Tuesday, 28 September 2004

FORMER INGUSH PRESIDENT CALLS FOR TALKS WITH \"MODERATE\" CHECHEN MILITANTS

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By empty (9/28/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The former president of Ingushetia, Ruslan Aushev, on Tuesday called on the Russian leadership to hold talks with \"moderate militants\" in Chechnya. Aushev argued that indiscriminate repressive measures against the separatist movement stimulated radicalization within it. \"Militants in Chechnya are not alike.
The former president of Ingushetia, Ruslan Aushev, on Tuesday called on the Russian leadership to hold talks with \"moderate militants\" in Chechnya. Aushev argued that indiscriminate repressive measures against the separatist movement stimulated radicalization within it. \"Militants in Chechnya are not alike. There are moderate militants, and they make up a majority, and there are radicals,\" he told a news conference at the Interfax headquarters in Moscow. \"The more we press everyone indiscriminately, the more radicals we create,\" he said. \"There will be no peace in Chechnya without a political dialogue,\" he said. (Interfax)
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