One militant was killed in a firefight with federal troops in southeast Chechnya, while four suspected militants surrendered to authorities in various districts of Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region, local police said Wednesday. A unit from the Vostok battalion and police encountered a group of up to five militants in a forest near the village of Dzhaney-Vedeno Tuesday. In the ensuing firefight, one militant was killed and the rest managed to escape, a police source said. Full Story