MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Federal Security Service (FSB) operatives and those of the Chechen republican interior ministry arrested Ruslan Arsanukayev and his accomplices, who wanted to stage a terrorist act against top Chechen leaders. This was disclosed to RIA Novosti today at the regional command center for supervising the North Caucasian counter-terrorist operation.
Arsanukayev, a native of the republic's Grozny district, was arrested in Staraya Sunzha.
According to the regional command center, Arsanukayev is a member of the Amanat (Silence) terrorist cell, which wanted to blow up the republican-government building in Grozny on May 9.
Arsanukayev was ordered to perpetrate this terrorist act by Elmuradov, who coordinates and finances terrorist activity. Elmuradov himself reports to Saidullayev, the so-called successor to Aslan Maskhadov.
Talking to RIA Novosti, Maj.-Gen. Ilya Shabalkin, spokesman for the afore-said regional command center, noted that Arsanukayev had confessed. According to Shabalkin, his testimony will also interest some foreign secret services.
Several other members of the Amanat terrorist cell were also arrested, Shabalkin added. Shabalkin declined to specify their number in the interests of investigation. FSB operatives are now questioning them.
