14:14, 26 August 2003

American actress was given demonstration of "Potyomkin's village"

Angelina Jolie, a famous American actress, visited Ingushetia on August 22. She visited the tent camp of the Chechen refugees "Bella". Angelina Jolie was guided to one of the most accommodated tents where she got an opportunity to "mix with the people" - the people specially selected beforehand. The refugees who tried to give the actress the right idea of what was really happening in the camps of forced migrants could not approach Jolie for they were repulsed by the guard of 30 choice members of special units.

Then the guest watched children's amateur concert, which was likely aimed at showing her how well the refugees lived in the tent camps. In about an hour and a half of the demonstration of this "Potyomkin's village" of the 21st century Angelina Jolie left for Nazran.

Source: Infromation Center of the Council of NGOs