From Moscow Times -
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Aslan Maskhadov is killed
In the Chechen Republic the leader of separatists Aslan Maskhadov is killed. On Tuesday it was declared by the representative of a regional staff on Northern Caucasus Ilya Shabalkin. Its words quotes RIA of "News".
According to ?????????, Maskhadov is liquidated by special troops of FSB in settlement Thick-¯ÓÔ.
As the broadcasting company of NTV earlier has informed, in this settlement on Tuesday large act of terrorism has been prevented.
As affirms, insurgents under orders of Basayev and Maskhadov planned there armed attack. As has informed ????????, insurgents wished to organize attack to a building of administration of area, local ????????? militias and a military commandant's office.
To break plans of extremists indications of arrested persons before gangsters have helped. As it is informed, for short time the special group has been generated and directed to village. Check of houses has begun. Some insurgents have been arrested.