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A policeman wears a ring showing the Islamic symbol of the star and crescent, as the barrel of a rifle is seen in the background, in the Chechen village of Itum-Kale April 29, 2013. The naming of two Chechens, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings has put Chechnya - the former site of a bloody separatist insurgency - back on the world's front pages. Chechnya appears almost miraculously reborn. The streets have been rebuilt. Walls riddled with bullet holes are long gone. New high rise buildings soar into the sky. Spotless playgrounds are packed with children. A giant marble mosque glimmers in the night. Yet, scratch the surface and the miracle is less impressive than it seems. Behind closed doors, people speak of a warped and oppressive place, run by a Kremlin-imposed leader through fear. Picture taken April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 09 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:36 dop.
Důležitou roli hraje náboženství. Na snímku prsten s islámskou symbolikou, který nosí čečenští policisté. | Foto: Reuters