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To: goldsnow who wrote (2374)	7/15/2001 11:43:16 PM
From: LV	Respond to of 23908

<<I was alluding to the fact that Russia has no historical claim on Chechnya land other than Czar has conquered it, and Russia has managed to keep it till now>> Nobody wants to fight Russia over Chechnya or China over Tibet. I don’t think that many Russians even want to keep Chechnya. The republic is almost exclusively Chechen (if you don’t count Russian soldiers). Before the war about 25% of population was ethnic Russian but most of them have left. All that remain are old and infirm who have nowhere to go. Casualties are large, the drain on resources is enormous. Russians have so many other pressing problems. And Chechens are perceived as violent and cruel and the enforcers for the Russian mafia, so many Russians would be happy to see them go. But they are afraid that if they will let go, it will be the first brick in the wall with other minorities following. <<So criteria for international recognition of land confiscation/incorporation is different depending on who won the war and how long ago>> Who confers this international recognition? Who is the arbiter? The UN, that bastion of decency and moral authority in the world? I think that a morally advanced state should choose the course of actions on the basis of what is morally right, not to gain so-called international recognition. Everyone will never be satisfied. And as we all know, some states will never be granted that international recognition, even if they choose to stand on their head <g>.