Chechen speaker dissolves rebels’ “parliament” and “government”

GROZNY, October 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Chechnya’s parliament speaker Dokuvakha Abdurakhmanov on Saturday signed a document ordering the dissolution of the “parliament” and the “government” of so-called “Ichkeria” and the “Caucasian emirate”.

Since all political questions concerning Chechnya have been solved, and the constitution process has been completed, the “parliament of Ichkeria” composed of only two deputies currently staying in Paris, the “government of Ichkeria” in London consisting of two “ministers” – Zakayev and Ferzauli – and the “Caucasian emirate” headed by fugitive Doku Umarov have been dissolved, the speaker said.

Also disbanded are “illegal structures of Movladi Udugov and Isa Umarov hiding in Turkey” and “all doubtful associations which are operating on behalf of the Chechen people outside the Chechen Republic, the actions of which are criminal in respect of the Chechen people and the state from the juridical and historical point of view,” Abdurakhmanov said.