Posted on 07/23/2022 1:04:26 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
VLADIMIR PUTIN is potentially facing a new civil war in the Caucasus after Chechen rebels said they were preparing for further hostilities in the region.
Russia was involved in two bitter wars in Chechnya during the 1990s and early 2000s after Chechen separatists pursued independence from Moscow after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The First Chechen War took place between 1994-1996 under President Boris Yeltsin and resulted in a humiliating defeat for Russia. Then in 1999, Putin once again sent in the troops to crush Chechen rebels in a brutal campaign which saw Chechnya's capital Grozny raised to the ground.
Akhmat Kadyrov, a local warlord who had switched allegiances from the rebels to Moscow, was put in charge as President of the Islamic Republic until his assassination in 2004.
He was succeeded by his son Ramzan Kadyrov, who has remained in power ever since and proved a loyal supporter of the Russian president.
Kadrov has sent his soldiers to fight for Putin in Ukraine, providing much-needed manpower for Russian commanders.
However, Chechen rebels have formed their own battalions that are fighting for Ukraine.
One such unit is named after Sheikh Mansur, a legendary Chechen commander and Islamic leader who fought the Russians during the late 18th century.
Islam Belokiev, a spokesman for the battalion, said in a recent video address that Chechen rebels were preparing for new hostilities in their homeland.
He claimed that the rebels had been working with local populations to find out information about Russian troop numbers and movements, as well as types of armaments and quantity of weapons.
Mr Belokiev said: "We know the enemy’s positions, where Russian military bases are."
Then in a stark warning to Putin, he ominously added: "If Chechnya trembles, Russia will collapse."
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FO you are a bore.
You are Putin rump swab.
Scraping the bottom of your IQ barrel, I see.
Uh that’s the same side as DONALD TRUMP and NEWT GINGRICH.
You oppose them, blowhard?
Some of you are like 2 year olds.
It’s the CIA’s job to stick its nose into other countries.
But you keep playing in your kindergarten while we deal with real enemies that want to kill us.
The GRU has never meddled in foreign affairs, to them.
From what I'm hearing lately, they may not be the only ones.... :(
Agreed on all that.
What would “raised to the ground” actually mean, anyway? Escape from Hell, but no further?
And Trump and Gingrich want to kill us off?
Childish idiot.
Like...don’t weaken your military, don’t rob your arsenals to arm non-friends, don’t spread your military out to thin, don’t piss off half your own armed population, don’t align with the People’s obvious enemies...and don’t make an outright play for socialism/communism.
A lesson learned and being applied by the left and their voters in this country who are encouraged by what's going on.
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