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| Section The ICRC in Russia Regional delegation in Moscow
©ICRC/Timur Ibakov
Grozny, Chechnya. Hospital No. 9
The Moscow delegation, which was opened in 1992, combines operational work in the Russian Federation with regional functions for other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.  Key document15-8-2008 Georgia/Russian Federation: civilians in need in conflict affected areasThe humanitarian situation of thousands of civilians affected by the conflict in Georgia remains extremely serious. As far as the security situation allows, the ICRC is responding to the crisis by providing medical supplies and emergency assistance items, as well as providing water and improving living conditions in shelters for the displaced. The head of the ICRC's Eastern Europe department, Pascale Meige Wagner, explains. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Georgia) Interview Includes Photo 14-8-2008 Georgia/Russian Federation: assistance through rapid deployment makes the differenceAs Georgia continues to reel from the violence of the past week, the ICRC's emergency response is in full swing. So far, almost 100 tonnes of relief supplies have been flown to the affected region. The organization has also sent over 40 additional staff to Georgia and the Russian Federation to support efforts in helping people who were forced to flee their homes. The ICRC's rapid deployment adviser, Samuel Bon, describes the role of the Rapid Deployment Unit, and how it is helping to bring assistance to thousands of people in Georgia and North Ossetia. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Georgia) Interview Includes Photo 12-8-2008 Georgia/Russian Federation: ICRC delivers assistance to civilians in conflict affected areasThe ICRC is flying 15 tonnes of medicine and medical supplies to Georgia on Tuesday to help treat those injured in the armed conflict involving Georgian, South Ossetian and Russian troops. Large numbers of civilians have been hurt in the conflict and thousands have been forced to flee their homes. Sangeeta Koenig, the ICRC's deputy head of operations for Eastern Europe, talks about the organization's response to the crisis. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Georgia) Interview Includes Photo Feature21-8-2008 Georgia: for the ones left behind - so near and yet so farFor the elderly, the sick and the frail who were unable to leave home when other family members fled the fighting in and around South Ossetia, each passing day of separation increases their vulnerability. Jessica Barry has been talking to some of the displaced in Tbilisi about the loved ones they left behind. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Georgia) Feature Includes Photo 17-8-2008 Georgia: uncertainty about the future haunts the displacedSince the start of the conflict in South Ossetia on 8th August, tens of thousands of people have fled from towns and villages all across Georgia. Many of them have made for the capital, Tbilisi, where they have found shelter in makeshift collective centres in schools, kindergartens and abandoned buildings. Now they wait for help from others, a situation they could never have imagined only a fortnight ago. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Georgia) Feature Includes Photo 4-4-2008 Chechnya: Gawza says she is all cried outIn January 2008 the ICRC embarked on a programme designed to assess the legal, administrative, psychological and psycho-social needs of people who have a loved one missing. Virginie, a psychologist, and Aïna – both working for the ICRC in Grozny – visited Gawza, whose son is missing. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) Feature Includes Photo 4-4-2008 Ingushetia: popcorn a winner in NazranThe ICRC recently stopped its direct food aid to displaced persons from Chechnya in this north Caucasian republic. Instead, the organization is supporting economic micro-projects. Luba Rosdoieva was given a popcorn machine; she sells her wares at the market in Nazran, the former capital of the Ingushetian Republic. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) Feature Includes Photo 4-4-2008 Chechnya: just a photo after six years in custodyIn the Russian Federation, the ICRC continues to work on restoring family links between prisoners and their relatives. The ICRC team in Grozny, Chechnya, went to take Sharipat news of her son Ahmed, who has been in prison for six years. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) Feature Includes Photo ICRC film15-5-2008 Chechnya: rising from its ashesIn Grozny, the streets of the market are full. But despite the rebuilding, it’s hard to find a decent flat or a proper job. Some people have started their own businesses thanks to the ICRC, such as Taiza who is making mattresses. But as Grozny rises from its ashes, other families still struggle to come to terms with the past, desperate to know what has happened to their missing relatives. (Info resources\ICRC publications and films\Films\From the field) ICRC film Includes Video International Review of the Red Cross30-9-2005 The meaning of Moscow: “Non-lethal” weapons and international law in the early 21st centuryThis article analyses the relationship between “non-lethal” weapons and international law in the early 21st century by focusing on the most seminal incident to date in the short history of the “non-lethal” weapons debate, the use of an incapacitating chemical to end a terrorist attack on a Moscow theatre in October 2002.
