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Chechnya needs public discussion, not repression
August 9th 2005 · Prague Watchdog / Ruslan Isayev
Ruslan Isayev, special to Prague Watchdog
The hopes of the federal center to stamp its authority on Chechnya by
establishing various government and other bodies to generate an
administered and controlled society seem destined to fail.
The upcoming parliamentary elections in November are sure only to
increase the number of obedient officials eager to carry out the
non-intelligent will of the Kremlin. And the absence of a real arena in
which public discussion could be developed only fuels an explosive
build-up of discontent.
The repressive control functions only on first appearance. By and
large, Moscow, during the long years of war, has not succeeded in
creating any comprehensible concept to either placate the republic or,
more importantly, to neutralize separatist yearnings.
Result of Moscow's policies – terror
The shaky yet bloated power structure built up in ...
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