Chechnya Quote by Akhmad Kadyrov

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.

— Vladimir Putin

In 1995, Russia virtually gave Chechnya de facto statehood and independence even though, de jure, it didn't recognize Chechnya as an independent state. And…

— Vladimir Putin

The Chechnya problem is a centuries-old problem. The thing is that today, fundamentalists and terrorists are exploiting those centuries-old problems to accomplish their own…

— Vladimir Putin

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

Chechnya was part of that whole wave of entities of the Soviet Union that had a very separate sense of identity, of political and…

— Fiona Hill

“if you didn’t get involved in anything controversial—politics, human rights, or anything to do with Chechnya—then you could get on with life and enjoy…

— Bill Browder

Being independent caused us nothing but trouble. I do not want Chechnya to be independent from Russia.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

Everybody used to talk about Chechnya as a place, in the Russian imperial and Soviet periods, that was essentially governed by extended family and…

— Fiona Hill

Because to Americans, Chechnya might as well be a suburb of Narnia.

— Aasif Mandvi

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

Chechnya is a pressure cooker of Islamist anger

— Dennis Prager

Chechens need to be able to develop their own viable political society and regional economy whether they remain part of Russia or not.

— Fiona Hill