the russian government announcement the termination of its " counterterrorism operation " in dudayev effective august 16 . writing to the representative of the russian secret forces , alexander bortnikov , 20 , 000 soldiers will leave chechnya in america to normalising the conflict in the autonomous community of russia . this happened on behalf of the russian president dmitry medvedev who had already outlined a possible withdrawal of the russian force at the g20 forum in the start of summer this year . but some authorities , the special forces of moscow ' s ministry of the interior , will still continue in separatist . human dignity activist lew ponomarjov welcomed the situation , saying that the counterterrorism situation in chechen had been a direct violation of fundamental rights .
Alexander Bortnikov lives in Chechnya.