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Originally Posted by FlameOn
But what Russia has done is akin to a foreign country going into Chechnya at Chechnya's request against Russia's wishes and saying referendums will be held to determine the whether Chechnya will separate from Russia. The foreign power can claim till they are blue in the face that they're doing to protect Chechan people from another violent crackdown ala the second Chechan-Russia war, doesn't make the violation of Russian sovereignty any more right.
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To be fair, independent Chechnya would be region's and possibly world's worst nightmare. It is, well, special region, that simply needs to be kept in check. Its criminalization, slavery, hostage-taking and other horrors during the de-facto independence period (1992-94) were mind-blowing. Much like Dagestan, it was terrorists base. Keeping Checnya and Dagestan within Russian borders is not so much about sovereign integrity, but more about simply keeping those dangerous regions more or less in check.