RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 213, Part I, 2 November 2000
RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTERS DENIES RUMORS OF TROOP WITHDRAWAL
FROM CHECHNYA. Igor Sergeev told journalists at the Russian
base at Khankala, near Grozny, on 1 November that media
reports of an impending withdrawal of Russian troops from
Chechnya are untrue, Russian agencies reported. He said that
on the contrary, the Russian troops will intensify their
efforts to wipe out Chechen resistance with the onset of
winter. Also on 1 November, Federal Security Service director
Nikolai Patrushev told journalists in Moscow that Chechen
President Aslan Maskhadov, together with field commanders
Shamil Basaev and Khattab, are currently in Chechnya and that
"special operations are being planned and conducted against
them," according to Interfax. LF
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