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Greetings from Grozny

Photo Essay: A Walk Through Gronzy

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Photo Credit: Beliakov Dimitry/Gamma

Hospital No. 9: Landmine victim Akhmet Maisakov, 40, lies in Grozny's Hospital No. 9, which cares for most of the city's injured civilians and Russian military personnel. It is estimated that 90 percent of the operations performed in the hospital are mine or gun-related. Pockmarked by war damage, Hospital No. 9 lacks sufficient electricity and running water. Blackouts can last for weeks. Medicines and equipment remain in short supply. But, though at times they don't get paid, doctors continue to work.

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