Chechnya: A war that can't be
History of the "independent Chechnya" continues on as a bloodsheding conflict that just can't seem to end. In the summer of 1991, the world learned that some loosely defined part of the Checheno-Ingushetia had seceded from RSFSR and the USSR and proclaimed itself an independent state called the Chechen Republic. During the next ten following years the situation in the republic remained complicated and tense. A 1994-96 war between Russia and Chechnya proved to be devastating to the republics social, economical and political structure. Though enjoying it's de facto independence the republic was overrun by warlords and their gangs that divided the land in between themselves and fought with each other for power. A kidnapping trade proved to be rewarding as many members of humanitarian organizations and other foreigners were abducted for ransom. The government of Aslan Maskhadov, the newly elected president, was either involved in the criminal activities itself or was unable to do anything about it. In August 1999, Chechen fighters led by prominent field commanders Shamil Basayev and Jordanian born Khattab crossed into neighboring Dagestan in order to create an a
A peaceful life in war-torn republic cannot be full filled without the assistance of local residents, who have grown sick of endless wars. The society of Chechnya is split into two camps, clans that want peace are mostly in the Beloi and Alleroi villages, which prohibited it's young people to join the illegal armed formations, and mercenaries and local so called "warlords" to whom war means profit. For example, if not for the assistance of local well-respected elders, the federal forces would have not entered Achkhoi-Martan, northern territories and Chechnyan's second biggest city Gudermes, without a "single shot". Whether Moscow likes or not, only a political agreement between the two sides will bring this current conflict to an end. Russia argues that all the field commanders must surrender and face the charges of mutiny, participation in illegal armed formations and war crimes against their people before it will begin any kind of negotiations. But ironically, they say that there is no one in Chechnya that hasn't covered themselves in blood whom they can hold talks with and with that decision Moscow is in for a long period of low intensity fighting. With the casualties rising every day, it's a matter of time before the public opinion and the mothers of dead servicemen will force the current leadership of the Kremlin to come to a some kind of political agreement with the rebellious republics leadership. In 1996, the Chechen rebels answered Russian attempts to sideline them in the mountains with blitz raids against cities in neighboring Dagestan and Russia itself. The guerrillas later managed to take back parts of their capital Grozny, and Moscow, realizing the high political and economic costs of holding on to Chechnya, simply withdrew. To avoid the repeat of those
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