Head of the regional headquarters of the anti-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus Col. Gen. Arkady Yedelev has summed up the results of operations in 2005. \"Commander of the joint force Lt. Gen. Yevgeny Lazebin told a conference that law enforcement officers successfully eliminated 290 militants in 2005, among them 72 militant leaders, including such notorious figures as Abu Dzeit, Aslan Maskhadov, Dukvakha Gubashev, Isa Madayev, Shamil Muskiyev, Rezvan Chitigov and others,\" Col. Vasili Panchenkov, chief of the Interior Troops press service, told Interfax on Tuesday. (Interfax)