Chechnya - Troops withdraw from Grozny

(29 Aug 1996) T/I: 11:15:51 Jubilant Chechens in Grozny on Thursday (29/8) cheered as Russian and rebel troops continued to withdraw from the battered capital. Some 4,000 Russian troops and 2,000 rebels have withdrawn from the capital over the past 24 hours and other units from both sides are also preparing to leave. A joint police force made up of Russian and Chechen rebel troops was controlling areas of Grozny evacuated by the troops. SHOWS: CHEHCNYA, 29 AUGUST, 1996 VS Russian trucks filled with soldiers pulling out of Grozny; Truck full of soldiers; WS more troops pulled out; Chechen rebels waving flags on trucks; Chechen fighters, continuous celebratory gunfire into the sky; CU shooting; Ws fighters dancing; Woman clapping hands on car; Boy dancing; VS dancing; Chechen fighters embracing; Ruslan Gelayev, Chechen commander of the South Western front, SOT in Russian: "At the moment we are pulling out both troops, Russian and Chechen, of Grozny, we are fullfilling the agreement between Yeltsin's security council and the commander of chechen troops Aslan Maskhadov"; Chechen fighters chanting Allah Akabar; WS central market in Grozny; MS busy market; MS merchants; WS market; Chechen rebels punishing a thief; Cu beating of thief with stick; More beating of thief with stick; WS of the scene; Aslan Khajiev, commander of the chechen troops in Grozny SOT in russian: "With the end of the war, I decided to amnesty these thieves and symbolically condemned them to 20 stick beats"; WS joint russian chechen checkpoint; Russian soldier SOT in Russian: "It's the first day today that we are meeting like that with the Chechens and talking to them, everything is okay"; Truck leaving checkpoint. 3.14 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...