On the Withdrawal of Forces and Equipment Making up the Temporary Combined Forces Carrying Out the Tasks of Disarming All Illegal Armed Forces Formations on Chechen Republic Territory

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Russia
Chechnya
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Europe and Eurasia
Europe and Eurasia
Agreement name
On the Withdrawal of Forces and Equipment Making up the Temporary Combined Forces Carrying Out the Tasks of Disarming All Illegal Armed Forces Formations on Chechen Republic Territory
Date
27 Jun 1997
Agreement status
Unilateral document
Interim arrangement
Yes
Agreement/conflict level
Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Chechnya Conflicts (1991 - 2009) )
Stage
Implementation/renegotiation
Conflict nature
Government/territory
Peace process
Chechnya peace process
Parties
[Signed] Russian Federation President B. Yeltsin
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-
Description
Short agreement outlining the implementation modalities of withdrawing troops from Chechen territory and also disarming illegal armed formations.

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Power sharing→Military power sharing→Proportionality
Page 2, 2. The Russian Federation Government shall: implement measures linked to the phased withdrawal to their permanent bases of the forces and equipment making up the Temporary Combined Forces carrying out the tasks of disarming all illegal armed formations on Chechen Republic territory; take additional measures to provide facilities for the combined and other military units permanently deployed in Chechen Republic territory under the established procedure.

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Page 1, 1. The phased withdrawal to their permanent bases of the forces and equipment making up the Temporary Combined Forces carrying out the tasks of disarming all illegal armed formations on Chechen Republic territory shall begin. The withdrawal of these forces and equipment shall take place as the situation stabilizes in Chechen Republic regions and population centers. The withdrawal from Chechen Republic territory of Russian Federation Armed Forces combined and other military units forming part of the Leningrad, Moscow, Volga, and Urals Military Districts or deployed on the territories of those military districts shall be completed by 1 September 1996.

Page 1, 2. The Russian Federation Government shall: implement measures linked to the phased withdrawal to their permanent bases of the forces and equipment making up the Temporary Combined Forces carrying out the tasks of disarming all illegal armed formations on Chechen Republic territory; take additional measures to provide facilities for the combined and other military units permanently deployed in Chechen Republic territory under the established procedure.
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Page 1, 1. The phased withdrawal to their permanent bases of the forces and equipment making up the Temporary Combined Forces carrying out the tasks of disarming all illegal armed formations on Chechen Republic territory shall begin. The withdrawal of these forces and equipment shall take place as the situation stabilizes in Chechen Republic regions and population centers. The withdrawal from Chechen Republic territory of Russian Federation Armed Forces combined and other military units forming part of the Leningrad, Moscow, Volga, and Urals Military Districts or deployed on the territories of those military districts shall be completed by 1 September 1996.

Page 1, 2. The Russian Federation Government shall: implement measures linked to the phased withdrawal to their permanent bases of the forces and equipment making up the Temporary Combined Forces carrying out the tasks of disarming all illegal armed formations on Chechen Republic territory; take additional measures to provide facilities for the combined and other military units permanently deployed in Chechen Republic territory under the established procedure.
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Page 1, 1. The phased withdrawal to their permanent bases of the forces and equipment making up the Temporary Combined Forces carrying out the tasks of disarming all illegal armed formations on Chechen Republic territory shall begin. The withdrawal of these forces and equipment shall take place as the situation stabilizes in Chechen Republic regions and population centers. The withdrawal from Chechen Republic territory of Russian Federation Armed Forces combined and other military units forming part of the Leningrad, Moscow, Volga, and Urals Military Districts or deployed on the territories of those military districts shall be completed by 1 September 1996.

Page 1, 2. The Russian Federation Government shall: implement measures linked to the phased withdrawal to their permanent bases of the forces and equipment making up the Temporary Combined Forces carrying out the tasks of disarming all illegal armed formations on Chechen Republic territory; take additional measures to provide facilities for the combined and other military units permanently deployed in Chechen Republic territory under the established procedure.
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Source
Archived hard copy from C. Bell from Source: Moscow ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA in Russian, 27 Jun 96 p. 1 FBIS-SOV-96- 126 Daily Report 27 Jun 1996

Russian Federation Presidential Edict No.

985, signed by President Yeltsin on 25 June 1996:

"On the Withdrawal of Forces and Equipment Making Up the Temporary Combined Forces Carrying Out the Tasks of Disarming All Illegal Armed Formations on Chechen Republic Territory"

[FBIS Translated Text] With a view to further stabilizing the situation in the Chechen Republic, in accordance with the program for settling the crisis in the Chechen Republic, and guided by Article 80 of the Russian Federation Constitution, I decree that:

1. The phased withdrawal to their permanent bases of the forces and equipment making up the Temporary Combined Forces carrying out the tasks of disarming all illegal armed formations on Chechen Republic territory shall begin.

The withdrawal of these forces and equipment shall take place as the situation stabilizes in Chechen Republic regions and population centers.

The withdrawal from Chechen Republic territory of Russian Federation Armed Forces combined and other military units forming part of the Leningrad, Moscow, Volga, and Urals Military Districts or deployed on the territories of those military districts shall be completed by 1 September 1996.

2. The Russian Federation Government shall:

implement measures linked to the phased withdrawal to their permanent bases of the forces and equipment making up the Temporary Combined Forces carrying out the tasks of disarming all illegal armed formations on Chechen Republic territory;

take additional measures to provide facilities for the combined and other military units permanently deployed in Chechen Republic territory under the established procedure.

3. This edict comes into force from the day it is signed.

[Signed] Russian Federation President B. Yeltsin [Dated) Moscow, the Kremlin, 25 June 1996

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