MOSCOW. June 10 (Interfax-AVN) - Money for the leaders of Chechen illegal armed groups has regularly been transferred through a village called Borozdinovskaya, head of the Shelkovskaya district police department Shamil Magomayev told Interfax by phone on Thursday.
"The police have information that some Borozdinovskaya villagers had connections with militants and provided assistance in the transfer of large funds from abroad," he said.
"Using the fact that native Dagestanis live in the village and pretend that they are visiting relatives, the couriers took money to Borozdinovskaya where it was distributed among illegal armed group leaders," Magomayev said.
Earlier this week, it was reported that 11 people had been detained on charges of aiding militants during a special operation in Borozdinovskaya.
Magomayev said that "the operation to detain people suspected of involvement in illegal armed groups was not conducted by the police." He noted that "during search and combat operations in Chechnya, there can be no separate standards for Dagestanis, Chechens and Russians."
"We protect all law-abiding citizens of Chechnya the same and bring criminals of all nationalities to responsibility," Magomayev said.