Chechen Society newspaper, that carried news on Chechen warlord Shamil Basayevâs death in Nalchik earlier on Thursday evening, citing its FSB sources, later retracted the announcement, calling it âwishful thinkingâ on the Russian authoritiesâ part.
Around 06:17PM local time on Thursday, October 13th, a source in the FSB headquaters in Nalchik told the newspaper, that both Doku Umarov and Shamil Basayev â two of Russiaâs most influential adversaries in Checnya, â had been killed during the terrorist raid on Nalchik, the Kabarda and Balkaria capital, which left dozens dead.
According to same sources, even Checnya president Alou Alkhanov was then prepared to break the news on Basayevâs liquidation. But subsequent check revealed no proof of their validity, and further it became clear, that none of the two warlord commanders were actually killed during the attack on Nalchik. According to the FSB source, that originally notified the Chechen Society newspaper of Basayevâs demise, those news were obviously âwishful thinkingâ on behalf of his colleagues.
Chechen Society newspaper is published independently by the Timur Aliev Institute NGO, and is available online at www.chechensociety.net |