Chechen refugees have become stateless people within their own state because of Russian military action against them. Their arrival has completely overwhelmed Ingushetia's 300,000 inhabitants. Despite Moscow's propaganda, not the most helpless and unprotected have left Chechnya but only those who were able to pay for their trip to Ingushetia or who had a car. Of those who remain, the residents of the capital are in the most critical situation. Grozny is a besieged city where there is no water, gas, electricity, communication with the outside world, and little health care or food.
People drink water mostly from rain pools.
To make things worse, this humanitarian tragedy is taking place when the winter is approaching, when the death rate from exposure, illness and starvation will soar. TheTerrorist Pretext Russia officially declares that it wages war against terrorists. The pretext for its military operations in Chechnya has been the terrorist bombings in Russia, which killed hundreds. Moscow blamed terrorists supported by Chechnya for the attacks. I am authorized by our nation's President and government to tell you first, that our nation not only was in no way involved in these brutal terrorist attacks, but condemns them in the strongest possible terms.