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...Dudayev: The U.S. could play the most vital role as a guarantor of any potential agreements as well as a partner interested in producing and transporting oil and in maintaining stability...
...Dudayev: It is my misfortune that I have always seen our future only in the context of being closely tied to Russia. We are not embittered toward Russia. Russia has its own woes and does all these things not because it wants to but because it can't help doing them. But people here will never accept being formally part of Russia...
...Dudayev: First, a major hotbed of instability in the Caucasus will have been settled. Otherwise Dagestan [the neighboring Muslim republic east of Chechnya] could be next to explode. Second, Russia wouldn't have to send trillions of rubles here, since once the conflict is settled, we don't intend to ask Russia for any money. We can jointly exploit the riches of this land, including income from [energy] transports through this key geographical area...
...Dudayev: Yes, it was. If the war goes on, the pipeline will never operate. It will be exploded. But if we reach accommodation with Russia, it will acquire a reliable neighbor who will shield it from aggression, acts of sabotage and terror...
...Dudayev: It really doesn't matter. Communist or fascist, they all suffer from Russian-itis, a kind of Russian mania for world domination. At least if the communists take over, they'll have to work hard to prove their commitment to law and democracy, while the incumbent regime is openly criminal...