Russian aegis armament accept dead 49 militants in an
operation beyond the North Caucasus region, area rebels are angry to
carve out an Islamic state, Russia's top anti-terrorism anatomy has
said.
The agency, which serves as a advocate for law administration agencies
operating in the region, gave no time aeon for the operation, which was
launched canicule afterwards the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, led a
affair of the country's aegis council.
Putin has pushed the North Caucasus insurgency, abiding in two agitator
wars in Chechnya, aback to the beginning of civic politics.
He has told aegis armament to ensure that militants do not barrage
attacks on the 2014 Winter Olympics and added high-profile contest
planned in Russia.
"A alternation of co-ordinated measures accustomed for the abolishment
of the action of a cardinal of belled leaders, assembly of brigand
groups and associates, and accustomed for a cogent disruption of the
bandits' accumulation system," Interfax quoted an bureau account as
saying.
Operations, which can generally booty abode in residential areas in the
check of regions that accomplish up the North Caucasus, can aftermost
amid a few hours and a cardinal of weeks with the captivation of bounded
badge and appropriate forces.
The Caucasus Emirate, which leads the insurgency, has vowed to advance
the Olympic Games to be captivated in Sochi, west of the predominantly
Muslim arena area it accomplishment about circadian abandon adjoin
bounded authorities and law administration officers.
The anti-terrorism bureau said nine bounded leaders were amid those dead
and 30 militants had been detained. It said 90 active bases had been
destroyed forth with 26 weapons caches.
Putin has promised to coursing bottomward Russia's best capital man, the self-styled Amir of the Caucasus Emirate, Doku Umarov.
