Article: RUSSIA: NEW PRO-MOSCOW CHECHEN LEADER SWORN IN.(Brief Article)

Alu Alkhanov was sworn in as head of the pro-Moscow administration in Chechnya on 5 October amid tight security in Grozny, Russian and international media reported. The ceremony was attended by the presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District, Dmitrii Kozak, and the heads of the other federation subjects in the district, newsru.com reported. Alkhanov was named the victor of a highly controversial election on 29 August that was held to replace former Chechen leader Akhmed-hadji Kadyrov, who was assassinated in Grozny on 9 May. Chechnya's representative in the presidential administration, Ziyad Sabsabi, told Ekho Moskvy on 4 October that parliamentary elections ...

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