caucasian Knot. What's included in the Caucasus?
GREGORY SHVEDOV: Well, it's a relatively easy question, but it's really hard to answer, actually. It is a territory, which is south of Russia, a border of Russia. Which is on one side bordering the Black Sea, and the other side is bordering Caucasus of the Caspian Sea. It is also the side, which is bordering Turkey and Iran. And it was former Soviet Union, th...
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