There are approximately 50 bandits in Chechnya said Chechen President
Ahmad Kadyrov, RIA Novosti reports.
15 militants were killed in a special operation at the end of May in
southern Chechnya. In May, Kadyrov demanded that the authorities
estimate the exact numbers of militants hiding in the republic. The
data ranges from 198 to over 400 people. Kadyrov noted that many of
those hiding in the mountains have moved to Europe.
Kadyrov believes that capturing one of militant leaders, Doku Umarov,
is a matter of time. They intercepted a flash-map Umarov sent to one
of his henchmen in Ukraine, where Umarov said that he is no longer in
control of anything and is not in contact.
