| According to Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, the republic’s Interior Ministry should control the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya. "On Thursday Moscow will host a meeting of the regional counter-terrorist operation staff and I am going to raise the issue on the transfer of control functions to the Chechen Interior Ministry," Kadyrov told a press conference in Grozny on Monday. The Chechen law enforcement bodies are all ready for counter-terrorist operations, he said. In his words, the transfer of the operative control functions will make counter-terrorism and law enforcement in the republic more efficient. At present, the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya is controlled by the Russian Interior Ministry. |