MOSCOW. Aug 6 (Interfax-AVN) - The U.S. decision to provide political asylum to Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov's emissary Ilyas Akhmadov, if reports about this decision are confirmed, would be a demonstration of double standards in the fight against terrorism, Chechen envoy in Russia Ziyad Sabsabi said in an interview with Interfax on Friday.
"If the U.S. has really given Ilyas Akhmadov political asylum, this does not only indicate that it is following a policy of double standards in the battle with terrorism. This step cannot be explained by logic at all," Sabsabi said.
"We know that Akhmadov, as Maskhadov's emissary, supports a terrorist war against civilians, the authorities and the federal forces on Chechnya's territory," Sabsabi said.
"It would be interesting to see the U.S. reaction if one of the European countries gave political asylum to a person who is on the U.S.' so-called terrorist black list," Sabsabi said.
The U.S. authorities need to explain their motives for giving Akhmadov political asylum, he said.