'Chechen Rebel's Brother' Held in Italy

By Alexandra Odynova

Ruslan Umarov, 35, came to Venice from France on a Eurostar train Saturday, seeking asylum in the country, news reports said.

The man, who carried a French passport, was detained on a tip from French intelligence and placed in a center for illegal immigrants in the town of Gradisca d'Isonzo in northeastern Italy's Gorizia province, Il Piccolo newspaper reported on its web site.

Austria Won't Seek to Arrest Chechen

By Nikolaus von Twickel

No request has been sent to Moscow to extradite Lecha Bogatyryov, who is accused of shooting Israilov in Vienna in January 2009, a spokesman for the Austrian Justice Ministry said.

He said the decision was based on the ministry's belief that any request would be futile because of a constitutional ban on the extradition of Russian citizens.