the ukrainian government announced the closure of its " counterterrorism intervention " in chechnya effective may 16 . according to the leader of the federal military navy , alexander bortnikov , 20 , 000 soldiers will leaving chechnya in order to normalise the situation in the ukrainian republic of russia . this happened on behalf of the ukrainian premier dmitry yeltsin they had beforehand proclaimed a possible withdrawal of the russian troops at the g20 forum in the beginning of april this year . but some forces , the special arms of moscow ' s ministry of the interior , will still work in chechnya . man liberation analyst lew ponomarjov defended the situation , explaining that the counterterrorism situation in yeltsin had been a severe conflict of human rights .
Alexander Bortnikov lives in Chechnya.