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FOR Vladimir Putin, the verdict is clear cut: "We are witnessing a direct intervention by international terrorism against Russia, an all-out, cruel and full-scale war that again and again claims the lives of our compatriots."
But while the world has been horrified by the pictures of death emerging from the North Ossetia school, sympathy has not been matched by political solidarity for the Russian prime minister. This is because London and Washington have for the last six years been looking on in alarm as Russia waged its campaign against Chechens fighting for independence. The West agrees: Russia has the chance to resolve this threat by diplomacy.See the full content of this document
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Analysis: Military Crackdown Offers No Solution
Since deciding to crush the Chechen rebellion after the collapse of the Soviet Union, leaders in Moscow hav...
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