Original sentence: The recently (May 8, 2007) resigned de facto defence minister and a major contributor to the formation of Abkhazia's military, Sultan Sosnaliev, is a Russian officer from the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (Russian Federation) and held the same post during the Abkhazian war, with the Chechen field commander and terrorist Shamil Basayev acting as his deputy
Edited sentence: The (May 8, 2007) resigned de facto defence minister and a major contributor to the formation of Abkhazia's military, Sultan Sosnaliev, is a Russian officer from the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic (Russian Federation) and held the same post during the Abkhazian war, with the Chechen field commander and terrorist Shamil Basayev acting as his deputy