The leader of the Yabloko Association Yavlinsky declared that Russia would welcome information from the West on the channels used to send money and give weapons to the terrorists in Chechnya and Central Asia. Such a declaration was made by Grigory Yavlinsky in the Memorandum disseminated to the Tripartite Commission conference in London (a non-governmental forum uniting famous politicians and businessmen) on March 11, 2001.

The Memorandum states that it remains unclear how well the West realises that during 1996-1999 criminal groupings in Chechnya and Central Asia managed (with aid from abroad) to set up numerous paramilitary forces presenting a serious threat to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Consequently Yavlinsky proposed that the Western countries cooperate with Russia in its fight with terrorism.

Based on the RIA-Novosti reports

See also:

War in Chechnya (1996-2001)