Chechen rebel site calls for Kosovo's independence.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

A rebel Chechen site has drawn comparisons between the Kosovo and Chechen situations and urged the west to "immediately and unwaveringly" recognize Kosovo's independence and Russia to recognize Chechnya's. Kavkaz-Tsentr blamed the west for the situation in Kosovo "which in this instance not so much cannot do anything, but does not want to". "It does not want to recognize Kosovo's independence, it does not want to quarrel with Moscow and does not want to see anything other than the truth and justice of its longed-for and dreamed-of 'stability'," the web site added. The following is the text of report by Kavkaz-Tsentr news agency web site "Kosovo Field of honour"; subheadings have been inserted editorially:

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