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Chechens held in France with explosives

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 15:17:00 +0100

UPDATED: Five Russian nationals of Chechen origin have been arrested in France with explosives, a French prosecutor revealed on Tuesday. On the same day it emerged that counter-terrorism police may also have thwarted an attack in Lyon.

Depardieu parties with Chechen strongman

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:34:00 +0100

French star and newly-registered Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu on Monday visited his "friend" the controversial Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, after partying into the night and vowing to make a film about the Muslim region.

French girl's kidnapping was 'Chechen wedding tradition'

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:19:00 +0200

A teenage girl whose forceful bundling into a BMW in the south of France sparked a nationwide appeal for witnesses was the victim of a traditional Chechen pre-marriage kidnapping, it emerged on Friday.