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...Yeltsin is a true Russian. As a result of a 74-year communist interlude, Russia retains the kind of imperial ambition that at the beginning of this century was shared by all the major European powers. Much of the former Russian Empire consisted of 19th century conquests, among them Chechnya and Finland. Russia wants to hold on to the parts still in her possession, and sees fit to use warfare to do so. However, as a victim of imperialism, Chechnya has the right to independence...
...Chechnya Enters New Phase...
...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...
...weeks after Defense Minister Pavel Grachev boasted that his forces would subdue Chechnya's rebellion in a matter of hours, the Russian tricolor finally fluttered last week atop the ruins of the presidential palace in Grozny. As resistance fighters melted into the suburbs and took to the hills, the bloody battle for control of the Chechen capital shifted sufficiently in Moscow's favor to allow Boris Yeltsin to claim victory. This he speedily did. ``The military stage of restoring the constitution in Chechnya is effectively over,'' he declared in Moscow, adding that the time had come for the ``restoration...
...General Boris Gromov, the popular Afghan war veteran widely viewed as a strong contender for the post of Defense Minister. Yeltsin also sought to project the image that he was in command. ``I am in strict control of the Russian security structures, and I learn about the situation in Chechnya every day,'' he told reporters at a Kremlin reception. ``You can be sure nothing serious happens there without...