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 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.

MOSCOW. Feb 6 (Interfax) - Aimani Kadyrova, the mother of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, who was injured in a road accident on the Caucasus federal highway is being treated at a Moscow hospital. "Aimani Kadyrova has been in satisfactory condition. She is out of danger.

Text of report by Russian news agency Interfax Groznyy, 3 October: Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has topped the Chechen Republic's One Russia party regional list of candidates for the upcoming State Duma election, the Chechen president's press service has told Interfax.

Text of report by Russian news agency Interfax Moscow, 2 October: The counterterrorist operation in Chechnya has been completed and only a few dozen militants now remain in the republic, speaker of the People's Assembly of the Chechen parliament Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov has said.