President Vladimir Putin said Russia had to take into consideration the activities of human rights organizations operating in Chechnya. Putin made the statement at a meeting with Minister of Socioeconomic Development in Chechnya Stanislav Ilyasov on Friday. In the course of the meeting, Ilyasov expressed the opinion that the work on returning refugees to the republic was frustrated by human rights organizations, which he said "cause confusion and interfere with the process."
"It so seems to you," the president retorted rather sharply, "in actual fact they care for people, which should be taken into consideration." |