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Photographer Oleg Klimov retraces Anton Chekhov's "Sakhalin Island".

You think it’s cold where you are — here are images from the land of 'intolerable suffering'

120 years after the publication of Anton Chekhov's "Sakhalin Island," photographer Oleg Klimov retraced Chekhov’s steps and to assess its modern-day state. It's beautiful, if you like bleak.

You think it’s cold where you are — here are images from the land of 'intolerable suffering'

Clean Shoes, Folk Dancing, Liza Umarova: Things to Love About Chechen Culture

Clean Shoes, Folk Dancing, Liza Umarova: Things to Love About Chechen Culture

The Troubled History of Chechnya

The Troubled History of Chechnya

Would Chechens Really Strike Outside Russia?

Would Chechens Really Strike Outside Russia?

An Alleged Chechen Terrorist Plot, Thwarted in Spain

An Alleged Chechen Terrorist Plot, Thwarted in Spain
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Takeouts: subway bombings in Moscow, listeners respond to a more flexible work day

Takeouts: subway bombings in Moscow, listeners respond to a more flexible work day
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Female suicide bombers

It was two female suicide bombers who reportedly detonated belts in Moscow yesterday. Female suicide bombers have struck there before. Professor Mia Bloom teaches at Penn State and is writing a book on female suicide bombers.

Female suicide bombers
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Suicide bombers attack Moscow subway

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up on the Moscow subway just before eight o'clock this morning ? a time when the city is busiest with commuters. Chechen rebels are believed to be responsible for the attack, which has left at least 37 people dead.

Suicide bombers attack Moscow subway
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Geo Quiz

Our daily geography puzzler.

Geo Quiz
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Geo answer

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Grozny, the capital of the Russian breakaway republic of Chechnya. Anchor Marco Werman talks with journalist Anna Badkhen.

Geo answer
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Russian activist murdered

Anchor Laura Lynch speaks with Allison Gill of Human Rights Watch in Russia, about yesterday's murder of Russian human rights activist, Natalya Estemirova. Estemirova was abducted yesterday near her home in Chechnya's capital Grozny and later found dead.

Russian activist murdered
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Intimidation: A Journalist is Murdered in Chechnya

Natalya Estemirova, a journalist and human rights activist, was kidnapped in the Chechen capital of Grozny and found dead of gunshot wounds. Joining The Takeaway is Dimitri Babitch, political journalist of the Russian news agency Rio Novosti.

Intimidation: A Journalist is Murdered in Chechnya
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Chechnya today

Russia's war against Islamic militants in Chechnya went on for years. Though Moscow claimed victory and calm has returned, there are signs the battle isn't over. The BBC's Rupert Wingfield Hayes explains.

Chechnya today
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Russia officially ends military campaign in Chechnya

Russia announced today it is ending its ten-year military crackdown in Chechnya, claiming stability had returned to the region torn apart by two wars since the fall of communism. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.

Russia officially ends military campaign in Chechnya
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Life in Chechnya today

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Rachel Denber, deputy director of the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, about the current conditions in Chechnya as Russia officially ended its ten-year Russian military campaign there.

Life in Chechnya today