REPORT ABOUT ATTEMPT BY CHECHEN MILITANTS TO CROSS INTO DAGESTAN UNCONFIRMED MOSCOW, March 3. /RIA Novosti correspondent Yuri Yumashev/. The office of Sergei Yastrzhembsky, a presidential aide, said it did not have information on last night's alleged attempt by Chechen militants to cross into Dagestan, as some media reported on Saturday. Nor does the office have data on supposedly captured eight militants.