Thread: Что произойдет в восточной Украине? (Eastern Ukraine?)

Originally Posted by dtrq

Besides, Chechnya was given independence. They could still have it if they didn't tried to invade Dagestan.

Really, did they? I paid zero attention to anything that happened in Russia for most of the 1990s.
I thought the reason for the war was that they wanted independence and Russia wouldn't grant it.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Really, did they? I paid zero attention to anything that happened in Russia for most of the 1990s.
I thought the reason for the war was that they wanted independence and Russia wouldn't grant it.

Accords of Khasavurt were technically a cease fire which ultimately led to a peace treaty which, de-facto, acknowledged the independence or Republic Ichkeriya. They were independant from 1996 till 1999 when they invaded Dagestan. During these years there were numerous acts of terrorism in many Russian cities, abductions, slave trade. They printed false dollars, smuggled tons of drugs, etc.
When Putin had succeeded Yeltsin the Second Chechen war began.

P.S. Strangely enough, I knew about these accords but never thought of Chechnya as an independent state. Nevertheless, according to these treaties, they were independent not only de-facto, but de-jure as well.