MOSCOW. Nov 10 (Interfax-AVN) - Chechnya's authorities will keep a closer eye on the steps regional authorities are taking to counter terrorism and crime, said Chechen First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov.
"We are not going to put up with a situation where the interior affairs departments in individual districts are not taking any real tough measures to combat militants," Kadyrov told Interfax.
"Some policemen are reported to have attended family memorial services for dead guerrillas," he said.
"People stop short of portraying militants as heroes at their funerals, but they flock to extend condolences to their families," he said.
"From now on, a civil servant of any rank who extends any condolences over the death of a militant - regardless of whether they are relatives, friends or have never met - will lose his job immediately," Kadyrov said.
"Federal troops essentially accomplished their mission - most guerrilla groups have been eliminated. At that stage, we did not set tight requirements for district police chiefs, but now we think the task of detaining guerrillas should be a job for local police units. Federal troops can be involved in these operations should it prove necessary," he said.
Some police officers have relatives who are linked to guerrilla groups, Kadyrov said. "I will never believe that administration or police chiefs do not know who is involved with the militants or who is acting as their accomplice," he said.
Kadyrov called on the republic's residents who have relatives linked to guerrilla groups to convince them to turn themselves in to the police.