Grew Quote by Vladislav Surkov

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

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.

— Vladimir Putin

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

Chechens are not ethnically or culturally Russian, and have now been fighting for generations to free themselves from Russian rule.

— Stephen Kinzer

But if Russia is to be part of this larger zone of peace it cannot bring into it its imperial baggage. It cannot bring…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

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

— Ramzan Kadyrov

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

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

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

Putin needs to understand and feel in his gut that if the Chechens get a nuclear bomb, they're going to Moscow first, they're not…

— Graham T. Allison

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