Civilian judges return to Chechnya

The military authorities in Chechnya are reported to be taking steps to restore the civilian court system.

A Russian news agency Itar-Tass quoted the chief military commandant, Ivan Baichev, as saying that twenty-two judges had arrived to set up ten regional courts and the Chechen republican court.

The agency said the judges had already begun working.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service