CHECHENYA

Telegraph: Rigged Chechen poll 'will lead to new war'


Russian officers fear a return to bloodshed following yesterday's
rigged
presidential elections in Chechnya, reports Julius Strauss in Grozny
The
Kremlin's support for the certain victor in Chechnya's presidential
elections held yesterday has brought the blood-stained republic to the
brink of a new civil war, according to Russian intelligence officers.
The poll, which has been widely described as a sham, was showcased by
President Vladimir Putin as evidence to the outside world that life in the
war-torn republic is returning to normal under Moscow's stewardship

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