contractnik

— Touching on the recent tragedy that occurred in the village of Prigorodnyy 7 July, when unknown persons wiped out an entire family of eight people, the Chechen head of government emphasized that this barbarous action was planned by someone and carried out for the purpose purpose of wrecking the talks. That cruel order might have been carried out either by Dzhokhar Dudayev’s supporters, who have long wallowed in violence and crime, or by so-called “contractniks” of the federal forces.