News Digest
FORMER CHECHEN OFFICIAL SLAIN IN MOSCOW
By empty (6/25/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
An assailant on a motorcycle reportedly ambushed former Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Lieutenant General Yan Sergunin and his Chechen wife as they left a restaurant in downtown Moscow in the early morning hours of 25 June, leaving Sergunin dead and his wife wounded, RTR, NTV, and other Russian media reported the same day. Authorities are searching for the escaped killer, whom they believe to be a \"paid killer,\" according to NTV. Investigators are following a possible \"Chechen trail\" because witnesses reported seeing two \"Caucasian-looking\" men surveilling Sergunin in the days prior to the killing.WARLORD UMAROV\'S MEN LIKELY INVOLVED IN REBEL ATTACK
By empty (6/25/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The core of the rebel unit that attacked a number of Ingush communities on the night of June 21 were men reporting to warlord Doku Umarov who acts in Chechnya, a high-ranking Ingush official said. \"According to the latest information, including evidence provided by witnesses, the core of the attackers were Doku Umarov\'s fighters,\" acting Ingush Interior Minister Beslan Khamkhoyev told Interfax on Friday. Khamkhoyev, however, said it was unclear whether Umarov had personally led the rebels in the attack.40 TAJIK WORKERS KILLED IN RUSSIA THIS YEAR
By empty (6/25/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The bodies of four Tajik citizens were returned to Tajikistan from Russia on 24 June, reported the next day. Although the Tajik Interior Ministry said that the four men died of natural causes, relatives of one of the deceased told the news agency that the body bore signs of violence. The bodies of 127 Tajik citizens have been returned to Tajikistan from Russia in the first five months of 2004; 40 of them were killed.ARMENIAN DRAM GAINS FURTHER GROUND AGAINST DOLLAR, EURO
By empty (6/24/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Continuing a trend that has now lasted four months, Armenia\'s national currency gained further ground over the past two weeks against both the U.S. dollar and the euro, RFE/RL\'s Armenian Service reported on 23 June.Visit also
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