The Chechen Cause (like the Afghan cause) is another example of 21st century messed-up’ness. Putin has obtained the support of the news Chechen Leader in return for a permission he gave him to be able to spread political Islam and radical İslam in Chechenia.
But I believe the reality on the ground to be the same as in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953-2001) Ahmad Massoud (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Massoud), is still struggling to create or recreated a real Afghan State out of the chaos that took over the country since the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
I think the reality on the ground has to be similar in Chechynia. So
1) This much renowned Ramazan Kadyrov should not be seen as I representative of the Chechen People. If he believes in political or radical Islam, he naturally cannot be a believer of the Chechen cause (that is the right of Chechens to self-determination).
2) I believe in the right of the Chechen people to self-determination. So a) In a democratically governed Russia, there could obtain a degree of autonomy or b) They could or maybe even should declare their independence from the Russian Federation.
/ I am no longer afraid to say these things in a louder manner now because my conviction on the issue is basically this: A democratic state has the necessary flexibility to grant special rights to its minorities without requiring them to be clearly and openly independent (Like the scots of England for instance). But an autocratic government doesn’t have these tools, so the more autocratic a government is, the more I will believe in the right of self-determination of minorities living under the rule of this government. So I think that if Putin manages to stay in power and his regime stays for a few more decades, the fate of today’s Russia may be like the fate of the Soviet Union with even more new republics separating themselves from the Russian Federation.
But I believe the reality on the ground to be the same as in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953-2001) Ahmad Massoud (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Massoud), is still struggling to create or recreated a real Afghan State out of the chaos that took over the country since the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
I think the reality on the ground has to be similar in Chechynia. So
1) This much renowned Ramazan Kadyrov should not be seen as I representative of the Chechen People. If he believes in political or radical Islam, he naturally cannot be a believer of the Chechen cause (that is the right of Chechens to self-determination).
2) I believe in the right of the Chechen people to self-determination. So a) In a democratically governed Russia, there could obtain a degree of autonomy or b) They could or maybe even should declare their independence from the Russian Federation.
/ I am no longer afraid to say these things in a louder manner now because my conviction on the issue is basically this: A democratic state has the necessary flexibility to grant special rights to its minorities without requiring them to be clearly and openly independent (Like the scots of England for instance). But an autocratic government doesn’t have these tools, so the more autocratic a government is, the more I will believe in the right of self-determination of minorities living under the rule of this government. So I think that if Putin manages to stay in power and his regime stays for a few more decades, the fate of today’s Russia may be like the fate of the Soviet Union with even more new republics separating themselves from the Russian Federation.