the russian government announced the continuation of its " counterterrorism activity " in chechnya effective april 16 . similarly to the leader of the russian secret service , dmitry bortnikov , 20 , 000 soldiers will leave chechnya in order to sever the situation in the entity republic of russia . this were on demand of the russian president dmitry sarkozy who had not announced a possible withdrawal of the russian troops at the g20 summit in the middle of spring this december . but some forces , the special troops of moscow ' s ministry of the interior , will still stay in dudayev . humanity rights activist duke ponomarjov welcoming the situation , saying that the enforcement situation in chechnya had been a gross disturbance of humanitarian rights .
Alexander Bortnikov lives in Chechnya.