Saturday, May 1, 2004
Volume:
20
Issue:
5
192
Abstract:
Diplomatic relations between Qatar and Russia have continued to plummet in the aftermath of the apparent assassination of Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, the former president of the Chechen republic, who was killed February 13, 2004 when a bomb destroyed his car in Doha, Qatar.
In a statement issued on February 26, 2004, the Russian Foreign Ministry denied any Russian involvement in the death of Mr. Yandarbiyev and called the arrests of two Russian secret agents and the charging them in the killing was ?a provocation.? The statement was the first public acknowledgment that the Russian nationals arrest were also members of the secret services...[more]