2. Chechnya: daily life
• After two Chechen brothers were named in connection
with the Boston Marathon bombings, Reuters
photographer Maxim Shemetov took this collection of
images titled "Inside Modern Chechnya" showing daily life
in a country now in the forefront of the news in and
around the capital of Grozny. Lloyd Young ( 28 photos
total)
• Source : www.boston.com
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3. Members of a Chechen dance group pose for
photographers at a government-organized event
marking Chechen language day in the center of the
Chechen capital Grozny on April 25. (Maxim
Shemetov/Reuters)
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4. An aerial view shows the center of
the Chechen capital of Grozny on
April 29. (Maxim
Shemetov/Reuters) #
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5. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov,
center, watches as men load up a
cannon during a government-organized
event marking Chechen language day
in the center of the Chechen capital on
April 25. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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6. A police car drives along a street in the center of
Grozny on April 22. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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7. Muslim men arrive for Friday prayers at the central
mosque in the Chechen capital of Grozny on April 26.
(Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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8. Anzor and Salakhutdin, students at the Russian
Islamic University, pray in their flat in Grozny on
April 23. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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9. Chechen women chat in a cafe
in the center of Grozny on April
23. (Maxim
Shemetov/Reuters) #
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10. A car drives past horses, standing at the edge of
a road, outside the Chechen capital of Grozny on
April 24. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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11. Cars drive along the road outside Chiri-Yurt, the village
where the Tsarnaev family has it's roots, in Chechnya,
Russia on April 29. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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12. The Heart of Chechnya mosque is seen in the Chechen
capital on April 27. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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13. Boys play soccer on the outskirts of Grozny on
April 27. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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14. Muslim men wait for Friday prayers in the Heart
of Chechnya Mosque in Grozny on April 26.
(Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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15. An employee of a memorial
complex devoted to former
Chechen leader Akhmad
Kadyrov signs documents in the
Chechen capital on April 26.
(Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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16. Students attend a lesson at the
Russian Islamic University in the
Chechen capital of Grozny on April
23. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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17. Students attend a lesson in
Sharia law at the Russian
Islamic University on April 23.
(Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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18. Terek Grozny fans support their team during
a soccer match against Amkar Perm at the
Akhmad Arena stadium in Grozny on April
27. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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19. Participants in a local mixfight competition
wrestle in the ring, with a portrait of former
Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov in the
background in the village of Goryachevodsk on
April 24. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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20. A young Chechen man looks out of a car in front
of a building that bears the slogan: "Ramzan,
thank you for Grozny!" in the Chechen capital on
April 22. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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21. A boy walks along the street in Chiri-Yurt, the village
where the Tsarnaev family has its roots, in Chechnya,
Russia on April 29. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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22. People wait for a bus outside Chiri-Yurt, the village
where the Tsarnaev family has its roots, in Chechnya,
Russia. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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23. Guests dance at a wedding in the Chechen
capital on April 24. (Maxim
Shemetov/Reuters) #
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24. Women watch dancing at a wedding party
in Grozny on April 24(Maxim
Shemetov/Reuters) #
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25. Special forces officers stand guard during a government-
organized event marking Chechen language day in the
center of the Chechen capital of Grozny on April 25.
(Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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26. Members of a youth club supporting former
Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov (printed on
flag) march along a street during a rally in the
center of the Chechen capital of Grozny on April
25. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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27. A policeman wears a ring showing the Islamic symbol of
the star and crescent, in the Chechen village of Itum-
Kale April on 29. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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28. A group of young Chechen men hang out on a
street corner in the center of the Chechen capital
of Grozny on April 29. (Maxim
Shemetov/Reuters) #
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29. A Muslim man prays in the Heart of Chechnya
Mosque in Grozny on April 26. (Maxim
Shemetov/Reuters) #
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30. Girls play on swings in a playground in
the Chechen capital of Grozny on April
29. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) #
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31. A car is parked outside a market in the centre of the
Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 2013.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Players from a local football club Laman Az formed by
landmine victims, with assistance from local NGO Laman
Az, look on during a practice match in a sports hall in the
Chechen capital Grozny November 8, 2011.
REUTERS/Diana Markosian
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32. Women pass by the Heart of Chechnya mosque in Grozny
in Chechnya, April 22, 2013.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
A young woman tries on a wedding dress in an upmarket
wedding salon in Grozny March 10, 2011.
REUTERS/Diana Markosian
A student attends a lesson in Sharia law at the Russian Islamic
University in the Chechen capital Grozny April 23, 2013.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
A woman stands near the Eternal Flame in
Grozny in Chechnya, April 22, 2013.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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33. Children run past posters of Russian President, Vladimir Putin,
and former Chechen leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, at the Akhmad
Arena in Grozny April 27, 2013.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Children play outside a school in the Chechen
capital of Grozny September 21, 2012.
REUTERS/Stringer
Terek Grozny fans support their team during a soccer match
against Amkar Perm at the Akhmad Arena stadium in the
Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 2013.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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34. President of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, dressed in the
national costume, dances as part of The Day Of Chechen
Language celebrations in Grozny April 25, 2010.
REUTERS/S.Dal
Patients consult Islamic healer Timur Chamaev at
the Islamic Medical Centre in the Chechen capital
of Grozny July 20, 2011.
REUTERS/Stringer
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35. A Russian soldier lights a cigarette in
the Chechen capital of Grozny in this
1995 file photo -Shakh Aivazov-AP)
Residents of the capital Grozny walk past the
destroyed presidential palace weeks after the
1994 Russian campaign to block
independence
Russian troops march in downtown
Grozny, Feb.10, 2000. -AP
Some 100,000 people are thought to have
died in the 20-month war in 1994
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36. Grozny rebuil_ The capital, pictured in 2012,
was reconstructed after being flattened by
Russian bombardment in 1994
The skyscrapers of the Grozny city
complex are seen in the Chechen
capital Grozny April 27, 2013.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Women sweep a road in front of a mosque in Grozny, the capital of
the Russia's Caucasus republic of Chechnya May 9, 2008.
REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev
Cars drive along Akhmad Kadyrov Avenue, with the Heart of
Chechnya mosque and skyscrapers in the background in the
Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 2013.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
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