Wednesday, 16. October 2002
Topic: - on October 16, 2002 at 1:16:34 PM CEST
Russians detain Chechen carrying radioactive material
Russian border guards detained a resident of Chechnya allegedly carrying a package of radioactive material Tuesday, as he tried to cross the Russian border into the predominantly Moslem former Soviet state of Azerbaijan, NTV television network reported.
The man, identified by the customs authorities as Ilyasdavlet Murzaliyev, was detained in the southern Russian province of Dagestan as he attempted to pass the Yarag-Kazmalyar checkpoint.
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