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Chechnya-Russia Conflict

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mauzip:
Tsjetjenia, I don't know how you spell it lol

Anywayz, what I was gonna ask is this. What is that whole war over there about?

Don Seer:
chechnia? <- closer than u i think :)

mauzip:

--- Quote from: Overseer on September 25, 2003, 09:25:01 AM ---chechnia? <- closer than u i think :)

--- End quote ---

blah, my spelling looks like the way you spell it in dutch ;)

mauzip:
anyone?

King Tech Quadafi:
Well, during the 19th century Czarist expeditions southwards, and Stalins sweep of Central Asia in the 1920's and 1930's, Chechnya was absorbed into Russia. While all the members of the former Soviet Union were all granted independance, the Chechyans surprised the Russians by demanding independance as well (The Russians of course assumed the Chechens had accepted their fate).

Chechnya declared independance, The Russians invaded, and between 1994-1996, 60 000 Russians died in Chechnya. The conflict ended with de facto Chechyan independace.

Few Years ago, the Chechyans started assisting the Dagistanis (another region in SW Russia, similiar circumstances as Chechnya).
The Russians responded with an invasion of Chechya. They currently occupy most of Chechya.

Human rights abuses are common in Chechnya. Men are sent to Gulagesque labour camps, the women are raped, homes are demolished. Amnesty Intl will tell you this.

Of course in this "new post 9/11 world", a blind eye is being turned to the destruction of the Chechen people. So when they in desperation turn to acts of violence, they are being denounced.

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