Russian Kids in Big Trouble

Canyarion · 09-01-2004, 02:07 PM

That's just sick......
I really don't understand why Russia doesn't let them have their country!

Crono · 09-01-2004, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

That's just sick......
I really don't understand why Russia doesn't let them have their country!

Well, Chechnya also invaded a neighbouring Russian republic called Dagestan. If the Chechens attacked another Russian republic, why should they be deserving of their own land?

And would you want a country to be controlled by Islamic terrorists? More of the reason to keep it in the federation.

mickydaniels · 09-01-2004, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

That's just sick......
I really don't understand why Russia doesn't let them have their country!

Do we really need another Eastern European nation?
Perhaps what you should ask is why can't they just live together?

Fox 6 · 09-01-2004, 03:16 PM

I'm not defending the terrorists or anything but russia went into Chechnya in 1994 to make them part of russia.

Crono · 09-02-2004, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Fox 6

I'm not defending the terrorists or anything but russia went into Chechnya in 1994 to make them part of russia.

Chechnya has been part of Russia for nearly a century. The Chechens wanted freedom from the USSR, but when it collapsed in 1991 the Russians made it part of their federation, and not one of the newly formed states.

They proclaimed freedom but Russia ignored them.

It was the Chechens who started this by invading a neighbouring Russian territory called Dagestan.

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Originally Posted by mickydaniels

Do we really need another Eastern European nation?

I don't want to be a smart ass, but.. Chechnya is not in Eastern Europe. It is in the Caucus, which is directly north of Turkey and Iran. Other countries located in the area is Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. If I'm not mistaken it is considered Asia Minor, or Southwest Asia.

Aside from that, a number of the former communist countries in Eastern Europe are slowly recovering (Poland, Czech Republic have already improved a lot since 1991). So even if it was in East Europe, what are you implying?