From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 5/21/2006 9:58 AM Friday, May 19, 2006
Chechnya: Premier Seeks To Transform His Image
By Liz Fuller
Chechnya – Ramzan Kadyrov at a rock concert, ‘Phoenix. Revival of life’, in Gudermes, 8 November 2005, file photo (TASS) Ramzan Kadyrov at a rock concert in 2005 TASS When Ramzan Kadyrov was named in early March to the post of Chechen prime minister, he publicly vowed to relinquish that post if he failed to bring about a radical improvement in living conditions within three months. With that deadline now imminent, the Chechen Ministry for Nationality Policy, Press and Information has reportedly commissioned a public opinion poll. All conceivable responses to the seven questions posed confirm that life in Chechnya has improved since Kadyrov assumed full control of the government.
Kadyrov has indeed set about transforming the war-scarred face of the republic and, just as crucial, in winning the hearts and minds of a generation that can barely remember a time when Chechnya was not at war. The "International Herald Tribune" on May 4 carried on its front page pictures of reconstruction in Grozny, commenting that the extent of the rebuilding would have been "unthinkable" just a year ago. Highways are being resurfaced, the electricity grid repaired, and new cafes and shops have opened. Nor is the rebuilding confined to the capital: it extends also to the towns of Argun and Gudermes.
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