First Chechen War

privileges of influencing the country. The media became a means of mobilization and effective propaganda for the liberal intelligentsia audience. However, the media war ended in the election

Jorit Pfleiderer PSCI 2223 Term Paper A Fight for Independence: Analyzing the First Chechen War The dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 1980s is one of the most important events of modern history. It led to the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Consisting of all former soviet republics including Russia, this organization of sovereign states had to elect new governments to take over the dissolved ones. The imminent end of communist rule resulted in the democratization

autonomous oblast, a sovereign state, or a war zone—has never received much consideration. Just one of dozens of ethnic groups within Russia who have declared since the end of the Soviet Union their right to self-rule and self-determination, the Chechens’ struggle for independence was drowned out in the cacophony of calls for independence during the 1990s. However, in a world so greatly affected by the events of September 11, 2001 and given the role of Chechen separatist groups in bombings of Russian

Chechnya Country Assessment The Chechen Republic or, informally, Chechnya, is a federal subject of Russia. It is located in the Northern Caucasus Mountains, in the Southern Federal District within 100 kilometers of the Caspian Sea (Chechnya, 2013). The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny. The population of Chechnya was 1,268,989, according to the 2010 Russian Census (Chechnya, 2013). As of the 2010 Census, Chechens make up 95.3% at 1,206,551 of the republic 's population. The predominant

Rights Watch have documented both Russian and Chechen acts of war crimes. The situation is dire in all cases from massacres, rapes and beatings, to completely ignoring the well fair of civilians. The Russians have disregarded completely the Geneva Convention obligations, with central market bombings; civilians’ deaths in Chechnya weigh heavily in the total death toll of the war. This situation is unacceptable for wartime in the twenty first century. The war has taken its toll on many parts of Chechnya;

On September 1, 2004, the world was shocked and horrified by the terrorist attack of Chechen rebels on a Middle school in the Russian town of Beslan. Nearly 1,200 children, teachers, and parents were taken hostage on the first day of school, and held captive for 53 hours. In the aftermath of the explosions and gunfire, over 360 people were killed, and hundreds more were left injured (Kaplan, 2004). The siege of the school was the latest of a dozen bloody attacks – on targets such as airliners, trains

The film introduced the conflict escalation between Russia and Chechnya during the Second Chechen war in May 2002. The conflict between the two nations centered on independence and conquest. Culture marks the different perspectives of each nation about the war. The Chechens viewed the war as a political game, where they act as puns (Greetings from Grozny, 2002). Russians, on the other hand, viewed the war as a security operation, because they want to justify their occupations of Chechnya. Why do

Chechnya and its People The ongoing civil war between the semi-autonomous republic of Chechnya and Russia has dramatically caught the attention of the world – a world that perceives the conflict primarily through the distorted lens of Russian propaganda, and the contradicting images of Chechen suffering on the independent media. If the West seems impartial or even indifferent to the Chechen conflict, it is because there is little understanding of this people, of their struggle, or of the vast

has to go through the various exams to make sure he is physically fit for the military. In the Chechen Republic, Vanya and another Sgt. Kostylin are injured in the explosion of a personnel carrier after which they are to be taken hostage. This is just the beginning of the story that will become legendary for Sergei Bodrov. Vanya has to go through many challenges that shake his inner stability. First, he meets Hasan, his guard, who cannot speak because his tongue is torn out. Second, he is shackled

terrorism we must identify the past historical events leading up to their creation. All the efforts put in by the CRI (Chechen Republic of Ichkeria) were to create a land that was for the Muslim people. Then without any success it was later transformed in a small terrorist cells known as the group Caucasus Emirate. They gained strength and peaked in 2010-2013 and after the death of the first leader they slowly began to decline. As the time has progressed and things have