21 November 2005, 18:28
Public meetings held in Chechnya
A public meeting of about 200 was held in front of the House of Government of Chechnya in Grozny on 17 and 18 November 2005. The key demand of the participants was payment of money compensations for their homes destroyed in the course of military action. Representatives of Chechnya's Money Compensations Payment Commission addressed the public meeting on 18 November. In particular, they explained to the participants that a commission of the Federal Migration Service of Russia was currently working in Grozny, examining the correctness of documents submitted with a view to obtaining compensations. In conclusion, the officials promised the people that those citizens whose papers for obtaining compensations were correct would receive the money before New Year, the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society reports.
