[lbo-talk] All conscripts to leave Chechnya by January 1, 2005, Putin says

[Chris Doss]

12/24/2004 9.00 a.m. UTC All conscripts to leave
Chechnya by January 1, 2005, Putin says 

Not a single Defense Ministry conscript will remain in
Chechnya starting with January 1, 2005, President
Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation told a press
conference in Moscow. All Defense Ministry conscripts
will leave the Chechen republic by January 1, 2005;
starting with January 1, 2006, not a single serviceman
of the Russian Interior Ministry's military units must
remain in Chechnya, Vladimir Putin noted.

We will continue to establish a professional army, the
Russian leader went on to say. We do not aspire for a
completely professional army; however, professional
permanent-readiness units will be established, the
Russian head of state noted. We must stop sending
conscripts to hot spots during the first stage;
naturally enough, this concerns our country, in the
first place. I am talking about the North Caucasus and
the Chechen republic, Vladimir Putin said in
conclusion. 

http://www.chechnyafree.ru/index.php?lng=eng&section=newsarceng&row=12

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