Saya mengambil keputusan ini karena anda telah melakukan banyak hal untuk memulihkan Chechnya dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, kata Putin seperti dikutip kantor-kantor berita Rusia pada pertemuan di kediamannya di daerah pinggiran Novo-Ogaryovo.
I took this decision because you have done a lot to restore Chechnya in the last few years, Putin was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying at a meeting in his residence in suburban Novo-Orgaryovo.