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Lonely old people and orphan children evacuated from Chechnya to Podmoskovye. |
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Refugees
On Sunday Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu visited tent camps housing refugees in Russian-occupied parts of Chechnya and dismissed talk of a regional "humanitarian catastrophe". He
said many of the 300,000 refugees who fled to nearby regions were starting
to return to their homes in Russian-controlled areas of Chechnya. He
added that more aid was arriving from as far a field as Italy and Iran. Mr
Shoigu said 89 residents of an old people's home in Grozny had been
brought safely to Mozdok in northern Ossetia. But
he admitted: "Unfortunately, a further 12 old people have died there
in the last few days from cold and hunger."
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© 2002 Global Action on Aging
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