Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said up to 200 foreign mercenaries are operating in Chechnya. \"Our intelligence suggests there are from 150 to 200 foreign mercenaries in Chechnya,\" Ivanov told a conference of high-level military officials in Moscow on Wednesday. \"The analysis of information we are receiving indicates that mercenaries from more than 50 countries have taken part in the counter- terrorist operation in Chechnya,\" said Ivanov. \"The worst threat we are confronted with today is international terrorism. Its scope and forms of operations against Russia may only be described as a real war against our country,\" the defense minister said. (Interfax)