RUSSIA-CHECHNYA-UNREST-POLITICS

(FILES) Photo taken on March 29, 2001 shows a Russian soldier standing guard by a sign reading ‚Grozny’ at the entrance to the city. President Dmitry Medvedev on March 27, 2009 ordered the Russian security service to consider ending the decade-long anti-terror operation that has been in place in the restive Caucasus region of Chechnya.
AFP PHOTO/ALEXANDER NEMENOV