A soldier of the Russian Interior Force pins up a poster urging residents of Chechnya to take part in the referendum on the new constitution of the republic.

Municipal workers in Grozny hoist a banner urging residents of Chechnya to take part in the referendum to approve the new constitution of the republic.

Officers of the Russian Interior Force patrol the streets of Grozny in the run up to the referendum on the new constitution of the Chechen Republic. The banner in the background above the soldiers bears the Chechen flag and reads: 'Referendum Equals Peace. Yes! Yes! Yes! to Referendum'.

A naked Chechen kid atop the dinner table in one of the tents of a Chechen refugee camp.

An officer of the Russian Interior Force sits in a kindergarden turned a voting station during the referendum on the new constitution of the Chechen Republic.

A resident of Grozny walks past a graffitty on the walls which reads: 'Ichkeria (separatist name for Chechnya) Needs Not this Jewish Referendum!'

A resident of Grozny walks past a graffitty on the walls which reads: 'Ichkeria (separatist name for Chechnya) Needs Not this Jewish Referendum!'

An officer of the Russian Interior Force checks roadsides with the mine-detector in the run up to the referendum on the new constitution of the Chechen Republic.

Members of a local Chechen voting commmission carry a case with the cast ballots by an armed policeman.

A masked officer of the Russian Interior Force patrols the streets of Grozny in the run up to the referendum on the Chechen Republic constitution.

A masked officer of the Russian Interior Force patrols the streets of Grozny in the run up to the referendum on the Chechen Republic constitution.

A masked officer of the Russian Interior Force searches through the ruins of Grozny in the run up to the referendum on the Chechen Republic constitution.

A kid plays among the ruins of Grozny.

An officer of the Russian Interior Force searches a private car for arms, ammunition and drugs in the run up to the referendum on the Chechen Republic constitution.

A servicewoman of the Russian Interior Force leaves the voting cabin having cast vote in the the referendum on the Chechen Republic constitution.

Charwoman cleans a local voting station in the run-up to the referendum on the new constitution of the Chechen Republic.

Russian military servicemen come to a voting station to cast votes during the referendum on the new constitution of the Chechen Republic.

Preparations for the referendum on the new darft of the Chechen Republic constitution.

Preparations for the referendum on the new constitution of the Chechen Republic.

Preparations for the referendum on the new constitution of the Chechen Republic.

Preparations for the referendum on the new constitution of the Chechen Republic.

Women-soldiers of the Russian Interior Force come to cast their votes during the referndum on the new constitution of the Chechen Republic.

A resident of the Chechen capital Grozny walks leads his cow past a poster urging Chechens to take part in the referendum on the new constitution of Chechnya.

Referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Preparations at the polling station for the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Preparations at the polling station for the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Preparations at the polling station for the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Preparations at the polling station for the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Preparations at the polling station for the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Preparations for the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Preparations for the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Preparations at the polling station for the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Preparations for the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Voting at the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.

Preparations at the polling station for the referendum on the adoption of the Chechen constitution.