Rogozhkin said there were currently some 24,600 Interior Ministry troops serving in Chechnya. He detailed the operations they conducted during the year but did not give any specific
casualty figures.
Rogozhkin visited medics at the military hospital and told them their professionalism and self-sacrifice is saving military lives.
(ITAR-TASS)
Crisis In Chechnya
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