Aslan Maskhadov Quotes
The war is ending, for the first time in the history of relations between Moscow and Grozny, and the era of peace is starting.
Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.
A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is.
I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war.
It would be easier to fight the Russian army, and it would give me great satisfaction, but I have a responsibility to my people