Agency of the antimilitarist action
Issue 25 * November 18, 1999
Published by the Antimilitarist Radical Association (ARA),
an association of the Transnational Radical Party,
in Russian and English languages
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ON THE WAR CRIMES IN CHECHNYA
New York, November 3. International right-defence association
Human Right Watch has distributed a document with the results
of its investigation of the operation carried out by the
Russian troops in the central market of Groznyi on October 21.
Find the text of the document of the Human Right Watch in the
next issue of the Antimilitarist on-line.
MOTHERS OF SOLDIERS PROTEST AGAINST THE DECISION TO SEND
CONSCRIPTS TO CHECHNYA
Moscow, October 5. The Union of the Committees of the Mothers
of Soldiers of Russia has distributed its declaration in which
it disapproves the Presidential Decreen 1366 of October 15,
1999 which allows to use in the combatant actions called up
military men after a six-month service (instead of twelve
months as earlier). The Mothers of Soldiers together with
Memorial association propose an amendment to Art. 36 of the
Military duty and military service federal law according to
which the soldiers may be sent to participate in the combatant
action only on a voluntary basis and only after no less than
one year of military service. These proposals are supported by
Duma deputies Valerii Borshchev, Eduard Vorob'yov, Evghenii
Zelenov, Ella Pamfilova, Yulii Rybakov.
THE CRIMINAL TRIAL OF VASILII BAZHENOV IS POSTPONED ONCE AGAIN
Moscow, November 17. The sitting of the Tushinskii
intermunicipal court to hear the case of the member of the ARA
Vasilii Bazhenov did not take place. This time the session was
postponed for February 2, 2000. 25 militants of the Radical
Party and the ARA manifested near the court to express their
solidarity with Vasilii Bazhenov and other conscientious
objectors.
Since 1995 Vasilii Bazhenov has been fighting at the Court to
perform the alternative civilian service instead of the
military service. His criminal trial started a year ago.
THE RADICALS IN THE RED SQUARE AGAINST THE CHECHEN WAR:
"NOT ON BEHALF OF US, PLEASE!"
Moscow, November 18. The first day of the OSCE summit in
Istanbul 12 militants of the Radical Party, of the ARA, of the
Democratic Union and of the Party for the Economic Freedom,
including ARA Secretary Nicole Khramov, ARA Treasurer Anna
Zaitseva, Leader of the Democratic Union Valeriya Novodvorskaya
and Duma deputy Konstantin Borovoi, organised in the Red Square
a non-sanctioned demonstration with the slogan "Stop the second
Chechen war!". Numerous journalists have heard the appeal of
the manifestants "Not on behalf of us, please!" (Find its text
at the Second Page of this issue).
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THE THIRD MILLENNIUM WITHOUT CONSCRIPTION SLAVERY
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THE REPORT ON THE COLLECTION OF SIGNATURES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF
THE PETITION CAMPAIGN "THIE THIRD MILLENNIUM WITHOUT
CONSCRIPTION SLAVERY"
Since May 22 till November 18 the militants of the Radical
Party and the ARA have organised 46 street tables (125 hours 3o
minutes) and managed to collect 4214 signatures and 3478. 38
roubles of contributions.
The average time of collecting signatures at every table was of
2 hours 45 minutes, the average number of signatures collected
was 92, and the average sum of contributions was 75. 62
roubles.
Find below the full report of the tables to collect signatures.
** ZVENIGOROD (MS)
* 06.08.99
MOSKOVSKAYA UL. (NEAR THE MARKET)
1 hour, 40 signatures, 0.00 contributions.
** LOBNYA (MS)
* 03.08.99
PRIVOKZAL'NAYA SQUARE
2 hours, 48 signatures, 28.00 roubles of contributions.
