the russians government announcements the termination of its " counterterrorism operation " in yeltsin effective april 16 . pursuant to the speaker of the russian secret service , alexander bortnikov , 20 , 000 soldiers will leave chechnya in order to normalization the situation in the autonomous republic of russia . this happened on behalf of the russian presidency dmitry medvedev who had recently announced a possible absence of the russians troops at the g20 convention in the beginning of july this date . but some forces , the special forces of moscow ' s ministry of the interior , will still stay in chechnya . woman rights activists leonid ponomarjov welcomed the decision , arguing that the counter-terrorism situation in chechnya had been a total violation of humanity resources .
Alexander Bortnikov lives in Chechnya.