RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 4, No. 209, Part I, 27 October 2000
PUTIN SAYS MOSCOW PLANS 'DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS.' IN CHECHNYA.
At his meeting in Moscow on 26 October with French and
Russian journalists, President Putin said that democratic
elections for a new Chechen leader will take place as soon as
conditions are auspicious, ITAR-TASS reported. He
differentiated clearly between the first (1994-1996) Chechen
war, which he linked to "Russia's imperialist ambitions and
attempts to rein in the territories it controls," and the
present "anti-terrorist operation." Putin claimed that
"organized resistance" by the Chechen fighters "has been
crushed," and only four or five scattered bands are still at
large.
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