President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree on fighting crime in July and handed wide-ranging powers to security chief Alexander Lebed , currently engaged in making peace in breakaway Chechnya .
<response> President <person>Boris Yeltsin</person> signed a decree on fighting crime in July and handed wide-ranging powers to security chief <person>Alexander Lebed</person> , currently engaged in making peace in breakaway <location>Chechnya</location> . </response>