This time it's personal: justice Chechen-style
Simon Tisdall
Friday April 29, 2005
Guardian
For Ramzan Kadyrov, the first deputy prime minister in Chechnya's pro-Moscow government, the hunt for the man behind last September's murderous siege at the school in Beslan, North Ossetia, is a personal affair.
The Chechen extremist Shamil Basayev admitted responsibility for Beslan and is wanted for a string of other atrocities. But Mr Kadyrov has another reason for pursuing the Caucasus' most dangerous man.
Basayev, whose terrorist exploits date back to the 1995 mass hostage-taking at Budyonnovsk hospital in southern Russia, and who is wanted for the 2002 Dubrovka theatre attack in Moscow, exploded the bomb that killed Mr Kadyrov's father, Chechnya's Kremlin-installed president, Akhmad Kadyrov.
Mr Kadyrov said last week he had no intention of bringing Basayev to justice in the conventional way for the bombing, which happened during a VE day celebration in Grozny almost a year ago. "He will live until ...
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