21 March 1997span> Lema Usmanov proudly shows the double-page spread devoted to himself and his platform in Impuls, a Grozny Russian-language daily / with a circulation of about 3,000. Usmanov was one of 850 candidates vying for 63 seats in the Chechen parliament. To aid their cam-paign endeavors, the Central Electoral Commission gave the candidates […]

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