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Cars drive along the road outside Chiri-Yurt, the village where the Tsarnaev family has it's roots, in Chechnya, Russia 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 TRANSPORT) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 40 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:30 dop.
People wait for a bus outside Chiri-Yurt, the village where the Tsarnaev family has its roots, in Chechnya, Russia 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) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 38 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:26 dop.
Tamerlan a Džochar Carnajevovi
A boy walks along the street in Chiri-Yurt, the village where the Tsarnaev family has its roots, in Chechnya, Russia 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 39 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:29 dop.
A car drives past horses, standing at the edge of a road, outside the Chechen capital Grozny April 24, 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 24, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS ANIMALS) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 34 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:21 dop.
A mosque is seen in Argun Gorge in Chechnya, 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 37 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:28 dop.
An aerial view shows the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny 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 CITYSCAPE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 01 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:11 dop.
Rozstřílené čečenské hlavní město Groznyj - trosky, ruiny. [RUSSIA CHECHNYAm] Overhead view of downtown Grozny, taken on Saturday, January 6, 1996 showing the devestation caused by the war. Chechen rebels Monday January 8 1996 seized the central hospital in the southern russian town of Kizlyar demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya. A top Russian official backed independent reports that more than 20,000 people were killed in the 13-month war. (AP Photo / Mindaugus Kulbis)
The Heart of Chechnya mosque is seen in the Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 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 27, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 02 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:14 dop.
A police car drives along a street in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny April 22, 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 22, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS CRIME LAW) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 19 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:57 dop.
Cars drive along Akhmad Kadyrov Avenue, with the Heart of Chechnya mosque and skyscrapers in the background in the Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 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 27, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION TRANSPORT) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 03 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:16 dop.
The skyscrapers of the Grozny city complex are seen in the Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 2013. The naming of two Chechens, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings has put Chechnya 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 27, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (Russia - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS CITYSCAPE) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 20 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 6:52 dop.
A car is parked outside a market in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 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 27, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 22 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:01 dop.
Special forces officers stand guard during a government-organised event marking Chechen language day in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny April 25, 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 25, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 08 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:25 dop.
Security guards walk near the museum of late Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov, with his portrait seen in the background, in Grozny in Chechnya, April 22, 2013. If Tamerlan Tsarnaev was already plotting the Boston Marathon bombings when he stayed in this bustling Russian city at the heart of an Islamist insurgency last year, neighbours say he hid it well. The ethnic Chechen killed in a shootout with U.S. police last week spent at least a month last summer helping his father renovate his first-floor apartment next door to a dentistry in Makhachkala, a city in the Dagestan region on the Caspian Sea. The Caucasian Knot website, which monitors the violence, says 124 people were killed and 75 wounded in the first three months of his year in predominantly Muslim Russian provinces that stretch almost from the Caspian to the Black Sea, and include Dagestan and Chechnya. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY POLITICS) Published: Dub. 22, 2013, 7:12 odp.
Grozny's central avenue named after former Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov is seen in the Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 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 27, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS TRANSPORT CITYSCAPE) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 21 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:59 dop.
Ramzan Kadyrov
Members of a Chechen dance group pose for photographers at a government-organised event marking Chechen language day in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny April 25, 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 25, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 11 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:39 dop.
Participants in a local mixfight competition wrestle in the ring, with a portrait of former Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov in the background in the village of Goryachevodsk, Russia April 24, 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 24, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS SPORT BOXING) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 25 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:06 dop.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (C) watches as men load up a cannon during a government-organised event marking Chechen language day in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny April 25, 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. Moscow has poured billions of roubles into rebuilding Chechnya, a mainly Muslim province that has seen centuries of war and repression. Picture taken April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 14 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:47 dop.
Terek Grozny fans support their team during a soccer match against Amkar Perm at the Akhmad Arena stadium in the Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 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 27, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (Russia - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS SPORT) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 23 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:03 dop.
Terek Grozny fans support their team during a soccer match against Amkar Perm at the Akhmad Arena stadium in the Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 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 27, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS SPORT) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 24 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:04 dop.
Members of a youth club supporting former Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov (printed on flag) march along a street during a rally in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny April 25, 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. Moscow has poured billions of roubles into rebuilding Chechnya, a mainly Muslim province that has seen centuries of war and repression. Picture taken April 25, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 12 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:42 dop.
Members of a youth club supporting former Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov march along the street during a rally in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny April 25, 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 25, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 13 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:45 dop.
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.
