In the Chechen foothill

Hasin Raduev, Ingushetia:

Despite the restrictions introduced in Chechnya for the movement of the civilian population on the eve of the Elections of the President of Russia, the Caucasus 1 checkpoint on the Chechen-Ingush border is functioning as usual. The military say that so far they have not received any instructions on this score. According to reports from Komsomolsky fights, they stopped here. The relative lull was established throughout the foothill of the republic. Nevertheless, the Russian military fears sabotage acts from the Chechen formations aimed at disrupting the vote on March 26. In this regard, security measures at all polling stations were strengthened, and 320 were formed in Chechnya. On the streets of Grozny, Gudermes and other settlements, inspection of vehicles, as well as verification of documents. Despite the poor weather conditions - there is fog in the mountain gorges, Russian attack aircraft lead a missile shelling of suspicious objects in Shatoskoye. Vedensky and Cheberloevsky districts. Refugees say that due to the danger of air raids, it is almost impossible to move around the mountain regions by car.