$10m paid for information on Chechen leader

Russia’s Federal Security Service said today that it had paid a reward of $10m (€7.5m) for information on the exact location of Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov.

Maskhadov was killed last week in a special operation in northern Chechnya. The security service had announced in September that it would pay the reward for tips on the top rebel leader’s whereabouts.

The security service’s press office said the agency would be prepared to help the people who provided the information to move to another region of Russia or to a Muslim country. It was unclear how many people would split the reward.

“The Russian Federal Security Service confirms its preparedness to guarantee personal security and payment of an appropriate monetary award to citizens providing trustworthy information on the whereabouts of the terrorist band leaders,” the press office said.