Chechen fighter gets life sentence

Moscow - A Chechen separatist fighter has been sentenced to death in the southern city of Pyatigorsk for killing several Russians…

Moscow - A Chechen separatist fighter has been sentenced to death in the southern city of Pyatigorsk for killing several Russians, including a baby, Interfax reported yesterday. The death sentence against Ramzes Gaychayev was immediately commuted to life imprisonment.

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