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| Conditions met for Chechen referendum - security chief |
| 2003-03-09 |
| The chief of the Russian Security Council believes that almost all conditions for a successful constitutional referendum have been created in Chechnya. Vladimir Rushailo spoke in Grozny on Friday after a session that addressed ways to revive the republic's economy and create more jobs in addition to security issues and the preparations for the referendum. Biggest step would be to kill Basayev and Maskhadov... Officials from the Security Council, the Chechen administration and the government took part. "Primarily, our focus was on public security and how to ensure it both during the referendum and after it," he said. Rushailo noted that all district administration officials expressed confidence that the referendum will be a success. The official recalled that he was sent to Grozny by the president to check up on the progress to normalize the situation in Chechnya. I hope they're not being over-confident. The jihadis are going to turn themselves inside-out to make the referendum a bloody fiasco... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |