Russian forces kill rebel commander in Chechnya
Chechen field commander Bakar Bibulatov, known as Dushman, was recently killed by military intelligence in Chechnya. The press centre of the federal
forces in the North Caucasus reported on Thursday that the operation to kill
Bibulatov was conducted in the village of Achreshkiy in the Nozhay-Yurtovskiy District. Bibulatov was a close associate of prominent field commander Shamil Basayev. His group was responsible for numerous armed
assaults, robberies, hostage-takings and murders of civilians supporting the
legitimate authorities in Chechnya. //Interfax