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This paper claims that in order to understand why terrorism is occurring in Russia, one has to understand the history of the area from which most of the terrorism has originated. It continues to offer an extensive description of the history of the area since 1991 and the break up of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). It concludes with a more objective discussion on the actions of Russia and Chechnya and investigates where the blame lies. The paper also includes facts and figures on the horrific mortality rates.

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"President Maskadov was elected in 1997, and tried to stop the growing spread of Wahhabism and organized crime but with little effect, partly because some of his assistants were involved with criminal activities themselves. Crime grew, and social conditions deteriorated. In 1998 some foreign aid workers were kidnapped along with Russia's envoy to Chechnya. At the end of the year four heads were found by a roadside. They had belonged to telecommunication workers. Such terrorist acts restricted Chechnya's economic opportunities still further. Meanwhile the violence once again spread outside Chechnya. A an apartment building in Moscow was blown up. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bellamy, Paul. 2002. "Chechnya: The Russian Quagmire Paul Bellamy Reviews the Performance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Chechnya Conflict." New Zealand International Review, Vol. 27.
• Cornell, Svante E. 1998. "Iran and the Caucasus." Middle East Policy, Vol. 5.
• Meier, Andres. 2005. "Chechnya: How Did it Come to This?" National Geographic, July.
• Petschauer, Peter. 2000. "A Failure That Transformed Russia; the 1991-94 Democratic State-Building Experiment in Chechnya." International Social Science Review.
• Rudolph, Joseph R., Jr. Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts. Greenwood Press, 2003

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