(Info resources\International Review\2005 - No. 859) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF Interview28-8-2008 Georgia: getting medical care to isolated people in and around GoriThe ICRC is actively working throughout Georgia to meet the needs of tens of thousands of people displaced or isolated by the armed conflict. Most recently, a mobile health clinic was set up and sent out to remote villages around the Georgian town of Gori and treated over 80 primarily elderly patients. Interview with an ICRC surgeon, Marco Baldan, who has just returned from Georgia. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Georgia) Interview Includes Photo 9-7-2008 Russia: training in humanitarian law, and applying itWilliam Bowie learnt about the ICRC growing up in South Africa and seeing his mother send his father – a prisoner-of-war in Germany during World War II – parcels, through the ICRC. He heads an ICRC department for cooperation with the armed and security forces. (ICRC Activities\Promoting IHL\Armed forces and police) Interview Includes Photo Operational update24-7-2008 The Russian Federation: ICRC activities from April to June 2008The ICRC carries out wide-ranging activities in the Russian Federation, focusing on restoring family links, income-generating projects for indigent communities in the northern Caucasus, providing sanitation aid and mine-risk education, promoting international humanitarian law and supporting Russian Red Cross programmes. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) Operational update 29-4-2008 Russian Federation: ICRC activities from January to March 2008The ICRC carries out a wide range of activities in the Russian Federation, focusing on restoring family links, instigating small income-generating projects for vulnerable communities in the northern Caucasus, providing sanitation aid and mine-risk education, promoting international humanitarian law and supporting Russian Red Cross programmes. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) Operational update 15-1-2008 Russian Federation: ICRC activities from October to December 2007The ICRC carries out a range of activities in the Russian Federation, focusing on restoring family links, providing medical and sanitation aid, livelihood support and mine-risk education, promoting international humanitarian law and supporting Russian Red Cross programmes. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) Operational update Photo Collection26-8-2008 Georgia/Russian Federation conflict: a selection of photos - 2 The following selection of photographs can be downloaded at high resolution. (Info resources\Photos\Eastern Europe and Central Asia) Photo Collection Includes Photo 19-8-2008 Georgia/Russian Federation conflict: a selection of photos - 1 The following selection of photographs can be downloaded at high resolution. (Info resources\Photos\Eastern Europe and Central Asia) Photo Collection Includes Photo 15-6-2005 Northern Caucasus: Preserving a measure of humanity in the midst of conflict In this region, and particularly in Chechnya, the ICRC is doing its utmost to provide vitally needed assistance and protection for a population hard hit by over 10 years of conflict. (Info resources\Photos\Eastern Europe and Central Asia) Photo Collection Includes Photo Press article2-1-2008 Return to Vedeno While the situation is gradually returning to normal in hechnya, an ICRC worker gives an account of his return to the Vedeno area, a place he enjoyed in his youth. Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 3, 2007 (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) Press article Includes Photo Report4-4-2007 The Russian Federation: ICRC plan of action 2007In this document the ICRC describes its projected activities for 2007, including its plans to meet the humanitarian needs of those affected by the violence in Chechnya. (The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) Report Includes PDF Video Collection21-8-2008 Georgia: ICRC gets help to people caught up in conflictIn the first days of the emergency, hundreds of tonnes of food, blankets and sanitary supplies were flown into the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. During his 3 day visit to Georgia and the Russian Federation, ICRC President Jacob Kellenberger saw the difficult conditions for himself, and met some of the thousands of people displaced by fighting and in urgent need of assistance. (Info resources\Video) Video Collection Includes Video More in this section20-12-1996 Homage to assassinated delegates pronounced by ICRC President Cornelio Sommaruga(The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) 20-12-1996 Address at the memorial service held at St Peter's Cathedral, for the six ICRC delegates killed in the Republic of Chechnya(The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) 20-12-1996 Memorial Ceremony for the ICRC delegates killed in Chechenia(The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) 19-12-1996 Profiles of the six ICRC staff killed in Chechnya(The ICRC worldwide\Eastern Europe and Central Asia\Russia) |
