You mean like Stalin gave Chechnya to Chechens? Should Chechnya be allowed to "proclaim themselves free?"==
Joe you should read more carefully:)).
I meant that Stalin made them A PART OF GEORGIA. Before it Abkhazies was not part of Georgia.
SO abkhazies go free when Soviet Union died.
It is the height of hypocrisy for Russians to lament support of the Chechens when they themselves support separatists in Georgia. ==
This pathetism ar edue to your misreadinmg Joe so Won't answer.
About chechens.
You maybe surprised but I support thier independence from Russia. I think that Putin made mistake by holding them.
They are alien people to russians.
(Accually same aliency as pakistani muslim bombers in London are citizens of Britain. So Russia doesn't make mistake bigger then Britain).
BUT before depart firstly chechens has to return the lands of Terek cossakcs which was given to them by Stalin (the north of river Terek and Sunzha).
I think it is fair. They go away but with those lands which they came. No extras.
Yes this is the same logic that leads to the idea that Chechnya should "go free" now that the USSR is dead. The fact that you support Chechens just explains why you would also support their slaughter of Georgian Christians at Russia's behest.