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A Russian soldier lights a cigarette in the Chechen capital of Grozny, Sunday, in this March 19, 1995 photo. Russian forces pulled out of Chechnya some 18 months later, leaving the devastated region with de facto independence. Ten years after the Kremlin sent Russian troops into rebellious Chechnya on Dec. 11, 1994, war persists, prolonging the daily horror of death, injury, fear and abuse and deepening a wound most Russians agree won't heal for many years, if ever. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)