A video grab from NTV Russian television shows security personnel helping a man (C), believed to be Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, seconds after an explosion at a stadium in Grozny, May 9, 2004, during annual celebrations of "Victory Day". The head of the pro-Moscow Chechen administration on Sunday denied reports that regional president Akhmad Kadyrov and other top officials had been killed in the blast.

A video grab from NTV Russian television shows security personnel helping a man (C), believed to be Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, seconds after an explosion at a stadium in Grozny, May 9, 2004, during annual celebrations of "Victory Day". The head of the pro-Moscow Chechen administration on Sunday denied reports that regional president Akhmad Kadyrov and other top officials had been killed in the blast.