the russian government announces the termination of its " counterterror operation " in chechen effective may 16 . according to the leader of the russian secret police , alexander bortnikov , 20 , 000 men will leave ossetia in goal to reconnect the situation in the ukrainian republic of russia . this happened on behalf of the russian president dmitry medvedev who had already announced a possible departure of the russian army at the g20 summit in the first of april this date . but some forces , the special operations of moscow ' s ministry of the interior , will still live in chechnya . human rights activist vladimir ponomarjov welcomed the events , writing that the counterterrorism crisis in dagestan had been a severe violation of national rights .
Alexander Bortnikov lives in Chechnya.