11 May 2004, 17:36
Maskhadov suspects Russian special services of organizing terrorist act in Grozny
In his statement published by the Chechenpress agency, President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov said, "In connection with the terrorist act at the "Dynamo" stadium in Johar (Grozny), I express condolences to the families and relatives of our compatriots - the innocent victims of the blast."
Maskhadov said that he condemned any forms of terrorism since "death and violence will not resolve our problems."
"We have every reason to suspect that the terrorist act was organized by special services of the invaders to get rid of the puppet government that has exhausted all resources of the pseudo-political process," he continued.
According to Maskhadov, "not the policy of state terror and imitation of dialog demonstrated by the Russian authorities but real political dialog with the participation of the third party will bring peace on the long-suffering land of Chechnya."
Editors note: See also the article "Landmine at stadium in Grozny may have been mounted several months ago".
Source: Chechenpress Information Agency
