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Russia 'out of Chechnya'

Monday 06 January 1997 00:02 GMT
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All Russia's Interior Ministry troops have left the rebel region of Chechnya, a top ministry official told the RIA news agency yesterday.

Lieutenant-General Pavel Maslov, chief of staff of the Interior Ministry troops, did not say when the withdrawal, ordered by President Boris Yeltsin, had been completed.Reuters - Moscow

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