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The first Russian-Chechen war was viewed as a post-Soviet conflict, like the war over Nagorno-Karabakh or Abkhazia. Although international actors emphasized Russian territorial integrity, they also condemned Russian human rights abuses and actively sought avenues to end the war. Moreover, the Chechen resistance had a certain romantic public image, because of the relatively unrestricted Russian television and other media coverage from both sides, which gave a reasonably balanced view of events.
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Fred Starr later published an op-ed in which he said that I had conceded a status for Chechnya within the Russian Federation. This was not the case, I had merely been willing to postpone the discussion of Chechnya’s status for the purposes of this meeting. The article drew speculation among my own colleagues, such as Idigov, that I was making secret arrangements to give up our claims to independence, which simply was not the case. I was following the format of the meeting and trying to get the practical advantages of participating in a Track II process, and postponing the question of our recognition for a later stage in that process. S. Frederick Starr, “A Solution for Chechnya,” Washington Post, September 17, 2004.
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Akhmadov, I., Lanskoy, M. (2010). My Tenure as Foreign Minister. In: The Chechen Struggle Independence Won and Lost. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230117518_10
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