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 The cancer ward (weekly review) |
| Putin's promise to “flush the extremists down the toilet” has been fulfilled a hundred times, if not more. But if his recent words are anything to go by, the new President appears less certain of a positive outcome.
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| The truth of the facts (weekly review) |
| The only indisputable fact is that five spetsnaz commandos were killed, and seven wounded. What is more, the outcome of the battle suggests that there must have been rather more insurgents than the nine claimed by Kadyrov. |
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| The games that tyrants play (weekly review) |
| "In 2009 the number of terrorist crimes in southern Russia rose by about half compared to 2008, with 544 incidents reported... Most of this type of crime is committed in the Chechen Republic " |
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| The lame duck president (weekly review) |
| Kadyrov’s success in the role of manager has been called into question. The Islamist fighters launched large-scale operations in Ingushetia, Dagestan and Chechnya, and adopted a new terrorist strategy. |
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| The Caucasus "Czar" (weekly review) |
| Those entrusted with responsibility for the North Caucasus have included crooks, statesmen of solid reputation, and inscrutable envoys who left behind not even a memory of themselves. |
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| 60 bullets for Aushev (weekly review) |
| This protracted confrontation with the security forces was bound to end badly – in the Caucasus, no opposition figure or rights activist has so far managed to survive a conflict with them.
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| Chariots of darkness (weekly review) |
| In Chechnya and Ingushetia these black cars are in many ways akin to the Black Marias that were used by the NKVD to take Soviet citizens to jail during the 1930s and 40s. |
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| Young Russia (weekly review) |
| Standing in Kadyrov’s way to the Russian throne is a manifestation of superior force in the form of the current president, the president of the future, on whose post many Russians believe Vladimir Putin already has his eye. |
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