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> [A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/a-foreign-ideology-cannot-be-introduced-into-chechnya-were-it-through/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

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> [I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/i-assure-you-it-would-be-much-more-pleasant-for-me-to-be-an-ordinary/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/aslan-maskhadov-41411_chechnya_i-assure-you-it-would-be-much-more-pleas_1648433.png)

> [It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/it-is-not-advantageous-for-russia-in-its-present-state-to-fight/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/aslan-maskhadov-41411_against_it-is-not-advantageous-for-russia-in-its_3099058.png)

## Other authors on Chechnya

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vladimir-putin-94037.jpg) Vladimir Putin 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chechnya/vladimir-putin/)
- [Fiona Hill 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chechnya/fiona-hill/)
- [Akhmad Kadyrov 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chechnya/akhmad-kadyrov/)

## More by Aslan Maskhadov

> [We will liberate our country from the occupying forces and put an end to relations between Russia and the Chechen State, no matter how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/we-will-liberate-our-country-from-the-occupying-forces-and-put-an-end/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

> [We deny and have always denied having the slightest link with al-Qaeda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/we-deny-and-have-always-denied-having-the-slightest-link-with-al-qaeda/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

> [Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/until-fighting-ends-and-there-are-conditions-which-allow-the-free/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

> [The war is ending, for the first time in the history of relations between Moscow and Grozny, and the era of peace is starting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/the-war-is-ending-for-the-first-time-in-the-history-of-relations/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

> [It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to my people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/it-would-be-easier-to-fight-the-russian-army-and-it-would-give-me/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

> [A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/a-foreign-ideology-cannot-be-introduced-into-chechnya-were-it-through/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

> [I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/i-assure-you-it-would-be-much-more-pleasant-for-me-to-be-an-ordinary/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

> [Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/western-states-keep-playing-with-and-around-russia/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

> [Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/independence-is-not-a-whim-or-an-ambition-it-is-the-necessary/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

> [It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aslan-maskhadov/it-is-not-advantageous-for-russia-in-its-present-state-to-fight/)

[Aslan Maskhadov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aslan-maskhadov/)

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