11 July 2002 TBILISI, 11 July (Gazeta.Ru)–Chechen warlord Ruslan Gelayev and his fighters can stay in Georgia’s Pankisi gorge [a region of Georgia bordering with Chechnya] for at least another few months without any worries. Russia’s Security Council Secretary Vladimir Rushailo on 10 July tried to persuade Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze to allow Russian troops to enter the gorge, but […]

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