This book explains why Russias War on Terror shows little sign of success. It provides
first-hand accounts of recent developments in Chechnya and is supplemented with thematic
summaries as well as numerous documents. In the manipulated election of October 2003 the
favorite of the Kremlin Akhmad Kadyrov was made President of the Chechen Republic only to be
killed seven months later in a terrorist attack. While a political settlement is urgently
needed and Kadyrovs death is to be regretted evidence shows that the 2003 presidential
election bore no relation to a sincere political solution. The President was imposed on
Chechnya and had little legitimacy among the Chechen people. The book describes how violence in
the Northern Caucasus attributed to gangsters war lords Wahhabists al Qaedists and to
hatred of Russia hasbeen reciprocated by law enforcement agencies with cleansing operations
disappearances and targeted assassinations. The reciprocity of violence has maintained the
scale of lawlessness and further diminished the prospects of solution.The book is an
invitation to the Russian public and the international community to launch a frank discussion
on the situation in the Northern Caucasus in order to find a way out from a bloody crisis that
has been lingering on for more than a decade now.
