Life During Wartime

Chechen refugees are forced to return, but the battle continues.

By Fred Weir

Grozny, Russia—Savdat Kalimuliyeva huddles in terror every night with her three children as Russian forces and elusive Chechen rebels battle each other with grenades, machine guns and mortars in the shattered buildings and streets around their refugee center. Kalimuliyeva, who was forced by the [RETURN TO ARTICLE]