Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world. — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
We will liberate our country from the occupying forces and put an end to relations between Russia and the Chechen State, no matter how… — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
We deny and have always denied having the slightest link with al-Qaeda. — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections… — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
The war is ending, for the first time in the history of relations between Moscow and Grozny, and the era of peace is starting. — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to my people — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for… — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a… — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group. — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat… — Aslan Maskhadov Copy Share Image
