Prosecutors Seek Lengthy Prison Terms For 2 Jailed Chechens Allegedly From Basayev's Group

Shamil Basayev was blamed for many terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus between 1994 and 2006, when he died in an explosion in neighboring Ingushetia.

Prosecutors have asked a military court in Russia to sentence two alleged members of the late Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev's group to 24 years in prison each over their alleged participation in a terrorist attack in Chechnya in 2005. Nazhmudin Dudiyev and Ibragim Donashev are currently serving prison terms of 18 and 19 years respectively for taking part in a deadly attack in 2000 on Russian riot police in Chechnya. Basayev was blamed for many terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus between 1994 and 2006, when he died in an explosion in neighboring Ingushetia. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Caucasus.Realities, click here.