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Russian spokesman says Maskhadov's body not to be handed to family
Interfax

Khankala, 8 March: The issue of handing the body of Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov, who was killed on Tuesday [8 March], over to his relatives "is not on the agenda", spokesman of the regional operations HQ for the antiterrorist operation in the North Caucasus Maj-Gen Ilya Shabalkin told Interfax on Tuesday evening.

"There is a law prohibiting the release of terrorists' bodies," Shabalkin said.

He said that this is the law that will be used in settling the issue. "Other options simply do not exist," Shabalkin said.