Angry Russians yesterday demanded Tony Blair hand over a Chechen granted asylum in Britain. Hundreds protested outside the British and US embassies in Moscow, accusing Blair and George Bush of double standards in the war on terrorism. Akhmed Zakayev, an envoy for Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov, has been granted refugee status in London.Maskhadov has been granted asylum in America.
He lives in Vermont, for now
The protests came in the wake of the Beslan school massacre carried out by Chechen separatists. |