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President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On Extra Counterterrorist Measures in the North Caucasian Region of the Russian Federation.”

July 4, 2003

The decree handed control of the Operational Headquarters for Counterterrorist Operations in the North Caucasus to the Russian Interior Minister, as of September 1, 2003. Control of the Regional Operations Headquarters was handed to the Russian Deputy Interior Minister, as of July 1, 2003.

The Chechen Interior Ministry was instructed to take extra measures toward law, order and public security in the republic.

July 4, 2003