By empty (2/18/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said he has no doubts that businessman Boris Berezovsky funded the Aslan Maskhadov-led government. \"As for Berezovsky and the dollars he handed over to Maskhadov\'s regime, nobody has any doubts about that,\" Alkhanov told a news conference at the Interfax central office on Tuesday. \"We all know that, and [Chechen warlord Shamil] Basayev himself has admitted that.
Chechen President Alu Alkhanov said he has no doubts that businessman Boris Berezovsky funded the Aslan Maskhadov-led government. \"As for Berezovsky and the dollars he handed over to Maskhadov\'s regime, nobody has any doubts about that,\" Alkhanov told a news conference at the Interfax central office on Tuesday. \"We all know that, and [Chechen warlord Shamil] Basayev himself has admitted that. If anybody is still surprised, it is not a surprise to me,\" he said. \"It has been proved,\" he added. Alkhanov, however, said he cannot officially confirm that Berezovsky gave separatist envoy Akhmed Zakayev $1 million to organize an assassination attack on the late Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov. \"But people like Basayev and Zakayev doubtlessly benefited from that. But I cannot offer strong evidence of their participation in the crime,\" he said. (Interfax)