Word: chechen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Russian soldiers hoisted their flag over Chechnya's gutted presidential palace in Grozny, the republic's capital, Russian President Boris Yeltsin declared an end to the bloody six-week rebellion. "Don't worry. Everything will be settled soon on the Chechen issue," he said. "I am in strict control." Yeltsin ruled out direct peace talks with rebel leader Jokhar Dudayev, and battle-hardened Chechen fighters vowed to take their fight into the mountains south of Grozny-promising a long and fierce guerrilla...
Meanwhile in Geneva, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev held lengthy, sometimes cool discussions about the Chechen war. "What we don't want to see is a Russia mired in a military quagmire," Christopher told reporters. "I reiterated to the Foreign Minister that the conflict must be brought to an end." For his part, Kozyrev insisted that the rebellion was a "purely domestic matter...
...Grozny seemed on the verge of falling last week, Chechen fighters and thousands of refugees from the capital trekked south into redoubts in the Caucasus Mountains. If the conflict descends into guerrilla warfare, it may move off the world's front pages, but it will continue to drain Moscow's resources and weaken Yeltsin -- if, of course, he survives in power...
...Chechen Prez Offers Talks...
Declaring that "everything can be settled in an hour," the decidedly optimistic Chechen leader Jokhar Dudayev asked Russia to halt its assault on his capital. Even though Chechnya could not hope to win its secessionist war against Moscow, Dudayev warned that continued fighting might well draw neighboring republics into a wider regional conflict. "Every day leads to a deepening crisis," he warned, "not here, but in Russia." The Russian reply: a renewed attack on Grozny that left Chechen fighters desperately trying to hold their ground and the fall of the capital all but certain...