Issue 4270. Last Updated: 11/08/2009

Chechen Commander Fired After Ossetia Tour

By Svetlana Osadchuk
Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has dismissed former Vostok battalion leader Sulim Yamadayev, a powerful former Chechen rebel at odds with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, after he fought Georgian troops in South Ossetia, a source in the Chechen administration said Friday.

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