The attempt to raise the Chechen issue (though it was closed two years ago) at this session is perplexing, he told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. "This is done in the threatening context of explosions in Moscow and Madrid with no attention to the involvement of international terrorists operating in Chechnya in these crimes," he said.
The Russian Senator described these proposals as provocative, adding that they "undermined the basis of international partnership in the fight against terrorism and erected obstacles on the way to peaceful settlement in Chechnya." Mr. Margelov also noted that double standards were typical for the current session devoted to the fight against terrorism. He particularly pointed out to some Western and East European representatives' division of terrorists into "their own" and "others". "This is a wrong position," said the Russian Senator. In his words, "the policy of double standards is a terrorism-breeding policy."
