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Once again the mountains of the Caucasus are the backdrop to scenes of violence, cruelty and suffering. The Russian government last week warned all civilians in Grozny, the capital of the breakaway republic of Chechnya, that they must leave the city in a days or be killed when the city...
Much of the suffering of this war has been caused by Russia's strategy. In the last war, poorly trained and demoralized conscripts were badly mauled by Chechen guerrillas. Now the Russians have decided to avoid direct fighting. Instead they are using military might to mercilessly pound the Chechen countryside...
The bad state of affairs was not helped by the fact that most of Chechnya's infrastructure had been destroyed and many cities and towns reduced to rubble, creating an unemployment rate estimated at 60 percent. Reconstruction aid promised by Russia unsurprisingly never showed up. In these circumstances Chechnya's...
The Chechen conundrum has no easy solutions. We must be wary of sliding into the classic response of seeing an oppressed minority and leaping forward, enthusiastic they they should have their own state. Nor should we relax, confident that Russia's reconquest of the province will restore stability. The only...
According to currently available results, Noah Z. Seton '00 won the presidency with 1,179 final-round votes over T. Christopher King '01, who finished second with 943 final-round votes. Seton's running mate Kamil E. Redmond '00 won the vice presidency over King's running mate, Fentrice D...