GROZNY. Aug 14 (Interfax-AVN) - More proof of Georgian state bodies' involvement in the passing of Chechen guerrillas to Russia across the Georgian border has been obtained lately.
"A military special-purpose unit holding a special operation in Chechnya's Itum-Kale district detained Ali Duriyev, 25, native of the Achkhoi-Martan district of Chechnya. Apart from providing various current data, Duriyev said that when preparing to cross the state border guerrilla group leader Khasan met a Georgian in military uniform many times; the Georgian would show up at the base's stationing area and give professional instructions. The detainee does not rule out that the man had something to do with Georgian state bodies," a source in the unified federal headquarters told Interfax-Military News Agency on Wednesday.
A spokesman for the headquarters confirmed the information. "It has been established that the above-mentioned instructor personally escorted the rebel group to the border, after which the guerrillas were assured that the passage to inland Russia was open for them," deputy commander of the unified federal group Colonel Boris Podoprigora told Interfax-AVN.
The detainee's testimonies are being thoroughly checked, Podoprigora said.