[wonders]

They're called "rebels" because they ostensibly just want to have independence from the Russian Federation. Well, they effectively had that 1991-1994 and 1995-1999, but they wouldn't stay in their own country and kept terrorising their moderate Muslim neighbours in Daghestan, Ossieta and Ingushetia (who asked for protection from Russian), plus committed acts of terrorism in Russia proper. So the Russians said enough is enough.

[Republic]

Thank you. Are they heavy duty Islamic types-or more moderate like their 'moderate Islamic neighbors'?