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Terrorism In Chechnya 1
THE ESSAY ON TERRORISM IN CHECHNYA
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THE ESSAY ON TERRORISM IN CHECHNYA
A Paper on Terrorism By
Student’s Name
Name of the Professor
Institutional Affiliation
City/State
Year/Month/Day
Terrorism In Chechnya 2
INTRODUCTION
Chechens are an ethnic minority living originally in the north Caucasus part of Russia. For the
past two years, they have been under the government of Moscow though they have had varying
degrees of autonomy. After the Soviet Union failed, Chechen separatist launched the campaign
coordinated for independence, which contributed to two devastating wars and insurgency in the
Chechnya under the republic of Russia. Militants around and in the Chechnya continued to
agitate for independence, though the death of their leader of separation in 2006 weakened the
separatist movement. Chechens are largely Muslim ethnic group and have resisted the Russian
rule for a hundred years.
Causes of Terrorism
The tension between the Chechen republic and Russians existed since Russia did not allow the
Chechens to form their own nation after the Soviet Union dissolution. This is due to the
geopolitical importance of the Chechen republic to Russian as a nation. The land of Chechen had
many valuable lines of oil servicing other nations such as Ukraine and Georgia which Russia
claims are of importance to the economy1. Grozny is the Chechnya capital and is the site of the
large refinery of oil. When Chechnya is still part of the Federation of Russia, Russia retains full
control over the valuable flowing oil through the lands of Chechen. Russian's failure to allow
Chechnya to secede led to rebellion fighting in the republic. The rebellion increases and the first
war started from 1994 to 1996. The first war had the look of nationalist with the aim of
succession from the Federation of Russian and no affiliation of Islamic or endorsement. The
1 Vatchagaev, M, “The politicization of Sufism in Chechnya”.
Caucasus Survey, 1, no.2
(2014):25-35.
INTRODUCTION
Chechens are an ethnic minority living originally in the north Caucasus part of Russia. For the
past two years, they have been under the government of Moscow though they have had varying
degrees of autonomy. After the Soviet Union failed, Chechen separatist launched the campaign
coordinated for independence, which contributed to two devastating wars and insurgency in the
Chechnya under the republic of Russia. Militants around and in the Chechnya continued to
agitate for independence, though the death of their leader of separation in 2006 weakened the
separatist movement. Chechens are largely Muslim ethnic group and have resisted the Russian
rule for a hundred years.
Causes of Terrorism
The tension between the Chechen republic and Russians existed since Russia did not allow the
Chechens to form their own nation after the Soviet Union dissolution. This is due to the
geopolitical importance of the Chechen republic to Russian as a nation. The land of Chechen had
many valuable lines of oil servicing other nations such as Ukraine and Georgia which Russia
claims are of importance to the economy1. Grozny is the Chechnya capital and is the site of the
large refinery of oil. When Chechnya is still part of the Federation of Russia, Russia retains full
control over the valuable flowing oil through the lands of Chechen. Russian's failure to allow
Chechnya to secede led to rebellion fighting in the republic. The rebellion increases and the first
war started from 1994 to 1996. The first war had the look of nationalist with the aim of
succession from the Federation of Russian and no affiliation of Islamic or endorsement. The
1 Vatchagaev, M, “The politicization of Sufism in Chechnya”.
Caucasus Survey, 1, no.2
(2014):25-35.
Terrorism In Chechnya 3
leader of Chechen rebel Dzhokhar Dudayev maintained this image of secessionist through the
war2.
The first war resulted in the catastrophic loss for both Russian and Chechen. Russian president
feared that Chechen would be successful and therefore signed the Khasavyurt accord in 1996 that
gave the Chechen independence, established a 5-year ceasefire and banned the discussion
between Chechnya and the Russian government with regard to the succession until 2001.
Although there was the involvement of Islamic in the first war, the interest of Islamic in the wars
of Chechen grew throughout the courses of the conflicts. Khalid Sheik attempted to join the
guerilla fighter and financier. The fighting started again in 1999 to mark the beginning of the
second Chechen war. The second war occurred differently from the first one. One main reason is
that Vladimir Putin replaced Boris Yeltsin as the president in 2000 after serving as the prime
minister in 1999. Putin coordinated the assault of the military on Chechnya during the second
war with tighter control on the situation than did by Yeltsin. Putin also restricted media heavily
from accessing the information about the conflict3.
The second war encompassed more important factors than they did during the first war and this
differentiated the second from the first war. These factors include political instability, crime
organized, oil, and increase the involvement of AL Qaeda and Islam. The second war saw the
adoption of the Chechen claim for the organization of radical Islam. During the second war, the
terrorist who was Islamic co-opted the Chechen cause as part of the jihad globally also,
Chechens received more support from the foreign Islamic groups in the Middle East4.
2 Moore, C, “Suicide Bombing: Chechnya, the North Caucasus and Martyrdom”.
Europe-Asia
Studies 64, no. 9(2014): 1780-1807.
3 Markosian, D. and Matloff, J,” Portfolio: Islam and Chechnya”.
World Policy Journal 29, no. 1
(2012): 48-59.
4 Souleimanov, E. & Ehrmann, M, “The Redeployment of Chechnya-Based Troops to
Dagestan: Background, Motives, and Repercussions”.
Connections: The Quarterly Journal 11,
leader of Chechen rebel Dzhokhar Dudayev maintained this image of secessionist through the
war2.
The first war resulted in the catastrophic loss for both Russian and Chechen. Russian president
feared that Chechen would be successful and therefore signed the Khasavyurt accord in 1996 that
gave the Chechen independence, established a 5-year ceasefire and banned the discussion
between Chechnya and the Russian government with regard to the succession until 2001.
Although there was the involvement of Islamic in the first war, the interest of Islamic in the wars
of Chechen grew throughout the courses of the conflicts. Khalid Sheik attempted to join the
guerilla fighter and financier. The fighting started again in 1999 to mark the beginning of the
second Chechen war. The second war occurred differently from the first one. One main reason is
that Vladimir Putin replaced Boris Yeltsin as the president in 2000 after serving as the prime
minister in 1999. Putin coordinated the assault of the military on Chechnya during the second
war with tighter control on the situation than did by Yeltsin. Putin also restricted media heavily
from accessing the information about the conflict3.
The second war encompassed more important factors than they did during the first war and this
differentiated the second from the first war. These factors include political instability, crime
organized, oil, and increase the involvement of AL Qaeda and Islam. The second war saw the
adoption of the Chechen claim for the organization of radical Islam. During the second war, the
terrorist who was Islamic co-opted the Chechen cause as part of the jihad globally also,
Chechens received more support from the foreign Islamic groups in the Middle East4.
2 Moore, C, “Suicide Bombing: Chechnya, the North Caucasus and Martyrdom”.
Europe-Asia
Studies 64, no. 9(2014): 1780-1807.
3 Markosian, D. and Matloff, J,” Portfolio: Islam and Chechnya”.
World Policy Journal 29, no. 1
(2012): 48-59.
4 Souleimanov, E. & Ehrmann, M, “The Redeployment of Chechnya-Based Troops to
Dagestan: Background, Motives, and Repercussions”.
Connections: The Quarterly Journal 11,
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