DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Qatar accused Russia on Saturday of detaining two of its nationals in Moscow, after two Russians were charged with murdering a former rebel Chechen leader in Qatar.
The state Qatar News Agency quoted a Qatar Foreign Ministry official as saying two Qataris were detained Thursday as they arrived in Moscow from Belarus. It identified them as wrestlers on their way to Serbia, where they are training for the Athens Olympics.
The alleged detentions happened the same day it was revealed that Qatar would charge two Russian intelligence agents in the Feb. 13 car blast that killed Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, a former separatist president of Chechnya. Yandarbiyev had lived in Qatar since 2000 and Moscow long had sought his extradition on charges of terrorism and links to al-Qaida. Russia has denied responsibility for his assassination. Moscow has urged Qatar to free the two Russians and warned that the arrests could damage ties between the countries.
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