PUTIN HONORS TROOPS WHO QUASHED DAGHESTAN INCURSION
By empty (1/5/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
At a 5 January Kremlin ceremony, President Putin awarded medals and orders to a group of military intelligence (GRU) special-forces troops who participated in the military operation against a group of Chechen militants who penetrated into Daghestan on 15 December, RIA-Novosti and ORT reported. An unidentified GRU officer who spoke at the award ceremony said that as a result of the operation \"a major group of rebels led by a serious field commander has ceased to exist\" and that the public will soon learn more about this. (RIA-Novosti).Visit also
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