That said, it is strange to see a civil war between Chechen clans (which is what is largely being described) depicted as "Russia's reign of terror," as if the Kremlin could control the Chechen clans.
Also, "After the 1994-96 war with Moscow, Chechen rebels made a fresh bid for independence in 1999 - a campaign quashed by Mr Putin to popular acclaim" is a strange way to describe a Chechnya-based invasion of Dagestan! How is that a "fresh bid for independence"? Actually Chechnya _was_ independent in 1999 de facto.
--- mike larkin <mike_larkin2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Although Moscow insists that its activities in
> Chechnya are part of a continuing "anti-terror
> operation", many locals say that the reverse is
> true.
> The Russian forces' brutal treatment of civilians is
> a
> driving force behind young men and women's decision
> to
> seek revenge by joining separatist terrorist groups.
>
> Criminal cases are sometimes opened into the raids
> but
> the investigations rarely yield results. In the
> chaos
> that has engulfed the republic since its
> Moscow-backed
> leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated in May,
> nobody knows which of Chechnya's many fragmented
> security forces are to blame.""
>
>
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