Rights group disputes Chechnya voter turnout

Thursday, October 9, 2003

MOSCOW -- A leading Russian human rights group condemned the presidential election in Chechnya, saying Wednesday the region's capital resembled a ghost town during weekend voting despite the official claim that turnout was nearly 90 percent.

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