Dagestan and Russia's Long War

Dagestan and Russia's Long War
Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR for TIME

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A Dagestani police officer mans a checkpoint in Kyzlyar. Local policemen are under near-daily attack from separatists and terrorists. Human rights monitors say policemen or their families often avenge these attacks with extrajudicial killings.

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