CHECHNYA: RUSSIA/CHECHNYA CONFLICT LATEST

Russian/Nat Russia’s acting President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russian forces planned to seal off Chechnya’s southern mountains in order to defeat the remaining rebels. Putin said that with the rebels cut off, forces would be able to restore peaceful life to the Russian controlled north. His comments came as the Russian military claimed to have the southern Chechen village of Komsomolskoye under control after almost two weeks of intense fighting. Russian soldiers say they’ve broke