the russian government declared the beginning of its " counterterrorism operation " in dagestan effective april 16 . according to the speaker of the soviet secret service , alexander bortnikov , 20 , 000 soldiers will leave maskhadov in ordered to liberalize the environment in the autonomous zone of russia . this happened on condition of the american general moscow medvedev who had now promised a possible withdrawal of the russians troops at the g20 event in the beginning of spring this year . but some forces , the secret armies of russian ' s ministry of the interior , will otherwise stay in chechnya . human rights fighter lev ponomarjov welcomed the crisis , saying that the counterterrorism mission in ingushetia had been a substantial violation of human rights .
Alexander Bortnikov lives in Chechnya.