| Putin defends Chechen campaign |
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Acting Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued another strong defence of the campaign in Chechnya, saying that his country would not let itself be torn apart. ![]() Speaking to several thousand mourners at the funeral of Major-General Mikhail Malofeyev, the highest-ranking Russian officer killed in the fighting, Mr Putin said: "Whenever Russia weakened, diabolic forces appeared and tried to tear her to pieces. "But they never succeeded because common Russians - soldiers or civilians - stood up for their motherland against them." |
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