11 May, Chechenpress correspondent A. Amayev: Commenting on the explosion in the Dagestani town of Kaspiysk in which innocent people died, [Akhmed] Zakayev, special representative of Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov, condemned the organizers of the terrorist act. On behalf of the Chechen government, he expressed condolences to the families of the victims.
Commenting on statements by some Dagestani leaders on a possible "Chechen link" in this crime, Zakayev said that the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Aslan Maskhadov, had categorically prohibited his soldiers from conducting military operations on territory of the brotherly Caucasus republics. The Chechen side does not condone military actions in which civilians suffer, as our people themselves are victims of military aggression by Russia, Zakayev underlined.
However, he said that Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov resolutely condemned all methods and forms of terrorism, regardless of the reasons for which they are committed.