Chechen Factory Rolls Out First Cars
themoscowtimes.com     May 11, 2008          

A new factory in Chechnya assembled its first cars Thursday, the Chechen government said, in a boost for the Kremlin, which wants to present the war-scarred region as rejuvenated. ... Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, who drives himself around the region in a 4x4 Porsche... [read full story]                

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The “vanished” grave

watchdog.cz     Jul 21, 2008          

The fact that something more resembling life and less akin to war has been established in Chechnya will not be able to remove the mortal concern from human souls: what is to be done with those who took the lives of others in...                

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Rakhimov's Double Mutiny

themoscowtimes.com     Jul 21, 2008          

Rady Khabirov, the former chief of staff to Bashkortostan President Murtaza Rakhimov, was fired in early July. The formal reason was based on allegations of corruption, but it was really as a result of a power struggle between...                

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Chechen strongman calls on Russian army to give up premises (AFP)

yahoo.com     Jul 19, 2008   1 related          

MOSCOW (AFP) - Chechnya's pro-Moscow president Ramzan Kadyrov on Saturday called on Russia's military to give up land and buildings it has occupied "without legal basis" in the war-torn republic, Interfax reported. "Chechnya is...                

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Love between generations in poetic 'Alexandra'

baltimoresun.com     yesterday          

The luminous humanity that characterizes the films of Alexander Sokurov is in full force in Alexandra . On the surface, it is a work of the utmost simplicity but is charged with the eternal complexities and contradictions of...                

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