Women pass by the Heart of Chechnya mosque in Grozny in Chechnya, April 22, 2013. If Tamerlan Tsarnaev was already plotting the Boston Marathon bombings when he stayed in this bustling Russian city at the heart of an Islamist insurgency last year, neighbours say he hid it well. The ethnic Chechen killed in a shootout with U.S. police last week spent at least a month last summer helping his father renovate his first-floor apartment next door to a dentistry in Makhachkala, a city in the Dagestan region on the Caspian Sea. The Caucasian Knot website, which monitors the violence, says 124 people were killed and 75 wounded in the first three months of his year in predominantly Muslim Russian provinces that stretch almost from the Caspian to the Black Sea, and include Dagestan and Chechnya. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY RELIGION) Published: Dub. 22, 2013, 7:03 odp.
Muslim men arrive for Friday prayers at the central mosque in the Chechen capital Grozny April 26, 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 26, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 05 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:19 dop.
Muslim men arrive for Friday prayers at the central mosque in the Chechen capital Grozny April 26, 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 26, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 04 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:18 dop.
Muslim men wait for Friday prayers in the Heart of Chechnya Mosque in the Chechen capital Grozny April 26, 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 26, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 06 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:21 dop.
A Muslim man prays in the Heart of Chechnya Mosque in the Chechen capital Grozny April 26, 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 26, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 07 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:31 dop.
Anzor and Salakhutdin, students at the Russian Islamic University, pray in their flat in the Chechen capital Grozny April 23, 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 23, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION EDUCATION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 31 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:15 dop.
Students attend a lesson at the Russian Islamic University in the Chechen capital Grozny April 23, 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 23, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (Russia - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION EDUCATION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 32 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:17 dop.
A student attends a lesson at the Russian Islamic University in the Chechen capital Grozny April 23, 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 23, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION EDUCATION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 33 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:20 dop.
A student attends a lesson in Sharia law at the Russian Islamic University in the Chechen capital Grozny April 23, 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 23, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION EDUCATION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 29 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:19 dop.
Students attend a lesson in Sharia law at the Russian Islamic University in the Chechen capital Grozny April 23, 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 23. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (Russia - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY EDUCATION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 30 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:14 dop.
An employee of a memorial complex devoted to former Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov signs documents in the Chechen capital Grozny April 26, 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 26, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 28 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:11 dop.
Florists arrange flowers in the Chechen capital Grozny April 22, 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 22, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 27 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:10 dop.
Chechen women chat in a cafe in the centre of the Chechen capital Grozny April 23, 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 23, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (Russia - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS FOOD) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 26 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:08 dop.
Guests clap as they watch dancing at wedding party in the Chechen capital Grozny April 24, 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. Moscow has poured billions of roubles into rebuilding Chechnya, a mainly Muslim province that has seen centuries of war and repression. Picture taken April 24, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 17 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:54 dop.
Guests dance at a wedding in the Chechen capital Grozny April 24, 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. Moscow has poured billions of roubles into rebuilding Chechnya, a mainly Muslim province that has seen centuries of war and repression. Picture taken April 24, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 16 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:52 dop.
Women watch dancing at a wedding party in the Chechen capital Grozny April 24, 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 24, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS RELIGION) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 15 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 7:51 dop.
Boys play soccer on the outskirts of the Chechen capital Grozny April 27, 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 27, 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (Russia - Tags: SOCIETY POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 35 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:22 dop.
Girls play on swings in a playground in the Chechen capital Grozny 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) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 36 OF 40 FOR PACKAGE 'INSIDE MODERN CHECHNYA'. SEARCH 'REBUILDING CHECHNYA' FOR ALL IMAGES Published: Kvě. 1, 2013, 8:24 dop.
A woman stands near the Eternal Flame in Grozny in Chechnya, April 22, 2013. If Tamerlan Tsarnaev was already plotting the Boston Marathon bombings when he stayed in this bustling Russian city at the heart of an Islamist insurgency last year, neighbours say he hid it well. The ethnic Chechen killed in a shootout with U.S. police last week spent at least a month last summer helping his father renovate his first-floor apartment next door to a dentistry in Makhachkala, a city in the Dagestan region on the Caspian Sea. The Caucasian Knot website, which monitors the violence, says 124 people were killed and 75 wounded in the first three months of his year in predominantly Muslim Russian provinces that stretch almost from the Caspian to the Black Sea, and include Dagestan and Chechnya. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 22, 2013, 7:01 odp.