Word: chechen
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MOSCOW: With Chechen rebels firmly entrenched in downtown Grozny, on the verge of handing the Russian army a humiliating defeat, a peace deal is beginning to look more and more appealing to the Russian government. But after some 20 months of war have produced numerous false starts towards peace, the job of actually negotiating Russia's way out of an increasingly thorny situation is not an easy one. The latest to try his hand: Newly named Russian special envoy to Chechnya Alexander Lebed. After returning from Chechnya on Monday, the former-paratroop general condemned the Russian army's conduct...
MOSCOW: Two Chechen leaders previously reported dead, now appear to be alive and are rallying to resume their leadership roles among the rebels. A man identifying himself as the Chechen commander Salman Raduyev said Thursday that rebels were responsible for two recent bus bombings in Moscow and that he planned to carry out another, unspecified order from top rebel leader Dzhokar Dudayev. Russian officials had reported both men killed in fighting last spring, but their bodies were never found. While the man identifying himself as Raduyev looked very different, he attributed his changed appearance to plastic surgery following extensive face...
...Minister of Defense who has stood by Yeltsin since the coup in 1991. Fragmented as it is, the military still respects the chain of command, so Yeltsin needs a popular and loyal Defense Minister to keep the top officers in line. Grachev, one of the main culprits of the Chechen misadventure, is highly unpopular, and now his loyalty is in doubt as well...
MOSCOW: As the Russian presidential campaign enters the home stretch, President Boris Yeltsin is stepping up his reelection effort. Wednesday brought a plan to end the 17-month conflict in Chechnya along with praise and promises of more financial backing for the Russian army. Yeltsin proposes a Chechen republic still under Russian dominion, but with control over its own natural resources and finances. "The Chechens probably won't like this first proposal," reports TIME Moscow correspondent Sally Donnelly, "since they have been fighting all this time to establish an independent republic. But at least the Russians are starting to talk...
MOSCOW: As the Russian presidential campaign enters the home stretch, President Boris Yeltsin is stepping up his reelection effort. Wednesday brought a plan to end the 17-month conflict in Chechnya along with praise and promises of more financial backing for the Russian army. Yeltsin proposes a Chechen republic still under Russian dominion, but with control over its own natural resources and finances. "The Chechens probably won't like this first proposal," reports TIME Moscow correspondent Sally Donnelly, "since they have been fighting all this time to establish an independent republic. But at least the Russians are starting to talk...