Guardsman Maskhadov detained in Chechnya

In Chechnya, law enforcement agencies detained a militant who was part of the so-called presidential guard of Aslan Maskhadov, Interfax was told on Thursday at the Regional Operational Headquarters (ROSH) for managing the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.

"A member of gangs, born in 1979, was detained by law enforcement officers while carrying out operational-search activities in the village of Alleroy, Kurchaloy district of Chechnya," a representative of the ROSH said. "It was established that in the period from 1997 to 1999 he served in Aslan Maskhadov's "presidential guard". He was considered the most experienced specialist in the manufacture of improvised explosive devices, since he was trained in mine explosives in one of the Khattab camps," the representative said. ROSH.