Been Quote by Stephen Kinzer

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

The Russians have been waging wars with these separatists since the 19th century, but for obvious reasons, Chechen separatist terrorism tends to be carried…

— Peter Bergen

As someone who grew up there, I say: The Chechen Republic must remain part of Russia. Everything else is negotiable.

— Vladislav Surkov

I am a son of the Chechen people. I am no different from anyone else.

— Ramzan Kadyrov

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

— Anne Applebaum

Now the bigots have to get creative. Good luck coming up with slurs for Chechens. Go back where you came from, Ushanka head.

— Aasif Mandvi

The history of Chechnya is one of imperialism gone terribly wrong. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Chechens were among the few peoples to…

— Stephen Kinzer

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.

— Vladimir Putin

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

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

“No one spoke of hatred of the Russians. the feeling experienced by all the Chechens, from the youngest to the oldest, was stronger than…

— Leo Tolstoy

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