Topic: Chechnya

Hilary Swank Didn't Like Sharing Headlines with An Autocrat

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The actress has fired her manager and a pair of publicists after stories about her controversial appearance at the birthday party of Ramzan Kadyrof, the president of Chechnya.

By Uri Friedman

Oct 6, 2011

The Stars Who Turned Out for a Chechen Strongman's Birthday Party

Hilary Swank and Jean-Claude Van Damme were on hand

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 30, 2011

Suicide Bomber Kills 7, Injures 18 in Chechnya

The attack came during end of Ramadan celebrations in Grozny, Chechnya's capital

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