Russia, Chechnya and terrorism

DEVELOPMENTS

The war in Chechnya seems to be finally completed in 2008. But in fact it is still going on, as the Chechen separatism and terrorist attacks still exist and spread to neighboring republics. What happened in the 15 years since the outbreak of the first Chechen war? Chechnya - a Muslim region south-western part of Russia, in the Caucasus Mountains. It is bordered on the west by the other republic of Ingushetia, in southern Georgia and Dagestan in the north. The capital of Chechnya - Grozny. Home 90: Why Russia started the war with Chechnya? Chechnya unwanted member of the Soviet Union, declared independence after the 1991 Soviet Union collapsed.President Yeltsin immediately responded to this military invasion, but it almost did not affect the outcome. In 1994, the conflict between Russia and Chechen separatists fighting turned into a war. Russia's losses were significant, and the war ended with a peace agreement in 1996, which resulted in the Chechen Republic was granted broad autonomy. 1999: Russia and the violence of the Chechen separatists, accused of terrorism, Russian troops returned to Chechnya in 1999 after an attempt to Chechnya to join the neighboring Dagestan and after a series of bombings in Russia that are attributed to Chechen rebels. The brutal tactics of struggle on the part of Russia is widely condemned, but Yeltsin responded to these criticisms that this tactic is justified in the fight against Chechen terrorism. At an international security summit in 1999, but which was attended by the US, France and Germany, Boris Yeltsin said that "you have no right to criticize Russia over Chechnya, we must put an end to the spread of terrorism." 1991-2006: activities of Shamil Basayev, the leader Chechen separatist Basayev began to consider suicide in 1991, when the first Chechen war time he stole the Russian plan and went with him to Ankara with the intention to hold a press conference on the Chechen propaganda. Basayev led by Chechen fighters during the war in 1994, after the war, he served as Prime Minister of Chechnya, after he returned to Dagestan and began to participate actively in hostilities. His most famous act of terrorism took place in Beslan in 2004, which killed 331 people, while more than half of them were children. Basayev was killed in July 2006. 2001: Russia and the United States and its war on terrorism after September 11 Russia joyfully announced that their efforts in the fight against Chechen rebels is nothing but a part of the war on terrorism. However, despite some relationship between al-Qaeda and those who promote global jihad against Chechen rebels, the majority of Chechen rebels retained their nationalist intentions. Although some foreign fighters, and played a role in the Chechen struggle, but their influence and numbers were limited. 2006-2007: an amnesty by the Russian government against the Chechen militants since July 2006, Russia and Ramzan Kadyrov (a former rebel and now cooperating with Russia Chechen President) contributed to the development of the program under the amnesty. They offered militants the opportunity to declare itself until January 2007 to avoid persecution. By the end of the program, about 500 militants were stated to provide them amnesty. However, as the New York Times wrote at the time "the program has been almost completely filled with prisoners and kidnapped relatives of the militants, who were forced to come into play by the rules of Ramzan Kadyrov, the pro-Kremlin Chechen leader." Russia and Kadyrov claimed that the program was successful. 2008: Stability and human rights By the beginning of 2008, the situation in Russia has stabilized. While the separatists and continue their attacks, they occur intermittently, and the very short-term. However, according to experts in the field of human rights, this stability has got a high price.