“...Over there, behind those ruins, the Maikop brigade was killed; and today in that house, crippled by an airstrike, on the third floor, today the “cleaners” discovered a sniper’s “bed.” And they removed two skillfully camouflaged tripwires when they were working on the approaches to the stairs leading up. One of the “spirits” apparently prepared a convenient position for shelling the checkpoint. The sappers promised to tear down this damn staircase one of these days so that no one could get to the upper floors. Yesterday, at the market in broad daylight, some teenagers killed three unwary “federals” with shots in the back...”