Chechen president-elect to unite Chechens all over Russia
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MOSCOW, August 31 (Itar-Tass) - Alu Alkhanov intends to unite Chechens all over Russia. âMany are ready to return home, and I shall do my best to make this true.
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Description: There&#39;s a presidential election Sunday in Chechnya to replace the man who was assassinated earlier this year. The election has been overshadowed by the twin airplane crashes in Russia, which are now attributed to Chechen terrorists.
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Among over 20 killed separatists in combat in Chechen on Monday morning, one was identified as one of the organizers of the May 9 terrorism act in Grozny, in which Chechen President
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Moscow, Aug. 30 (VNA) - Chechnya&#39;s Interior Minister Alu Alkhanov gained 72.2 percent of the total vote in the republicâs first-round presidential election and was assured of being elected president, local media reported on Monday.
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GROZNY, Russia - Chechens battered by five years of war, terrorism and misery voted Sunday for a president in an election that the Russian government portrayed as step toward stability, though critics cried fraud in a ballot that appeared certain to put a Kremlin-favorite in office.    Little more than two hours after polls closed, acting Chechen president Sergei Abramov said preliminary results showed Maj...
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Chechnya&#39;s new Kremlin-backed president was sworn in Tuesday, taking the helm of this wartorn Russian region under heavy guard nearly five months after his predecessor
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Chechens began voting Sunday for a new president, 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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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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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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Ten presidents of former Soviet republics said Thursday they would join hands to fight terror across the region.
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ALU Alkhanov, Chechnyaâs president-elect, yesterday pledged to bring peace and stability to his war-torn southern Russian region, a day after the Kremlin-backed candidate won a vote tainted by allegations of fraud and overshadowed by fears of terrorism.
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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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MOSCOW , Russia -- Alu Alkhanov, set to become Chechnya&#39;s president after Sunday&#39;s election, on Monday ruled out any possibility of talks with Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov.
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GROZNY, Russia  - The Kremlin's candidate has won  Chechnya's presidential election but faces an uphill struggle  to subdue a resurgence of a separatist rebellion that has  frustrated Russian leaders for a decade.
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Nearly five months after his predecessor was assassinated, Major General Alu Alkhanov was to be sworn in as Chechnya&#39;s president yesterday in a ceremony that the Kremlin hopes will help usher in stability and peace to the war-ravaged region.
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GROZNY, Russia -- Unofficial results show the Russian government&#39;s choice for Chechen president already has enough votes to claim victory.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, visiting Germany, has agreed on the participation of the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union in settling the Chechen conflict.