[lbo-talk] Putin calls for economic growth, military reform

[Chris Doss]

>In his annual address to the nation, Putin confidently predicted that 
>Russia will defeat rebels in breakaway Chechnya, where more than 75 people 
>died this week in two separate suicide bombings.

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FWIW the suicide bomber is an import. There were no suicide bombings in the 
First Chechen War. This is an innovation brought to you by those 
oh-so-loveable mujahadeen.

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