CHECHNYA, RUSSIA - OCTOBER 5: Akhmad Kadyrov leaves a polling station after voting October 5, 2003 in the village of Tsentoroi, Chechnya. Residents of the breakaway Russian republic went to the polls on October 5 to elect a new president. Although they have a choice of six candidates, there is speculation that Kadyrov, the Kremlin's handpicked candidate and current administrator, will win. All his serious rivals are reported to have been disqualified or persuaded to withdraw from the race. The election is the centerpiece of the Kremlin's peace efforts in the troubled region, where it launched an "anti-terror operation" four years ago, the second war between Russian troops and Chechen separatists in a decade. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)
