The fighting slowed in late 2004 , and Aslan Maskhadov -- a former Soviet Army officer who was elected president of Chechnya and who spoke against terrorism and sought a cease-fire with Russia -- was killed early last year .
Chechnya
Russia
/location/administrative_division/country
Russia
Chechnya
/location/country/administrative_divisions
Aslan Maskhadov
Chechnya
/people/deceased_person/place_of_death
Russia
Chechnya
/location/location/contains
PERSON
Aslan Maskhadov
LOCATION
Chechnya
LOCATION
Russia