Chechens to Elect New Leader in Shadow of Violence
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Chechens elect a new president Sunday, but few expect peace to follow from a Kremlin-sponsored contest overshadowed by fighting and twin plane crashes some have linked to rebels in the region.
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GROZNY, Russia  - A Moscow-backed policeman was  set to become rebel Chechnya's new president in a fraught  election Sunday marked by a bomb blast in which only the  attacker was killed.
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Voting in the separatist Russian republic of Chechnya began amid tight security today in an election to replace Chechen President Akhmed-hadji Kadyrov, who was assassinated in a bomb attack in May.
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Will violence delay the elections?
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Voters in Russia&#39;s breakaway region of Chechnya vote Sunday for a regional president to replace Akhmad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in a bomb attack last May.
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As voters went to the polls Sunday in Chechnya, there was little doubt about who would be anointed president of the embattled Russian
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GROZNY: With strained nerves, omnipresent security and a feeling of dread, war-weary Chechnya braces for a Kremlin-organised poll tomorrow to replace its leader, slain by a bomb three months ago.
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The Kremlin&#39;s preferred candidate was poised for election as head of Russia&#39;s conflict-torn republic of Chechnya last night, after a day of voting marred by at least one death and allegations of improper conduct.
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A Kremlin-backed career police officer was set to be crowned leader of Chechnya after a vote that Moscow hopes will show progress towards peace in the embattled republic but which was nonetheless punctuated by violence.
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The new president of Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov, is due to be sworn in amid high security in the capital, Grozny.
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Russian and Chechen officials commemorated the birthday of slain Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov on Monday, six days before an election to replace him as leader of the republic.
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ZNAMENSKOYE, Russia  - Chechens voted on Sunday  for a new president in a tense election, but many doubted the  Moscow-backed police officer who was set to win would manage to  stamp out rebellion in the turbulent region.
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Moscow, Oct. 6. (UNI): The new President of war-torn Russian republic of Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov took the oath of office in Grozny, the Chechen capital, amid very tight security throughout the region.
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OISKHARA, Russia - Against a backdrop of war and squalor, 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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MAKHACHKALA, Russia -- Chechens this weekend are choosing a replacement for their assassinated president -- the Kremlin hoping the vote will bring some stability to a region racked by a decade of violence.
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GROZNY, Russia -- Chechnya's new Kremlin-backed president was sworn in yesterday, taking the helm of this wartorn Russian region under heavy guard nearly five months after his predecessor was assassinated and nearly a month after a wave of terrorist attacks blamed on Chechen rebels.
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GROZNY, Russia  - A Moscow-backed policeman was  set to become the new president of rebel Chechnya in a fraught  election Sunday marked by a bomb blast in which only the  attacker was killed.