The main goals, which were set in Chechnya a year ago, have been achieved and the anti-terrorism operation there is nearing its final stage, President Vladimir Putin told the French newspaper “Le Figaro”, which published the interview with him on October 26. The situation there is becoming more stable, most of the Chechen bandits were wiped out, and the routes by which they were supplied with weapons from abroad have been cut, he added. Full Story