Aslan Maskhadov Quotes

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• Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.
• I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic…
• Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia.
• A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us…
• The war is ending, for the first time in the history of relations between Moscow and Grozny, and the era of peace is starting.
• It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to my people
• It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready.…
• We deny and have always denied having the slightest link with al-Qaeda.
• We will liberate our country from the occupying forces and put an end to relations between Russia and the Chechen State, no matter how difficult…
• 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…

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