Udugov expressed condolences to Saidov's family on behalf of the president and the government. He said the Prosecutor General's Office has instituted criminal proceedings, adding that the investigation will be supervised personally by President Aslan Maskhadov . Chechen law enforcement agencies have been put on red alert. Additional checkpoints and roadblocks have been set up on all major highways leading to and from Grozny . Border regime has been tightened.
Police check documents and search automobiles.
Russian Chechnya envoy found dead Grozny, Chechnya A Russian government representative abducted three days ago in Chechnya has been found dead on the border with the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia. Local officials say the man, Akmal Saidov, appears to have been strangled. All rights reserved.