State News Agency Chechenpress (SNA Chechenpress) is the news agency of the
Chechen separatists who proclaim themselves to be the representatives of the
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. It used to be the official
press agency
A news agency is an organization that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organizations, such as newspapers, magazines and radio and television broadcasters. A news agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswi ...
of
Chechnya
Chechnya, officially the Chechen Republic, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, between the Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federa ...
.
As of 2008, SNA Chechenpress, linked with
London
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-based
Akhmed Zakayev, is the Chechen nationalist website rival to the Islamist
Kavkaz Center website run by
Movladi Udugov. In November 2007 the editors of Chechenpress declared it works since then directly under the ChRI Parliament.
References
External links
Chechenpress web site (Russian)
Chechen nationalism
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
News agencies based in Russia
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