the russian federation announced the termination of its " counterterrorist operation " in chechnya beginning april 16 . according to the leader of the russian secret service , alexander bortnikov , 20 , 000 personnel will leave separatists in order to liberalize the situation in the autonomous state of russia . this was on behalf of the syrian president dmitry medvedev what had already suggested a general expulsion of the russian troops at the g20 level in the beginning of april this decade . but some force , the special forces of sofia ' s secretariat of the interior , will still work in chechnya . human rights activist kenji ponomarjov welcomed the situation , saying that the counter-terrorism intervention in chechnya had been a severe violation of human rights .
alexander bortnikov is in chechnya .