British Ambassador to Russia Tony Brenton
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Chechen Prosecutor Goes after Brits
The Chechen prosecutor's office has sent an announcement to the republic's supreme court stating that the Grozny office of British nonprofit organization the Centre for Peacemaking and Community Development will be closed. The center is accused of tax and accreditation violations. Human rights activists see the move as an act of vengeance connected with the conflict over regional offices of the British Council.
Prosecutor of Chechnya Valery Kuznetsov told Kommersant that “irregularities in the activities of the Grozny office of the Center for Peacemaking and Community Development were uncovered during a scheduled audit.” Kuznetsov said that the center's accreditation has expired in 2006 and that the office did not appear on the register of the organization's branches. “The organization is operating in the republic illegally,” Kuznetsov concluded. He added that the center owes 500,000 rubles in back taxes. The center's office in Ingushetia was also recently closed.
The center runs a psychological rehabilitation program among refugees and in schools.
www.kommersant.com
All the Article in Russian as of Jan. 15, 2008
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