Kremlin's Man Wins Chechnya Vote, But Faces Battle
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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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GROZNY, Russia  - A Moscow-backed policeman was  set to become rebel Chechnya's president after a fraught  election Sunday marked by a bomb blast in which only the  attacker was killed.
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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, Russia  - The Kremlin's favoured candidate for president of war-battered Chechnya overwhelmingly won an election that opponents claimed was riddled with fraud, Russian news agencies reported Monday citing preliminary results.
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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.
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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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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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A pro-Moscow Chechen leader accused by  rights groups of kidnapping and murder earned Russia's highest  award Wednesday for "valor and heroism."
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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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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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Ten years after Chechnya descended into war, and less than four months after its president was assassinated in a bomb blast, Chechens are voting for his successor Sunday in an atmosphere of violence and suspicion.
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GROZNY, Russia : Chechens voted in an election expected to crown a Kremlin-backed candidate as the strife-torn republic&#39;s new leader, with thousands of security personnel patrolling its streets against the threat of rebel attacks.
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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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The Kremlin candidate has won Chechnya&#39;s presidential election with 73.48 per cent of the vote, according to preliminary results.
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A pro-Moscow Chechen leader accused by rights groups of kidnapping and murder earned Russia's highest award Wednesday for "valor and heroism."
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ZNAMENSKOYE, Russia  - Chechens voted 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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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 a region wracked by a decade of violence.