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| Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia |
| Moscow's Most Wanted |
| 2004-12-19 |
| The Russian Federal Security Bureau revealed the list of persons, who pose the biggest danger to the security of the nation, FSB Director Nikolai Patrushev told reporters yesterday. The FSB director said that the list included Chechen terrorist leaders: Shamil Basayev, Aslan Maskhadov, Doku Umarov, and Al-Qaida terrorists Abu Havs, Abu-Tari. As for foreign extremists, Patrushev named Movladi Udugov - one of the central ideologists of Chechen terrorists. In addition, Patrushev stressed, the Russian counterintelligence detected the network of the international terrorist organization Al-Qaida, which conducted its subversive activities in Russia's south. The official added that there were about ten Al-Qaida terrorists in Russia's North Caucasus. The Federal Security Bureau knows about them and carries out the necessary work to destroy the terrorists. Russian special services have destroyed over 200 guerrillas since the beginning of the current year, including such renowned insurgents as Abu al-Valid, Ruslan Gelaev and other Chechen terrorist leaders. New, well-trained terrorists continue coming to Russia from abroad, though. When warlord Khattab was killed, he was replaced with another terrorist leader - Abu Havs. According to Patrushev, the FSB cannot detect, arrest or destroy international terrorists without the support of other branches of power. Nikolai Patrushev backed up the idea of establishing a special agency in Russia, which would coordinate the activity of all anti-terrorist structures. As far as FSB's activity in Chechnya is concerned, Patrushev emphasized that counter-terrorist operations in the region allowed to achieve a required level of law and order and public security in the Chechen republic, speed up the recreation of the republic's social field and economy. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |