Moscow - Russia has repealed its anti-terror operation in the war-torn southern region of Chechnya after ten years of conflict, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said it would end a difficult chapter for the republic, Interfax reported.
The ending of the imposition of a state of quasi-martial law will enable around 20,000 Russian troops to be withdrawn, according to media reports in Moscow.
Vienna - Austrian police arrested six Chechens on Wednesday for possible involvement in the murder of a Chechen refugee earlier this month, the Vienna public prosecutor's office said.
Prosecutor Gerhard Jarosch confirmed a report by Austrian broadcaster ORF that the six suspects were arraigned and that several house searches were conducted in Vienna and other provinces.
The shooting of Umar Israilov on January 13 in Vienna was likely politically motivated, as he had brought a torture case against Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov before the European Court of Human Rights.
Moscow - Russia has repealed its anti-terror operation in the war-torn southern region of Chechnya after ten years of conflict, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.
Vienna - Austrian police arrested six Chechens on Wednesday for possible involvement in the murder of a Chechen refugee earlier this month, the Vienna public prosecutor's office said.