** MOSCOW (MS)
* 22.05.99
MEETING IN PUSHKIN SQUARE (START OF TRHE CAMPAIGN)
1 hour, 41 signatures, 200.00 roubles of contributions
* 29.05.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
3 hours, 17 signatures, 110.00 roubles of contributions
* 30.05.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
5 hours, 95 signatures, 80.00 roubles of contributions
* 31.05.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
2 hours, 55 signatures, 45.00 roubles of contributions
* 07.06.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
1 hour, 12 signatures, 90.00 roubles of contributions
* 13.06.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
2 hours, 9 signatures, 0.00 roubles of contributions
* 14.06.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
1 hour, 19 signatures, 35.00 roubles of contributions
* 19.06.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
4 hours, 66 signatures, 70.00 roubles of contributions
* 21.06.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
1 hour, 21 signatures, 5.00 roubles of contributions
* 27.06.99
LUZHNIKI (MOSKOVSKII KOMSOMOLETS FESTIVAL)
4 hours, 13 signatures, 52.50 roubles of contributions
* 30.06.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
3 hours, 40 signatures, 7.50 roubles of contributions
* 02.07.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
3 hours, 44 signatures, 52.12 roubles of contributions
* 05.07.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
3 hours, 51 signatures, 68.00 roubles of contributions
* 07.07.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
3 hours, 78 signatures, 30.15 roubles of contributions
* 09.07.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
3 hours, 36 signatures, 106.00 roubles of contributions
* 12.07.99
PUSHKIN SQUARE
2 hours, 55 signatures, 91.95 roubles of contributions
* 21.07.99
PUSKIN SQUARE (near Natasha shop)
3 hours, 64 signatures, 62.51 roubles of contributions
* 22.07.99
PUSKIN SQUARE (near Natasha shop)
3 hours, 73 signatures, 103.5 roubles of contributions
* 23.07.99
PUSKIN SQUARE (near Natasha shop)
2 hours, 113 signatures, 101.30 roubles of contributions
* 30.07.99
PUSKIN SQUARE (near Natasha shop)
2 hours, 63 signatures, 90.00 roubles of contributions
* 29.08.99
VASIL'EVSKII SPUSK (ACTION "YOU ARE RIGHT!")
3 hours, 404 signatures, 0.00 roubles of contributions
* 01.09.99
UL. CHAYANOVA (NEAR RGGU)
1 hour, 72 signatures, 60.00 roubles of contributions
* 03.09.99
MOSCOW YOUTH PALACE
4 hours, 115 signatures, 30.00 roubles of contributions
* 04.09.99
TRIUMFAL'NAYA SQUARE (THE MEETING OF THE "MOSCOW ALTERNATIVE")
3 hours, 484 signatures, 142.80 roubles of contributions
* 05.09.99
NESKUCHNYI SAD
4 hours, 224 signatures, 85.50 roubles of contributions
* 07.09.99
SOUTHERN EXIT FROM LENINSKII PROSPEKT METRO STATION
3 hours, 238 signatures, 286.40 roubles of contributions
* 08.09.99
NORTHERN EXIT FORM PROFSOYUZNAYA METRO STATION
2 hours, 110 signatures, 0.00 roubles of contributions
* 09.09.99
KHO CHI MING SQUARE (AKADEMICHESKAYA METRO STATION)
3 hours, 261 signatures, 183.18 roubles of contributions
* 10.09.99
SOUTHERN EXIT FORM UNIVERSITET METRO STATION
3 hours, 171 signatures, 102.06 roubles of contributions
KHO CHI MING SQUARE (AKADEMICHESKAYA METRO STATION)
3 hours, 42 signatures, 0.00 roubles of contributions
* 17.09.99
AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MOSCOW STATE JURIDICAL ACADEMY
5 hours, 91 signatures, 0.00 roubles of contributions
* 24.09.99
EXIT FROM PARK KUL'TURY METRO STATION
4 hours, 107 signatures, 181.80 roubles of contributions
* 27.09.99
EXIT FROM PARK KUL 'TURY METRO STATION
4 hours, 107 signatures, 138.10 roubles of contributions
* 28. 09.99
EXTI FROM KROPOTKISNKAYA METRO STATION
4 hours, 105 signatures, 121.36 roubles of contributions
* 12.10.99
EXIT FROM ARBATSKAYA METRO STATION
4 hours, 83 signatures, 62.00 roubles of contributions
* 14.10.99
EXIT FROM ARBATSKAYA METRO STATION
5 hours, 111 signatures, 206.46 roubles of contributions
* 15.10.99
EXIT FROM ARBATSKAYA METRO STATION
5 hours, 70 signatures, 109.57 roubles of contributions
* 19.10.99
EXIT FROM PARK KUL"TURY METRO STATION
2 hours, 6 signatures, 15.00 roubles of contributions
* 20.10.99
PUSHKINSKAYA METRO STATION
2 hours, 26 signatures, 19.50 roubles of contributions
* 02.11.99
FACULTY OF JOURNALISM, MGU
3 hours, 85 signatures, 10.00 roubles of contributions
* 03.11.99
FACULTY OF JOURNALISM, MGU
5 hours, 115 signatures, 188.20 roubles of contributions
* 04.11.99
FACULTY OF JOURNALISM, MGU
5 hours, 58 signatures, 50.65 roubles of contributions
** TVER' (TV)
* 08.07.99
CROSSING OF TVERSKOI PROSPEKT AND NOVOTORZHSKAYA UL. (NEAR
DETSKII MIR SHOP)
1 hour, 42 signatures, 32.00 roubles of contributions
** TULA (TL)
* 16.07.99
UL. SOVETSKAYA, 66
2 hours, 34 signatures, 25.70 roubles of contributions
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Not on behalf of us, please!
