[dennisw]

This is not good. Aslan Maskhadov was not an Islamist, the Russian government is killing all moderates and the remaining ones are hardcore Islamists such as Basayev and his friends.

 Not to worry. The Russkies are working their way up the list.

This moderate hero of yours had armies that killed many Russian boys in the 1994 war. He's an Islamist since he made common cause with the Islamists and Jihadists/ I'm glad he got wasted

[AdmSmith]

A simple rule that I learned during the cold war: You should not trust the Russian government. It is still valid.