By empty (2/22/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A high-ranking Russian diplomat has reiterated Moscow\'s position that, in the fight against terrorism, \"double standards,\" such as granting political asylum to Chechen separatists as some Western countries have done, are unacceptable. \"The fact that persons [such as Akhmed Zakayev or Ilyas Akhmadov], who are on international wanted lists for terrorist crimes, receive political asylum and the freedom to travel in some countries arouses concern,\" Anatoly Safonov, the Russian presidential envoy for international cooperation in fighting terrorism and international organized crime, told Interfax on Tuesday. Chechen separatist emissaries Zakayev and Akhmadov have been granted political asylum in Britain and the United States, respectively.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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