Chechen Gunmen Shot Dead Russian Soldier

One Interior Troops soldier was killed, and another wounded in gunmen's attack on a federal troops' checkpoint, the Interior Department of Chechnya reported Wednesday. According to the department, the day before culprits fired small arms and grenade launchers at the security of a column on the Urus-Martan - Vladikavkaz road in the Achkhoi-Martan district. In addition, terrorists opened fire at the police in the Leninsky and Staropromyslovsky districts of the Grozny city. Altogether, gunmen fired eight times at the federal troops' positions, according to the Interior Department of Chechnya.