Against Quote by Aslan Maskhadov

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.

— Vladimir Putin

For Putin, Syria is all too reminiscent of Chechnya. Both conflicts pitted the state against disparate and leaderless opposition forces, which over time came…

— Fiona Hill

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

“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

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

A war must be avoided at all costs. Russia is against any type of use of external force.

— Vladimir Yakunin

The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not…

— Akhmad Kadyrov

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

— Ramzan Kadyrov

Putin's treatment of Chechnya became a cautionary tale of what would happen to rebels and terrorists - and indeed to entire groups of people…

— Fiona Hill

“If the Russian people and the Russian elite remembered - viscerally, emotionally remembered - what Stalin did to the Chechens, they could not have…

— Anne Applebaum

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

“The Russian action in Chechnya could be likened to the British Army reducing Edinburgh to rubble and expelling a couple of million Scottish people…

— Amjad M. Jaimoukha