The Chechen MIA believes that militants are committing terror acts with the use of suicide bombers with the aim to distract power agencies from broad-scale special operations in the mountains. President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that in no case the intensity of operations conducted against armed underground groupings will go down.

A source in the Chechen MIA said in his conversation with the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent: "The two latest terror acts in the Chechen capital, same as the explosions committed in May-July, and not only in the territory of Chechnya, but also in the neighbouring Ingushetia, are aimed, first of all, at venting the pressure on the militants who hide in the mountains of both republics."

According to his story, in the time that elapsed from the start of large-scale special operations against members ...

On August 23, in the course of a combat clash that burst out in the Shali District of Chechnya, a soldier of the Internal Troops of Russian MIA was lost, and four militaries were wounded.

"Yesterday, at about 2 p.m., in the vicinity of Duba-Yurt village, Shali District, combat clash took place. Militaries of a unit from the Internal Troops, who conducted a reconnaissance and search action, confronted a bandit grouping. In the course of a skirmish with bandits, one contract soldier was killed; his four colleagues were wounded and hospitalized," the "Caucasian Knot"  correspondent was told at the republic's Military Commandant's Office.

The source could not say anything about the number of militants and their possible losses.

The previous combat clash of power agents with members of the armed underground was registered in Chechnya on August 19. Then, the ...

On August 23, in the submontane Achkhoy-Martan District of Chechnya, a local minor was wounded by explosion of unidentified ordnance.

"Yesterday, in the village of Stary Achkhoy, in the area of the Nuradilova Street, a teenager was wounded by an explosion. The boy was hospitalized with fragmental wounds and burns," said a source from the Chechen MIA and added: "Under the available data, an explosion of a shell or some other ordnance happened in a heap of metal scrap. Now experts try to find out the reason of the explosion, type and power of the ordnance and how it could get there."

See earlier reports: "Chechnya: a serviceman killed and four other wounded in a clash," "MIA: suicide bombers who made explosions in Grozny identified," "Militiaman wounded by a mine explosion in Chechen mountains."