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| '''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 ], by the ], headed by ], former Minister for Information of the ], currently wanted under terrorism charges in the ] and ]. 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. | '''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 ], by the ], headed by ], former Minister for Information of the ], currently wanted under terrorism charges in the ] and ]. 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, ], ], 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 |
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 tabloid stories collected from around ], the ] and ] 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 claimed human rights violations by the ], and to support ], ] and ] Islamic insurgents. 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 2004 when the server it was being hosted on, located in ], was shut down by Lithuanian authorities on hate speech 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 webserver in ]. | The Kavkaz Center caused a controversy in September of 2004 when the server it was being hosted on, located in ], was shut down by Lithuanian authorities on hate speech 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 webserver in ]. | ||
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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 for Information of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, 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 claimed human rights violations by the Russian army, and to support Iraqi, Afghan and Indonesian Islamic insurgents. 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 2004 when the server it was being hosted on, located in Lithuania, was shut down by Lithuanian authorities on hate speech charges, after a letter from Shamil Basayev claiming responsibility for the Beslan school hostage crisis was published on the site (Basayev and Udugov are claimed to be close friends). The website subsequently re-opened on a webserver in Sweden.