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Sunday, January 02, 2000, updated at 10:27(GMT+8) World Putin in Rebel Chechnya to Award Medals Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to the breakaway Chechnya republic on Saturday to award medals to Russian soldiers who are fighting rebels there. A live television coverage showed Putin in Gudermes, east of the regional capital Grozny, encouraging soldiers to fight for an intact Russian Federation. Printer-friendly Version In This SectionSearch Back to top Copyright by People's Daily Online, All rights reserved |
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