5/22/2003 1 p.m. UTC S.

Mironov Says That To Raise the Issue Of the “International Tribunal For Chechnya” Is Illegal

The Speaker  of the Russian senate Sergei Mironov  has described as illegal suggestion for the setting up  of an international tribunal on Chechnya  The  proposal to say the least is  outrageous, Mr Mironov said at  a meeting on May  21 with the secretary general of the council of Europe Walter Scwimmer in Strasburg.

All necessary legal structures have been created in Chechnya, courts and prosecutor offices are up and running ,  criminals are facing the rigours of the law ,Mr. Mironov said.He emphasized that the recent referendum on .Chechen Constitution  had given an added impulse to the process and hence  any call for the setting up  of any Tribunal cannot but cause  a bewilderment. ,Mr.Mironov said in conclusion.

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