TO GO WITH AFP STORY KARIM TALBI

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY KARIM TALBI
Recent picture taken, 12 June 2007 showing a view of a central boulevard in Grozny. Russian forces have been battling Chechen separatists since 1994 in a conflict that has destroyed much of this province in the Caucasus mountains and has killed an estimated 100,000 civilians. AFP PHOTO / RUSLAN ALKHANOV