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...Chechnya has resulted in tragedy for the Chechens, humiliation for the Russian army and political disaster for Boris Yeltsin. His nemesis in the breakaway republic is Jokhar Dudayev, 52, the rebel President, formerly a major general in the Soviet air force. Dudayev lives on the run, moving every night. Time's Yuri Zarakhovich spoke to him recently in a safe house about 500 yds. from the nearest Russian outpost...
...Dudayev: The West ignores Russian tactics of state terrorism. Russian forces have destroyed all our hospitals and schools. Our people pick up the pieces of their children's bodies after Russian bombings. And yet you deplore Chechen terrorism. Those two cases you mentioned, however, were a serious breach of my orders. We'll wage a war of sabotage in Russia, but there won't be any terrorism or hostage taking...
...Dudayev: The war could be ended by just a stroke of the pen--without any preconditions or without setting any unattainable objectives by either party. Yeltsin can sign a decree for his side and I for mine. It does not even require direct contact between Yeltsin and me. Yeltsin may not be keen on meeting with me, but I can assure you I don't have any overwhelming desire to set eyes on him either. Still, I feel there are competing forces around Yeltsin that just won't let him meet with me. We've got to give up petty...
...Dudayev: A journalist asked me whether I planned to march on Moscow, so I said, Why not march into Western Europe then? Countries there want to reap material rewards from Russia by looking the other way. We are shedding our blood so they can get their hands into Russia's pockets...
...Dudayev: Very much so. They have forced us to take the way of Islam even if we were not properly prepared to embrace Islamic values. Now we could succumb to a perverted form of Islam, which might be dangerous to the West...