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GROZNY. AFTER THE WAR...
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CHECHEN BOY SEEN AMID RUINS OF STARAYA SUNZHA SCHOOL, DESTROYED BY THE RUSSIAN BOMBS.
2005
GROZNY CENTER SEEN THROUGH THE SHELL-HOLE. CHECHEN CAPITAL REMAINS THE MOST HEAVILY DESTROYED CITY IN THE WORLD.
2005
PEOPLE PASSING BY GROZNY CENTRAL MARKET PLACE.
2005
WOMAN MAKES HER WAY THROUGH MUD AND DESTRUCTION OF MINUTKA SQUARE - PLACE NOTORIOUSLY FAMOUS FOR FIERCE FIGHTING BOTH CAMPAIGNS.
2005
WORKERS SEEN DISMANTLING HEAPS OF RUINED BUILDINGS IN THE CENTER OF GROZNY, WHICH REMAINS THE MOST HEAVILY DESTROYED CITY IN THE WORLD.
2005
IBRAHIM ALBASTOV, 70 (left) AND HIS WIFE BARET, 68 SEEN IN RUINS OF THEIR FLAT, DESTROYED BY ARTILLERY FIRE. THEY WILL NOT GET ANY COMPENSATION FROM GOVERNMENT OR THE ARMY FOR LOST PROPERTY. NO COMPENSATION FOR RUINED FLAT IS EXPECTED TOO, BECAUSE
2005
IBRAHIM ALBASTOV, 70 (left) AND HIS WIFE BARET, 68 SEEN IN RUINS OF THEIR FLAT, DESTROYED BY ARTILLERY FIRE. THEY WILL NOT GET ANY COMPENSATION FROM GOVERNMENT OR THE ARMY FOR LOST PROPERTY. NO COMPENSATION FOR RUINED FLAT IS EXPECTED TOO, BECAUSE
2005
Many families still occupy the ruined or even half-collapsed flats, dangerous for living. Little Rashid, 3 months old is bathed in apartment of Gamayev family on the 5th floor, where one bedroom has completely collapsed and took most of their furniture and posessions into abyss.
2006
Many families still occupy the ruined or even half-collapsed flats, dangerous for living . Gamayev family: Adam, 43, Larisa,38, Artur,5, Fatima, 14 and Rashid, 3 month seen in their Grozny apartment on the 5th floor, where one bedroom has completely collapsed and took most of their furniture and posessions into abyss.
2006

THE BELLOW OF THE CANNON HAS FINALLY STOPPED AND THE AFTERMATH OF DESTRUCTIVE WAR LOOKS ENORMOUS. I HAVE FOCUSED ON SURVIVING INGENUITY OF CHECHENS. I ALWAYS KNEW AND RESPECTED CHECHENS' INCREDIBLE TALENT FOR ADAPTATION AND THEIR AMAZING RESOURCEFULNESS. THE OTHER THING I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT JOURNALISTS ARE NOT WELCOME ANYMORE, BECAUSE CHECHENS DO NOT WANT ANYBODY STIR UP OLD WOUNDS, THEY WANT JUST TO LIVE IN PEACE.

MY FRIEND SAID TO ME:"CHECHNYA IS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL, WHICH HAS BEEN RAPED FOUR TIMES. WE DO NOT WANT ANYBODY CARRY BACK THIS DISGRACE. WE WANT TO FORGET."

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