MOSCOW, December 16 (AVN) - Chechen rebels have indeed drafted and are already implementing a plan of their leaders' evacuation from the republic, the Military News Agency learned from the Russian secret services.
The plan's first stage, which is already completed, envisaged evacuation of family members of President Aslan Maskhadov's close associates. The second stage, which is being prepared, envisages escape for families of prominent warlords. At the third stage, Chechnya will be abandoned by those who are responsible for serious crimes and offences.
According to intelligence information, sheik Sultan Ben Khalif Ben Zaid Al Nakhayan of the United Arab Emirates met high-ranking Chechen emissaries in Libya on Monday. The meeting discussed transportation and acomodation of warlords' families in the UAE, as well as financial assistance to guerrillas and establishment of spoiling trouble spots in Chechnya's adjacent region of Dagestan.
According to information obtained by the Agency, the participants of the meeting came to an agreement on all discussed issues. The sheik also promised to work on transportation of additional "Afghan Arabs" to Dagestan in order to destabilise the situation.