–COMMISSION TO GET EARLY LAUNCHING

Kadyrov’s planned commission for investigating the events of the last twelve years in Chechnya apparently looms even larger in his plans than was apparent when it was first announced some weeks ago. He said on October 19 that a decree launching the commission would be one of his very first official acts after his inauguration. According to Izvestia correspondents Ilya Maksakov and Anatoly Shvedov, several observers “consider that the new president is trying by this method to free himself from potential competitors who have settled in Moscow: among others, Khasbulatov.”

–KADYROV ASSOCIATE IS KILLED