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(L) Magomed ‘Lord’ Daudov, speaker of the Chechen parliament; (R) Grigory Shvedov, editor of Caucasian Knot. Photo by grani.ru
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The following news items were taken from Gazeta, RIA Novosti, Izvestia, Fontanka, Vedomosti, Grani, and Komsomolskaya Pravda.
– RT Editor Simonyan Says US Intelligence Report ‘Total Fail’
— Catherine A. Fitzpatrick