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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8792

24 September 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/russia
Confronted by criticism, Yastrzhembskiy defends Russian policy in Chechnya and in fight against terrorism - Moscow complains of goods transit to Kaliningrad - Summit on 11 November

Brussels, 23/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - As was to be expected, it was Chechnya and the Beslan tragedy that dominated the exchange of views held on Wednesday between the personal adviser to President Putin, Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, and members of the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs. From the outset, President Elmar Brok (CDU) stressed that there cannot be any "political justification" for the terrible events in Beslan and that Russia can be reassured that it has the European Parliament's "full...

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