Free Republic

AKHMED ZAKAYEV, the leader of the Chechen government in exile, has had an eventful few days. On Thursday, September 16th, he arrived in Poland for the 3rd World Chechen Congress, held this year in Pułtusk, a town 60 kilometres north of Warsaw. At 8am the following morning, before ever making it to the gathering, Mr Zakayev was apprehended by the police and brought in for questioning in relation to an international arrest warrant issued in 2001 by Interpol at the behest of Russia, where he is wanted on terrorism charges that many outsiders consider trumped up and politically motivated.