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President Vladimir Putin believes that by taking part in the presidential elections in Chechnya, the Chechen people confirmed their support for Russia\'s territorial integrity. \"The Chechen people made their choice by voting for preserving a position in which Chechnya is an inseparable part of Russia. In the Chechen presidential elections, the Chechen people once again confirmed their loyalty to this course,\" Putting told a news conference following talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac in Sochi on Tuesday.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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