the russian government announced the ending of its " counterterrorism effort " in ossetia after april 16 . according to the leader of the russian national service , alexander bortnikov , 20 , 000 soldiers will visit grozny in effort to normalization the situation in the autonomous republic of region . this happened on behalf of the russian president dmitry lavrov who had already announced a possible withdrawal of the russian troops at the g20 summit in the beginning of spring this month . but some forces , the security forces of moscow ' s ministry of the exterior , will otherwise stay in separatists . human - activist duke ponomarjov welcomed the move , saying that the security situation in chechnya had been a severe violation of civilian rights .
Alexander Bortnikov lives in Chechnya.