"Express-Chronika" No 1451, January 29, 1995

At the ceremony of signing of "The Treaty Of Joint Activity For Protection Of Peace And Freedom, Against Bloodshed In Chechnia" on January 28 a telegram of the leader of Federal Immigration Service of Russia Tatjana Regent:

Moscow 78/2806 74 27/12 1641

Novgorod 19 Velikaja 8

To leaders of Immigration Services of subjects of Russian Federation of Novgorod Region.

In connection with events in Chechen Republic, Chechenians who arrive to regions of Russian Federation should not be registered as forced resettlers, but be accounted in accordance with regulations on the order of authorization of persons as forced resettlers [...]

Head of Federal Immigration Service T. Regent