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- ↑ Fuller, Liz (2 February 2012). "Chechen Leadership In Exile Seeks To Salvage Legitimacy". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ↑ "Waynakh Online » Parliament". Waynakh.com. Retrieved 2 November 2018.