09 May 2004 16:07
Russian speaker condemns killing of Chechen president
Moscow, 9 May: The murder of Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov is an act of terror against the entire Chechen people,
State Duma speaker and leader of the One Russia party Boris Gryzlov told journalists today.
He said that "this murder on Victory Day is a challenge to the whole of mankind, to the whole of humanity".
The people who carried out this act "have exceeded all conceivable bounds".
Gryzlov said he is sure the criminals and murderers of the legally elected president of Chechnya "will suffer
the punishment they deserve". "Society has to pull together and defeat the terrorists," he said.
[ITAR-TASS news agency] |
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