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Greetings from Grozny

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Photo Credit: Maxim Marmur/Associated Press

Checkpoint: Chechen refugees returning to Grozny wait in line as Russian officers check their identification documents at a checkpoint in Severny, just two miles outside Grozny. Checkpoints are all over Grozny and have become a source for corruption; residents must often pay bribes to soldiers as a condition for entry or departure.

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