Russia Ends Operations in Chechnya *
April 17th, 2009* It was genocide.
I guess the New York Times doesn’t know that word.
Via: New York Times:
In 2007 Mr. Putin gave Mr. Kadyrov the task of cleaning up after the Russian campaign and ending the insurgency. Mr. Kadyrov moved with speed and brutality, killing rebel leaders while also granting amnesty to separatist fighters in exchange for their loyalty. Human rights groups have accused his government of employing kidnapping, torture and extrajudicial executions to meet these ends.
On Thursday, Mr. Kadyrov said the end of the counterterrorist operation signified victory over terrorism in Chechnya and a return to normalcy.
“We have come a long way to this day,” he said at a news conference, according to a transcript on his Web site. “I have lost more than 400 of my colleagues, friends and family. Today we have confirmed that our republic is the most peaceful and safest region of Russia.”
There doesn’t appear to be any moral justification for preventing succession, and yet it is always unquestioned