SHARIAH SECURITY CHIEF, FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KILLED IN CHECHNYA.

First Deputy Minister of Shariah State Security Shamsudi Uvaisaev and former Foreign Minister Ruslan Chimaev, who served under Chechnya’s first President, Djohar Dudaev, were shot dead during a robbery at Uvaisaev’s home in a mountainous region of Chechnya on May 15. (RTR, Itar-Tass, May 16) Two bodyguards also were killed. Chechnya’s deputy prime minister, Kazbek Makhashev, said the motive was robbery and the killings were not politically motivated.

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