#Dagestan: A Trip Report. From January 2000. But interesting! Mostly for these two paragraphs: Today, a few months later, Chechnyas capital city of Grozny is encircled by Russian troops. Air attacks on the city have been relentless. Hundred of thousands of refugees have fled the country. The international humanitarian community has become more vocal, opposing Russias indiscriminate scorched earth policy and its failure to distinguish between military and civilian targets. Even governments that had been silent have begun to challenge Russias military tactics, but not to the extent of pressuring Russia to end the campaign against Chechnya. [Grozny, we now know, was utterly annihilated, destroyed.] I would guess that the history books will recall the mess in the Northern Caucasus as the fallout of an erroneous Chechen guerilla (if not government) strategy to (a) seek territorial expansion and (b) to terrorize Russian leaders by indiscriminately bombing Russian apartment houses and subway stations. Whatever hostile reaction that befalls the Russian Federation as a result of its activities, the Chechen blunder will most likely spell an end to its brief period of independence. [Today, Chechnya exists in a weird symbiosis with Russia. Kadyrov is little better than Putin, but Chechnya is more or less stable...for now].
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:08:25 +0000
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