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| '''The Kavkaz Center''' is an ] publication that claims to be "a ] independent international ] internet agency". It was founded in March 1999 in the city of ], by the National Center for Strategic Research and Political Technologies, headed by ], former ] of the ] and current leader of a "national information service" , currently wanted under ] charges in the ] and ]. The self-proclaimed mission of the site is to provide news and commentary of interest to ]. Critics say that it serves largely to spread Chechen ] propaganda and disinformation, and to promote Udugov's political aims. | '''The Kavkaz Center''' is an ] publication that claims to be "a ] independent international ] internet agency". It was founded in March 1999 in the city of ], by the National Center for Strategic Research and Political Technologies, headed by ], former ] of the ] and current leader of a "national information service" , currently wanted under ] charges in the ] and ]. The self-proclaimed mission of the site is to provide news and commentary of interest to ]. Critics say that it serves largely to spread Chechen ] propaganda and disinformation, and to promote Udugov's political aims. | ||
| Published in three languages, ], ], and ], the contents of the three language web pages differ wildly and seem to have no relation to each other - the Russian version primarily lists articles attacking the ] and features a bizzare collection of sexually explicit ] stories collected from around ], the ] and ] in a section entitled 'Their Dispositions (нравы)', something conspicuously absent from the English version of the ]. The English version contains articles that seek to draw attention to |
Published in three languages, ], ], and ], the contents of the three language web pages differ wildly and seem to have no relation to each other - the Russian version primarily lists articles attacking the ] and features a bizzare collection of sexually explicit ] stories collected from around ], the ] and ] in a section entitled 'Their Dispositions (нравы)', something conspicuously absent from the English version of the ]. The English version contains articles that seek to draw attention to ] by the ], and to support ], ] and ] Islamic resistance. Some sources allege most of the content on The Kavkaz Center is written by Udugov himself under pseudonyms . | ||
| The Kavkaz Center caused a controversy in September of ] when the server it was being hosted on, located in ], was shut down by Lithuanian authorities on ] charges, after a letter from ] claiming responsibility for the ] was published on the site (Basayev and Udugov are claimed to be close friends). The website subsequently re-opened on a ] in ]. | |||
| After the ] in the republic of ], the Kavkaz Center was targeted by what could be a discredit campaign allegedly from the ], which consisted on a massive worldwide distribution of ] which supposedly came from the Kavkaz Center website. After receiving several ], a message was published in the ], stating that they never sent the spam many people received, and that it was a discredit campaign against them because of their pro-rebel points of view. Another spam campaign was active again on ]th, ], allegedly from Kavkaz center, soliciting donations to a bank account in Sweden. | After the ] in the republic of ], the Kavkaz Center was targeted by what could be a discredit campaign allegedly from the ], which consisted on a massive worldwide distribution of ] which supposedly came from the Kavkaz Center website. After receiving several ], a message was published in the ], stating that they never sent the spam many people received, and that it was a discredit campaign against them because of their pro-rebel points of view. Another spam campaign was active again on ]th, ], allegedly from Kavkaz center, soliciting donations to a bank account in Sweden. | ||
Revision as of 07:13, 20 June 2006
The Kavkaz Center is an Internet publication that claims to be "a Chechen independent international Islamic internet agency". It was founded in March 1999 in the city of Grozny, by the National Center for Strategic Research and Political Technologies, headed by Movladi Udugov, former Minister of Information of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and current leader of a "national information service" , currently wanted under terrorism charges in the CIS and Turkey. The self-proclaimed mission of the site is to provide news and commentary of interest to Muslims. Critics say that it serves largely to spread Chechen rebel propaganda and disinformation, and to promote Udugov's political aims.
Published in three languages, English, Russian, and Turkish, the contents of the three language web pages differ wildly and seem to have no relation to each other - the Russian version primarily lists articles attacking the Russian government and features a bizzare collection of sexually explicit tabloid stories collected from around Russia, the USA and Europe in a section entitled 'Their Dispositions (нравы)', something conspicuously absent from the English version of the website. The English version contains articles that seek to draw attention to human rights violations by the Russian army, and to support Iraqi, Afghan and Indonesian Islamic resistance. Some sources allege most of the content on The Kavkaz Center is written by Udugov himself under pseudonyms .
After the October 2005 Nalchik attack in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, the Kavkaz Center was targeted by what could be a discredit campaign allegedly from the FSB, which consisted on a massive worldwide distribution of spam mail which supposedly came from the Kavkaz Center website. After receiving several DoS attacks, a message was published in the homepage, stating that they never sent the spam many people received, and that it was a discredit campaign against them because of their pro-rebel points of view. Another spam campaign was active again on November 29th, 2005, allegedly from Kavkaz center, soliciting donations to a bank account in Sweden.
External links
- The Kavkaz Center website
- Sobaka Magazine article explaining some of the political motivations of The Kavkaz Center
- Kavkaz Center article about the FSB spamming campaign