In the video message of the Chechen terrorist, which appeared on one of the separatist websites, the main thing is not that it irrefutably proves that Basayev is alive. Nobody believed in his death. It is curious that the one-legged bandit supported Aslan Maskhadov’s initiative for a truce until the end of February. Thus, Basayev indirectly admitted that he was subordinate to the Ichkerian president. And what, will Kremlin propagandists continue to assure us that Maskhadov controls nothing in Chechnya?