ariweiner
06-22-2004, 02:08 PM
Statement with regard to the events in Ingushetia
The leadership of the ChRI has repeatedly warned Russia and the world
community that it isn't possible to keep the flames of war within the
borders of Chechnya for much longer. Today we see that military activity
has gripped the territory of Ingushetia. Nobody can give solid
guarantees that the war won't spread to still other territories of the
Caucasus and to Russia itself, if the Kremlin continues to follow its
blind suicidal course, temptated to solve the problems by force, which
can only be solved by peaceful political means, due their very nature.
It can be stated with certainty that the war in Ingushetia began already
at the moment when the Kremlin forced President Aushev to retire and
installed its humble protégé Zyazikov in his place, a Chekist cadre.
From that time on, Ingushetia became a zone of the bloody trade of the
Russian death squads. Murders, hostage-taking, terror against the
Chechen refugees and complete lawlessness became a daily reality in
Ingushetia, in the same way as the growing resistance against the
intolerably arbitrariness which had ascended the throne in this region
became a reality. Finally, the indignation of the people reached a
critical mass and took the form of a direct, armed riot.
The Chechen leadership declares with all its authority that the entire
fault for the tragic events in Ingushetia and their possible development
lies on the Russian side and must be shared by its local puppets.
Vice-premier of the Chechen Government, Special Representative of the
ChRI President to Foreign Countries, Ahmed Zakayev
Chechenpress, 22.06.04
The leadership of the ChRI has repeatedly warned Russia and the world
community that it isn't possible to keep the flames of war within the
borders of Chechnya for much longer. Today we see that military activity
has gripped the territory of Ingushetia. Nobody can give solid
guarantees that the war won't spread to still other territories of the
Caucasus and to Russia itself, if the Kremlin continues to follow its
blind suicidal course, temptated to solve the problems by force, which
can only be solved by peaceful political means, due their very nature.
It can be stated with certainty that the war in Ingushetia began already
at the moment when the Kremlin forced President Aushev to retire and
installed its humble protégé Zyazikov in his place, a Chekist cadre.
From that time on, Ingushetia became a zone of the bloody trade of the
Russian death squads. Murders, hostage-taking, terror against the
Chechen refugees and complete lawlessness became a daily reality in
Ingushetia, in the same way as the growing resistance against the
intolerably arbitrariness which had ascended the throne in this region
became a reality. Finally, the indignation of the people reached a
critical mass and took the form of a direct, armed riot.
The Chechen leadership declares with all its authority that the entire
fault for the tragic events in Ingushetia and their possible development
lies on the Russian side and must be shared by its local puppets.
Vice-premier of the Chechen Government, Special Representative of the
ChRI President to Foreign Countries, Ahmed Zakayev
Chechenpress, 22.06.04