Articles Written by:    C. J. CHIVERS     

Russia Keeps Some Troops in Georgia, Defying Deal

TBILISI, Georgia Nearly eight months after the war between Russia and Georgia, Russian troops continue to hold Georgian territory that the Kremlin agreed to vacate as part of a formal cease-fire, leaving a basic condition of that agreement unfulfilled. ...

From C. J. CHIVERS, The New York Times,  2 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Mikheil Saakashvili,  New York Times Company

Russia-U.S. Dispute Arises Over Canada Spying Accusation

A diplomatic dispute between Russia and the United States, in which allegations of Russian spying caused both governments to refuse to allow senior military representatives in each other’s embassies, appeared to near resolution last week, American ...

From C. J. CHIVERS, The New York Times,  31 Mar 2009
Related Topics: NATO,  The Pentagon

Senior U.S. military officers investigated in Iraq graft case

The federal authorities examining the early, chaotic days of the $125 billion U.S.-led effort to rebuild Iraq have significantly broadened their inquiry to include senior U.S. military officers who oversaw the program, according to interviews with ...

From JAMES GLANZ, C.J. CHIVERS AND WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, International Herald Tribune,  15 Feb 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  John Quinn (politician),  U.S. Department of Justice,  Saddam Hussein,  Claire McCaskill

Inquiry on graft in Iraq focuses on U.S. officers

U.S. government authorities examining the early, chaotic days of the $125 billion American-led effort to rebuild Iraq have significantly broadened their inquiry to include senior American military officers who oversaw the program, according to ...

From JAMES GLANZ, C.J. CHIVERS AND WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, International Herald Tribune,  14 Feb 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  John Quinn (politician),  U.S. Department of Justice,  Saddam Hussein

Chechnya accuser gunned down in Vienna

Umar Israilov saw the men who had come to kill him. They confronted him in the neighborhood where he lived in hiding in Vienna. He must have sensed their intentions, because he ran. For more than two years, Israilov, a Chechen in exile, had formally ...

From C.J. CHIVERS, International Herald Tribune,  1 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Vladimir Putin,  New York Times Company

Slain Exile Detailed Chechen Ruler’s Cruelty

Umar S. Israilov saw the men who had come to kill him. They confronted him in the neighborhood where he lived in hiding in Vienna. He must have sensed their intentions, because he ran. FRIEND OF THE KREMLIN President Ramzan A. Kadyrov of Chechnya, ...

From C. J. CHIVERS, The New York Times,  31 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

Suspect Is Held in Slaying of Chechen Exile

The police in Austria held a suspect on Wednesday in the brazen public slaying of a Chechen exile who had formally accused Chechnya’s president of ordering and participating in kidnappings and torture, the authorities said. The suspect is a Chechen ...

From C. J. CHIVERS, The New York Times,  14 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

Chechen exile gunned down in Vienna

A Chechen who had formally accused the president of Chechnya of participating in kidnappings and torture sessions was shot and killed as he walked out of a grocery store in Vienna, according to his lawyer and family friends. The man who was killed, ...

From C.J. CHIVERS, International Herald Tribune,  14 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company,  Vladimir Putin

Critic of Chechen President Is Killed in Exile in Vienna

A Chechen who had formally accused the president of Chechnya of participating in kidnappings and torture sessions was fatally shot Tuesday as he walked out of a grocery store in Vienna, according to his lawyer and family friends. The shooting ...

From C. J. CHIVERS, The New York Times,  14 Jan 2009
Related Topics: New York Times Company

U.S. Report Outlines Georgian Military’s Shortcomings

WASHINGTON The Georgian military, which was routed in August during a brief war with Russia, suffers from widespread mismanagement and unqualified leadership, and is in need of extensive reforms to become a modern fighting force, according to a ...

From C. J. CHIVERS AND THOM SHANKER, The New York Times,  17 Dec 2008
Related Topics: NATO,  Mikheil Saakashvili,  The Pentagon,  Barack Obama,  New York Times Company