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Exclusive interview with former Chechen President Sadulaev
"Jamestown Foundation Chechnya weekly",
Volume 7, Issue 27 (July 06, 2006)
This week's issue of Chechnya Weekly contains an exclusive interview with Abdul-Khalim Sadulaev which was obtained by The Jamestown Foundation through its sources in Chechnya before he was killed in Argun on June 17, making this his last known interview with a Western organization. The rebel leader's answers were videotaped and submitted to The Jamestown Foundation. The Russian-language video file of the interview can be downloaded at the following URL: http://www.jamestown.org/docs/sadulaev6july06.avi The following are the answers of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI) President Abdul-Khalim Sadulaev to questions posed by The Jamestown Foundation:
(He recites prayers)
We greet all our friends, all people who worry about the freedom and independence of the Chechen people, all of those who objectively and correctly see the picture in our republic [and] around us; who recognize the right of the Chechen people to self-determination and independence. In this attempt to answer some questions we will try to explain and show our position clearly. The questions that we have received from our friends are:
1. How do you assess the situation in Chechnya after the death of Aslan Maskhadov; has the death of Maskhadov influenced the Chechen resistance¬¬—its military tactics and policy?
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