Aslan Maskhadov
Aslan Maskhadov
AslanAliyevich Maskhadovwas a leader of the Chechen independence movement and the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria...
NationalityChechen
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 September 1951
develop normal ties wage war
We need to develop normal ties so that we won't have to wage war anymore,
discipline state
Kamikazes must also be subordinated to a State discipline.
country forces liberate occupying relations russia
We will liberate our country from the occupying forces and put an end to relations between Russia and the Chechen State, no matter how difficult the task may be.
allow anywhere elections ends expression fighting free held until
Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world.
slightest
We deny and have always denied having the slightest link with al-Qaeda.
responsibility army fighting
It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to my people
war moscow eras
The war is ending, for the first time in the history of relations between Moscow and Grozny, and the era of peace is starting.
vaccines long als
A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is.
gdp russia states
Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia.
war peaceful president
I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war.
army fighting russia
It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya.
ambition survival independence
Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.
appeal decided difficult force path suffering sufferings
I appeal to those who, under force of the most difficult sufferings and losses, have decided to go down the path of martyrdom,
appeal cannot decided path support understand
I appeal to those who... have decided to go down the path of martyrdom, ... I understand you, but I cannot support you.