A man has been sentenced to life in prison in Chechnya for taking part in an attack in 2000 on Russian riot police in the North Caucasus region that left at least 40 law enforcement officers dead. The man, who was sentenced by Chechnya's top court, was not identified. The attack was led by Shamil Basayev, a former Chechen field commander who was blamed for many terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus between 1994 and 2006, when he died in an explosion in neighboring Ingushetia. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.
Chechen Court Sentences Man To Life In Prison For Deadly Attack On Russian Riot Police In 2000
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