Three militants involved in a deadly attack that killed 84 federal troops in Chechnya were given long prison sentences, the Russian Investigations Committee said on Monday.
The three were members of an insurgent group that attacked a unit of federal forces near the town of Ulus Kert in the Argun Gorge on February 29, 2000.
Two of the insurgents were sentenced to 14 years and the third to 13 years in prison.
The battle of Ulus Kert was one of the most tragic episodes of the second war in Chechnya.
Some 700 insurgents also died in the battle.
