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GROZNY. April 16 (Interfax) - A soldier was killed and another wounded when an explosion ripped through a gas pipeline in Zavodskoi district of Grozny on Wednesday morning. The explosion was reportedly caused by a mine, the Interior Ministry's Department for Chechnya informed Interfax.

GROZNY. March 24 (Interfax) - The Grozny administration has begun the construction of a polymer pipe plant, Mayor Muslim Khuchiyev told Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. "Our delegation is visiting China to negotiate the purchase of equipment for the polymer pipe plant," he said.

GROZNY. March 13 (Interfax) - Chechen law enforcement officers detained a member of an illegal armed group during a search operation in Grozny, spokesman for the Chechen Interior Ministry Magomed Deniyev told Interfax on Thursday.

GROZNY. March 11 (Interfax) - The Chechen authorities have expressed surprise over the decision of oil company Rosneft (RTS: ROSN) to build an oil refinery in Kabardino-Balkaria. "The oil extracted in Chechnya must be refined on its territory.