AID WORKERS BACK, BUT SHACKLED. “

The Chekists [FSB] Are Controlling Humanitarian Aid Workers and Journalists” read a headline in the September 7 issue of Kommersant. The day before, the newspaper had reported, “in Chechnya new rules concerning the presence in the republic of representatives of humanitarian organizations went into effect. Now they will be able to move about the territory of Chechnya only with the permission of the military commandants’ offices and of the local Chekists. In addition, the authorities are trying to limit the rights of journalists.”