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However, the legitimacy of the Chechen secession still leaves observers puzzled. What would happen if all of the communities Russia has absorbed over the years were to break away? This is an unsettling thought, and one that is no doubt a large part of Russia's motivation. Chechnya does, however, have a strong claim to independence. It is a distinct community ethnically and religiously. Its desire for independence has been long-standing and is deeply embedded, as the ferocious defense of Grozny, the Chechen capital, indicates...
...bottom line is that whatever the particular merits of the Chechen independence movement, force does not provide an answer to Russia's post-imperial pangs. The sooner Russia understands that, the sooner some other method can be arrived...
...presidential palace in Grozny three times, despite Russian President Boris Yeltsin's public order Wednesday to halt furtherair raids on Chechnya's ruined capital. At least one bomb hit the tall concrete building squarely, setting off a fire on the upper floors, but claiming no casualties as Chechen officials kept to the basement and first floor. (Chechnya's president, Dzhokhar Dudayev, reportedly is concealed in a bunker elsewhere.) TIME Moscow bureau chief John Kohan says the action by the Russian military -- who are no nearer to containing the crisis -- suggests Yeltsin's authority is in jeopardy. "There are serious questions...
...Grozny, victorious Chechen defenders were mopping up what was left of the Russian ground units today,TIME Moscow reporter Yuri Zarakhovichis reporting from the city. Before today's air strikes, he says, eight dead Russian soldiers lay before the nine-story, modernistic presidential palace itself, the epicenter of heavy fighting of the last three days. Now, burned and mangled Russian soldiers are as easy to spot as the dead among Grozny's inhabitants. "We clear away the corpses of our fallen comrades, but we can't clear away all the Russian corpses," said Chechen militia man Ilyas Salatayev...
...Chechen rebels held onto the presidential palace in Grozny today, turning back a furious and bloody Russian assault that has seen heavy casualties on both sides. Despite being outnumbered and poorly armed, the rebels pushed the Russian troops out of Grozny's center, forcing Russian President Boris Yeltsin to send reinforcements. Civilian casualties continued as Russian jets, trying to destroy a bridge about seven miles from Grozny, killed at least 10 people in their cars. But Russian soldiers have suffered as well: the military acknowledged that Chechen rebels have captured or destroyed several dozen armed personnel carriers. The rebel soldiers...