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Chechen war ends: Russia officially ended its decade-long “counterterrorism operation” in Chechnya last week, saying the Muslim separatist region was ready for “normalization.” About half of the 40,000 remaining Russian troops are expected to be pulled out. The war, the second in Chechnya since 1990, began in 1999 under President Boris Yeltsin and was run by Vladimir Putin, who was then prime minister, later president, and is now prime minister again. In 2007, Putin handed over control of the province to Ramzan Kadyrov, a greatly feared son of a late Chechen warlord. Kadyrov, who is still in power, used brutal methods—including kidnapping, torture, and summary executions—to subdue the population. Still, “the number of bombings, terrorist attacks, and murders as in the past remains high,” said Chechen journalist Grigory S. Shvedov. “They occur every week. It is a fairy tale that Chechnya has become a stable region.”

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