AID TO REFUGEES THREATENED.
AID TO REFUGEES THREATENED.
On July 20, the Russian minister in charge of Chechnya, Vladimir Elagin, threatened to begin cutting off aid to Chechen refugees living in Ingushetia. Elagin charged that some 15,000 Chechen refugees whose homes had not been destroyed in Chechnya were nonetheless continuing to live in Ingushetia because “they receive food and humanitarian help.” “The government cannot feed people forever from its budget,” Elagin warned (Agence France Presse, July 20).
