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| Boys play football in bombed out Grozny. REUTERS/Said Tsarnayev |
Fighting between Russian troops and separatist guerrillas has killed an estimated 70,000 civilians and forced tens of thousands more to flee their homes.
- Chechnya is one of only two places in the world where aid agencies routinely use armed escorts.
- Some 95,000 people are displaced, mostly living in squalid shelters.
- Mines and unexploded ordinance are a major risk.
- 90 percent of Grozny's schools are damaged or destroyed - International Rescue Committee.
- Children have been traumatised by years of gunbattles, bombings and upheaval.
- Four fifths have health problems, mainly neurological and psychological, according to a 2003 health survey.
To find out more see our Chechnya crisis briefing.
