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http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2009/04/090416_chechnya_nh_sl.shtml
rapist withdraws from victimAfter 15 years of bloody conflict, the Russian authorities say they have ended their military campaign in the predominantly Muslim region of Chechnya.
Russian forces have fought two wars against separatist Chechen fighters since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Last month, President Dmitry Medvedev said Chechnya was stable enough to ease the security restrictions in force there.
Tom de Waal is co-author of 'Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus' and is also Caucasus Editor at Institute for War and Peace Reporting.