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Aslan Maskhadov Quotes

1951–2005 Russia

Aslan (Khalid) Aliyevich Maskhadov (Russian: Асла́н (Хали́д) Али́евич Масха́дов; Chechen: (Масхадан) Али ВоӀ Аслан) (21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was a Soviet and Chechen politician who served as the third president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. He was credited by many with the Chechen victory in the First Chechen War, which allowed for the establishment of the de facto independent Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

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What reliable information can a traitor who has only completed two years of high-school education provide?

I will not call for talks with the Russian leadership any more because it's senseless.

Don't expect anything good from the puppets and enemies. The day will soon come when the occupation forces will leave Chechnya.

Chechen mujahedin will resist to the end in this struggle, and the flame of this conflagration will spread to the entire North Caucasus.

The people of Russia will experience constant fear of possible retribution by suicide bombers in revenge for the evil deeds of the [Federal Security Service] and the federal forces in Chechnya.

We are going through hard times now. The enemy is within us but it is invisible. We are one nation, we have one religion but there is no accord between us.

If reason triumphs among our Kremlin opponents, we can end this war at the negotiating table. If not, then most likely blood will be spilled for a long time to come but we will not be morally responsible for the continuation of this madness.

When the interests of Western states and those of Russia collide in the Caucasus, when the leaders of those Western states comprehend the level of danger to the entire civilized world that emanates from Russia, then they will line up and beg us Chechens to agree to end the war.

We are well-prepared for this summer and autumn. And in view of the mood among our fighters, I can tell you that the situation will undergo a radical change. After the referendum, the activities of the resistance units sharply increased.

Both the President and the government of the Russian Federation are unable to clearly understand the situation and the imminent dangers. They don't care whether the state collapses; they only care about the upcoming Russian presidential and parliamentary elections.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Aslan Maskhadov (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.