Resignation and fear pervade today&#39;s elections in Chechnya
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Among the insurgents fighting in Chechnya&#39;s long-running war for independence, Musost Khutiyev is known as a &quot;national traitor.
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On 29 August, Chechen voters will go to the polls for the second time within 11 months to endorse or reject the candidate perceived by the Kremlin as most capable of imposing some semblance of normality in the war-torn region.
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OISKHARA, Russia - Chechnya&#39;s tense presidential election campaign came to a close with a 79 per cent turnout at the ballot box -- and the winner all but certain.
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GROZNY, Russia - Against a backdrop of war, squalor and terrorism, Chechens voted Sunday for a replacement for their assassinated president in a vote the Kremlin hopes will bring some stability to the violence-torn region. A man was killed when he attempted to blow up a polling station...
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A wave of terror has hit Russia. We have grown used to referring to what has been happening in Chechnya as the âcounter-terrorist operationâ.
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The Kremlin candidate won Chechnya&#39;s presidential election but now faces a struggle to keep the warring region under control and subdue a resurgent separatist rebellion that has frustrated Russia for a decade.
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There has been more violence in the strife-torn republic of Chechnya, just days before the Russian region is due to elect a new president.
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GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's choice for president of war-ravaged Chechnya appeared to be the victor Sunday in an election tainted by charges of fraud and shadowed by last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners.    Little more than two hours after polls closed, acting Chechen president Sergei Abramov said preliminary results showed Maj...
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29 August 2004 -- Voters in Russia&#39;s breakaway republic of Chechnya have begun casting ballots for a new president. Seven candidates are vying for the job, including frontrunner Alu Alkhanov, who is backed by the Kremlin.
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GROZNY, Russia : The Kremlin-anointed career police officer elected Chechnya&#39;s new leader in a vote condemned by many observers vowed to consign separatist extremists to the &quot;dustbin of history&quot;.
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Moscow, Aug 29 (VNA) - Chechens voted on Sunday in an election to choose a candidate as the Russian republic&#39;s new leader, with thousands of security personnel patrolling its streets against the threat of terrorist attacks.
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A glance at Chechnya, which holds a presidential election Sunday, and its conflict. Russian authorities have expressed concern that separatist rebels could carry out attacks linked to the election to replace Akhmad Kadyrov, the pro-Russian president killed by a bombing in May.
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Voting is under way in Russia&#39;s breakaway region of Chechnya to select a replacement for a president who was killed in a bomb attack.
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GROZNY, Russia  - The Kremlin candidate won  Chechnya's presidential election but faces a struggle  controlling the warring region and subduing a resurgent  separatist rebellion that has frustrated Russia for a decade.
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Intrigue was entirely absent from Sundayâs presidential elections in Chechnya. The name of the next Kremlin-bankrolled leader of Chechnya was known days after the
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As the country prepares for local elections on Sunday, many are finding that the murder and intimidation that once defined politics here are diminishing.
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Kyrgyz voters began casting ballots for a new parliament Sunday in an election that many fear could cause further political turmoil in this poor nation in strategic Central Asia.