Declaration of participants in the demonstration of protest
against the actions of the Russian government in Chechnya
Moscow, Red Square, November 18, 1999
On August 25, 1968 seven dissidents (Larisa Bogoraz, Pavel
Litvinov, Konstantin Babitskii, Nataliya Gorbanevskaya, Viktor
Fainberg, Vadim Delone and Vladimir Dremlyuga) came out in the
Red Square to protest against the invasion of the soviet troops
in Czechoslovakia and paid for it with years of lagers, exile
and "special" mental hospitals.
Today, 31 years later, we, the citizens of a new - as it seemed
to us - free and democratic Russia - have to came out in the
same historical "Lobnoe mesto " near the Kremlin walls to
protest against the actions of our government in Chechnya.
We know perfectly well that all non-official actions near the
Kremlin are banned. However, perfectly conscious of what we are
doing, we decided to perform a civil disobedience action: this
war is being waged by Kremlin and this is the best place to
demonstrate our protest.
Certainly, unlike the courageous seven, we do not risk years of
lagers and mental hospitals. However, the atmosphere that
reigns today in our country, the climate of militarist,
nationalist, racist, anti-western hysteria, created by nearly
all politicians, by the government and the mass media it
controls - all this begins to remind so much of the "moral-
political unity of the soviet people", as it used to be in
1968. Once again, as in 1968, only a small group of "renegades"
has the courage to protest against the actions of the regime.
We appeal to the President Eltsin, to the "military Prime
Minister" Putin and his government, to the generals, thirsting
after a revenge for 1994-95: stop the second Chechen war
immediately! Stop immediately the violence against the innocent
people of Chechnya; hundreds of thousands of them trying to
save their lives and escape from your bombs and missiles in the
nearby Ingushetiya - this has already brought to a real
humanitarian catastrophe. Remember: for the military crimes and
the crimes against the humanity, for the bombardment of the
Chechen market, for the bombardment of the civil population -
sooner or later you we have to answer for it before the
International Justice.
We appeal to the leaders of the Western States that today meet
in Istanbul at an OSCE summit: do everything You can, make any
international pressure You can in order to compel the
government of our country to stop the new massacre in Chechnya.
Not a cent, not a pfennig, not a dollar, not a lira to the
Russian regime until it continues to kill civil population and
to ignore Geneva conventions and the world public opinion.
We appeal to our fellow-citizens: wake up, open your eyes, do
not wait until other hundreds of thousands of zinc coffins
start to arrive from Caucasus. Take a critical view of the
regime that continues to turn you into zombies with the help of
its television! It's a long time that the objects of the
operation in Chechnya have nothing to do with the declaration
about the goals of the struggle against the terrorism made at
the beginning of the operation in Dagestan, after the
explosions in the city buildings (they were so well-times,
weren't they!). The war is being waged by Kremlin because it
seems to it that the more Chechens die under the bombs, the
sooner you and I will vote next summer for the "iron" Putin -
the next candidate for president appointed by Kremlin. The
generals dreaming about a revenge for the defeat in the first
Chechen war need this war to get new ranks and shoulder straps.
We, the citizens of this country accustomed to pay from our
pockets, with our health, with our lives for the realisation of
the political goals that were set without us and not by us - we
do not need this war.
We are here because we want the country and the whole world to
see: there is another Russia. We say to the Kremlin: " Not on
behalf of us, please!"
Nikolai KHRAMOV, Anna ZAITSEVA, Konstantin BOROVOY, Valeriya
NOVODVORSKAYA, Vadim TERESHCHENKO, Lyubov' STOLYAROVA, Alyona
ASAEVA, Sergei VORONTSOV, Il'ya MALKOV, Zinaida LEVICHEK,
Susanna TSATURYAN, Maria KARYMOVA.
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