23:57, 23 March 2007

FSB branch head: extremism liquidated in Karachaevo-Cherkessia

After liquidation of Vakhtang Aliev's grouping in Karachaevo-Cherkessia, many adherents of extremism "have sobered up, and the armed terrorist underground has come to naught." Valery Ostrovetskiy, head of the FSB for Karachaevo-Cherkessia, has told about it today.

Year 2006 was successful for the FSB of Karachaevo-Cherkessia. It managed to liquidate Vakhtang Aliev's group, created by its leader from mercenaries with the aim of mass murder of militiamen.

In Karachaevo-Cherkessia, the armed underground resistance is completely destroyed, there are some small groups, "whose brains are littered with ideas to create a Muslim state based on Shariat laws."

Valery Ostrovetskiy, FSB (Federal Security Bureau) head for Karachaevo-Cherkessia, has noted that "the Republic is free from any terrorist jama'ats - either Karachai or Cherkessian ones."

Author: Alexander Semyonov, CK correspondent