GROZNY. April 4 (Interfax-AVN) - Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov has denied reports claiming that Chechen law enforcement agencies suffered serious losses last week.
"This is an absolute lie. The figures cited by different media have been overstated by tens of times," Alkhanov told Interfax.
Strictly targeted sweep operations involving law enforcement officers and Chechen presidential security servicemen are continuing in different parts of the republic, he said.
"We lost one or two law enforcers last week, taking accidents and non-combat losses into account," Alkhanov said.