Topic: Grozny

Analysis: Chechnya: How did Putin's party win 99 percent?

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Dagmein Khaseinova beams with pride recalling the day her Chechen village, devastated a decade ago in a war launched by Vladimir Putin, gave the Russian ruler's party nearly 100 percent support in a parliamentary vote this month.Her ...

Highlights: Russian PM Putin holds call-in show

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made the following remarks during a televised program in which he answered questions from Russians nationwide.ON ELECTIONS AND PROTESTS:"From my point of view, the result of the (December 4) election undoubtedly reflects public ...

Bareheaded women in ads targeted in Muslim Chechnya

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Several businesses in Russia's Chechnya region were ordered this week to cover up the bare heads of women in their advertisements, in what a local government source said was the latest assertion of Muslim customs by the authorities ...

Putin's Kremlin return spooks rebuilt Chechnya

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin stares from a dozen pictures on rooftops and facades along Putin Avenue in a Chechen capital sparkingly rebuilt from ruins left by the troops he sent to quell rebellion a decade ago.While an opulent facelift has ...
An international human rights watchdog lambasted an Oscar-winning actress and other Western celebrities on Wednesday for attending a concert held...

Nine killed in Eid suicide attacks in Chechnya

Triple suicide strikes in Chechnya left nine people dead, mainly police officers, and over 20 injured as the Russian Muslim region celebrated the end of Ramadan, officials said Wednesday.Three suicide bombers blew themselves late on Tuesday in the Chechen capital Grozny ...

Chechen suicide attack kills nine

A suicide bomb attack leaves at least nine people dead in Chechnya's capital Grozny during celebrations at the end of the Muslim festival of...
Seven people, mainly police officers, were killed and 18 injured in two suicide bomb blasts in the Chechen capital Grozny on Tuesday, Chechen officials said.Chechnya's strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov said "five police officers, an official of the emergency situations ministry ...
The spiritual leaders of Muslim Chechnya have ordered that all couples who plan to marry prove they are HIV-negative, sparking outrage from ...
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