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Chechnya transformed into living paradise

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The Heart of Chechnya mosque is seen.
 

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Muslim men arrive for Friday prayers at the central mosque in the Chechen capital Grozny.

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (C) watches as men load up a cannon during a government-organised event marking Chechen language day.
 

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Chechen women chat in a café.

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Members of a Chechen dance group pose during a government-organised event marking Chechen language day in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny.

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An aerial view shows the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny.

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A young Chechen man looks out of a car in front of a building that bears the slogan: 'Ramzan, thank you for Grozny!'.

Russia: Worst Human Rights Climate in Post-Soviet Era

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(Moscow) – The Russian government has unleashed a crackdown on civil society in the year since Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency that is unprecedented in the country’s post-Soviet history.

Russia hits 18 US officials with tit-for-tat entry ban

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Russia on Saturday published its own blacklist of US officials banned from entering the country in retaliation for Washington's move Friday to name 18 Russians who allegedly committed human rights abuses, AFP reports.

Putin believes Baikonur is obsolete

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin believes Kazakhstan-based Baikonur cosmodrome is obsolete, RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Be calm on Korean peninsula standoff or face nuclear disaster worse than Chernobyl : Putin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for calm on the Korean peninsula, saying the escalation of tension in the region could lead to a nuclear disaster far worse than the Chernobyl incident.