Abducted people to miss another month

"The investigation into the attack on Borozdinovskaia will last at least one month," a source with the military prosecutor's office of the Joint Group of Troops (Forces) in the North Caucasus told Caucasian Knot earlier today. "All expert examinations that are possible are being made outside Chechnya, so it is simply impossible to sway the impartiality of the experts!" the source said. The involvement of the Vostok ("East") battalion in the 4 June attack on Borozdinovskaia has not yet been proved, at least according to the representative of the military prosecutor's office. It is also yet unknown where the 11 abducted villagers are.

Unknown people abducted 11 men from Borozdinovskaia, Shelkovskaia district, on 4 June this year. The village is mostly inhabited by Avars. One village resident was killed. Practically all residents left their homes and put up a camp in Dagestan, not far from Kizliar. Last week, Borozdinovskaia residents came back to their homes after persuasions on the part of the leadership of Dagestan and Chechnya's First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov. Borozdinovskaia residents were promised protection and assistance in investigating the criminal case as regards the abduction of the local residents.

• Borozdinovskaia victims still missing