Materials 03-07-05 Chechen Leader Aslan Maskhadov (Guardian Unlimited) "Mr Maskhadov was elected president in 1997. Yet the brief period of de facto independence from Moscow proved problematic. Rival warlords carved the country up, and Mr Maskhadov's administration was poorly equipped to prevent a slide into savage anarchy. The Russian military reinvaded in 1999, achieving a swift victory." 3-05 03-07-05 Chechen Leader Killed by Russians (Guardian Unlimited) "The Russian military today said it had killed the Chechen rebel leader, Aslan Maskhadov, one of its most wanted men, in a 'special operation'." 3-05 05-10-04 Chechnya President Killed (Fox News) "The Kremlin-backed president of Chechnya (search) and more than 20 other people were killed Sunday when a bomb ripped through the VIP section at a stadium where Chechens were marking the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, officials said." 5-04 Chechnya Map (Chechen Republic Online) Provides a map of Chechnya. Chechnya is fighting for independence from Russia. 6-02 Chechnya Map Showing the Region (Chechen Republic Online) Provides a map of Chechnya, with the surrounding region. Chechnya is fighting for independence from Russia. 6-02 Chechnya Profile (BBC News) "The southern Russian republic of Chechnya is surrounded on nearly all sides by Russian territory but also shares with neighbouring Georgia a remote border high in the Caucasus mountains." 04-06 Chechnya Timeline (BBC News) Provides a timeline of key events, starting with 1858. 04-06 News Chechnya - Human Rights Violations (Human Rights Watch) Provides news stories regarding the treatment of people within Chechnya by Russia. Chechnya is fighting for independence from Russia. 6-02 Chechnya News (American Committee for Peace in Chechnya) Provides news stories regarding the war between Chechnya and Russia. Chechnya is fighting for independence from Russia. ACPC is "dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution of the war in Chechnya." 6-02 Chechnyan Leader Dies Fighting for Justice (Time.com) "Indeed, [Natalia] Estemirova's determined efforts over the past decade to uncover and document extrajudicial killings, torture, disappearances and kidnappings in Chechnya have made her many enemies, including Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, the republic's Kremlin-backed president. She had also become a thorn in the side of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who, as former president, had presided over the Second Chechen War, which began in 1999 and ended in 2002." 07-09 Papers Chechnya - Checheno-Ingush Republic (Information Please) Provides a brief history of the Chechnya region. 11-99 Chechnya - History of Chechnya and the Chechen Republic (Chechen Republic Online) Provides information on the history of the area from pre-history to the 20th century. Chechnya is fighting for independence from Russia. "Boundaries did not exist. It simply was not necessary. Unlike Slavs, Asians or Europeans, there was a code of hospitality and respect regarding boundaries. If an Avar from Daghestan wanted to cross onto land owned by Chechen people, the Chechens would allow it. And vice versa. This existed all over the Caucasus." 6-02 Chechnya - Maps (University of Texas) Provides maps of the Chechnya region. 11-99 Map of Russia, Showing Chechnya (University of Texas) Provides a map of Russia. 11-99

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