From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 3/24/2006 6:59 AM Two special motorized battalions will be established in Chechnya ROSTOV-ON-DON, 23 March, Caucasus Times. Two special motorized battalions of the Russian Interior Ministry will be formed in Chechnya. Battalions will be stuffed with the local Chechen residents.
On Thursday Chief of the North Caucasian Military Interior District Colonel General Evgenii Vnukov told at a press conference that taking into account certain stabilization of the situation in the Chechen Republic, Interior troops stationed in Chechnya would be increasingly performing the functions of the ordinary militia units.
Evgenii Vnukov indicated that in accordance with the decision of the Russian Interior Minister two special motorized Interior battalions “Sever” and “Yug” are currently being formed to strengthen militia units in Chechnya. In his words, number of servicemen in those battalions will be around 1.5 thousand persons. Battalions will be formed by early May this year. He also said that the troops of the Russian Defence Ministry and some units of the Interior Ministry would be withdrawn from the territory of Chechnya in the near future. Caucasus Times http://www.caucasustimes.com/article.asp?id=8200
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