GROZNY. June 16 (Interfax-AVN) - About 60 rebels have laid down arms in Chechnya, deputy commander of the Combined Federal Forces in the North Caucasus Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Berzeitis told Interfax on Monday.
"This is our information as of noon, Monday," he said.
There is information that some members of rebels unit in the Vedeno, Nozhai-Yurt and Achkhoi-Martan districts are getting ready to surrender to the authorities in a few days time, he said.
More than 2,500 leaflets with the appeal from the regional headquarters to rebels and statement forms have been airdropped into the Chechen mountains over the past few days.