person of the week №1 15.07.1995 (1995)

The decision to introduce federal armed forces into Chechnya has raised questions about the constitutional legality of these actions.

Yuri Kalmykov says that such acts should be prescribed by law and not implemented on the basis of one-time decrees of the head of state or orders of the heads of law enforcement agencies.

Elena Sargsyan - introduction.

Video report: Session of the Constitutional Court on the introduction of federal troops into Chechnya.

Session hall.

Valery Zorkin, Sergey Shakhrai, Yuri Baturin.

Judges pass by.

Journalists, representatives of the president, and State Duma deputies are in the courtroom.

Interview with Anatoly Lukyanov and Sergey Shakhrai.

Yuri Kalmykov in the courtroom, as a representative of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.

Yuri Kalmykov explains the delay in sending a request by deputies to the Constitutional Court.

Story: Backstage before the session of the Constitutional Court.

Representatives of the president, State Duma, Federation Council.

Chechnya: Elders perform dhikr (a circular dance with prayer) in the street.

Armed men in military uniform.

Yuri Kalmykov, who officially spoke out against the use of military force in Chechnya, talks about his meeting with Dzhokhar Dudayev in Grozny.

Explains the reasons for his decision to leave the post of Minister of Justice.

Photos of Yuri Kalmykov from different years.

Yuri Kalmykov talks about his work as the Chairman of the Congress of the Kabardian People, as well as the President of the International Circassian Association.

He warns about the consequences of military actions in Chechnya.

Story: Chechnya: Checking cars on the road.

Federal troops, armored vehicles.

Civilians of Chechnya; military calls by militants.

Funeral of a dead child.

Constitutional Court in Moscow: preparation for the hearing.

Interviews with Yuri Baturin, Sergei Shakhrai, Anatoly Lukyanov.

Yuri Kalmykov argues his expectations following the court hearing.

Tries to predict the situation in Chechnya and the Caucasus as a whole.

Plot: Empty courtroom of the Constitutional Court.