Let's see here. A lot of stuff wrong with Kuzmich's posts. All of it was pretty much outlined by Tempest. But now back to the topic. I'm not into going onto the big news sites such as CNN or really watching news at all, but why didn Chechnya seperate in the first place? I'm just taking a guess here, but was Russia mistreating the people of Chechnya? Probably.
Well, Chechnya and Russia have never had go relations. In '91 when the USSR fell, Chechnya saw it as the perfect opportunity to gain their independance, which Russia did allow in '92.
In '94, war broke out between Russia and Chechnya. Grozny was devastated in the fighting, and tens of thousands died. Russia regained control of many areas in '95, but guerrillas controlled much of the mountainous south and committed spectacular terrorist actions in other parts of Russia. Fighting continued through '96, when Dudayev was killed and succeeded by Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev. The Russians withdrew, essentially admitting defeat, following a cease-fire that left Chechnya with de facto autonomy.
Aslan Maskhadov, chief of staff of the Chechen forces, was elected president early in '97 but had little control of Chechnya. In '99, Islamic law was established. Terrorism, including a series of bombings in Moscow, erupted again, and after Islamic militants invaded neighboring Dagestan from Chechnya, Russia bombed and invaded Chechnya again, taking Grozny and forcing the rebels into mountain strongholds. (deja vu anyone?)
And that's where we are today.
