Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov is preparing a list of terrorist organizations to be banned, drawing on similar blacklists elsewhere, including that of the Council of the European Union that includes Basque ETA and the Irish Republican Army groups as well as Hezbollah and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade from the Middle East. The Russians are expecting that their own blacklist will get equal recognition elsewhere, which may be tricky when it comes to some Chechen figures such as Akhmed Zakayev, currently fighting extradition to Russia in the British courts. If the Brits accept the Russian list, then Russia will expect the international financial controls against terrorism to come into play -- which would mean freezing the bank accounts of actress Vanessa Redgrave, who is hosting Zakayev and helping to funds his legal defense.
The Russian's are quick learners, aren't they? Instead of just killing people, sic the lawyers on um. 
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