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Ilyas Akhmadov
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The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
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2010
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7 editions
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Chechnya's Secret Wartime Diplomacy: Aslan Maskhadov and the Quest for a Peaceful Resolution
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2013
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7 editions
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“Because the Russians refused to consider a humanitarian cease-fire, many bodies decomposed in the streets, and were eaten by stray dogs.”
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
“I went to Maskhadov’s office and told him, “Look, I have no archive. There are no papers at all in my ministry; there’s literally nothing there. How can there be no archive at the Foreign Ministry?”
“You didn’t get an archive for one ministry,” he snapped. “I didn’t get a scrap of paper for an entire country. It’s okay . . . just start working.” I turned around and walked out.
This comment had a sobering effect on me.”
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
“You didn’t get an archive for one ministry,” he snapped. “I didn’t get a scrap of paper for an entire country. It’s okay . . . just start working.” I turned around and walked out.
This comment had a sobering effect on me.”
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
“When similar hostage situations occurred in Moscow’s theater Nord Ost and in a school at Beslan, the top political leadership was determined to protect the “honor” of the services no matter what. In both cases the security services chose to conduct raids killing hundreds of hostages […]”
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
― The Chechen Struggle: Independence Won and Lost
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