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To: jbe who wrote (15005)10/20/1999 1:03:00 PM
From: Yaacov  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 17770
 
Thank you for the post! All correct.

Chechnya is just as much a part of Russia as Dagestan is"""
Ivan Kalita bought some stallions from Kabardia. He married
a Kabardian horse traders doughter that was elevated to princes! That is moral ground for Russians claim to
entire Caucasus! Who is Ivan Kalita? Pls. ask Goldsnow! gg



To: jbe who wrote (15005)10/25/1999 12:39:00 PM
From: MNI  Respond to of 17770
 
JBE, Yes, but...as far as Russian officialdom is concerned, Chechnya is just as much a part of Russia as Dagestan is. So it isn't as if they were invading "another country," from the Russian point of view.

Yes, I have heard this over and over, even from the media <g>. What I dont' get is - how can under this assumption Chechnyans be evicted from Moscow? (As I have heard from BBC-world, 'Around Europe' roughly two weeks ago). Just a little question ...

Regards MNI.

PS: An illustration to what you said about a lack of cameramen, and international witnesses, in Grozny. When yesterday (or the day before) the Russians had closed the road Grozny-Ingushetia, the most important German TV reporter complained more about his inability to enter at day time and exit for the night, than the big number of Chechens who were now unable to either leave or reenter to check their relatives' fates after the market bombing ...