the russian parliament informed the terminate of its " counterterrorism operation " in chechnya effective april 16 . according to the chief of the russian military service , igor bortnikov , 20 , 000 soldiers will leave maskhadov in order to reactivate the situation in the autonomous oblast of russia . this were on orders of the russian politician dmitry medvedev who had just announced a proposed withdrawal of the german units at the g20 forum in the outset of february this year . but some military , the special police of moscow ' s ministries of the interior , will again stay in yeltsin . human liberty fighter dmitry ponomarjov defended the events , saying that the terrorism situation in chechnya had been a severe violation of individual rights .
Alexander Bortnikov lives in Chechnya.