{"id":1970,"date":"2005-03-30T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2005-03-30T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-30T06:00:00","slug":"chechnya_searches_for_a_post_maskhadov_identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2005\/03\/chechnya_searches_for_a_post_maskhadov_identity\/","title":{"rendered":"After Aslan Maskhadov: Chechnya searches for a post&#045;Maskhadov identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/maskhadov.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\">Weren\u2019t you my President?<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Earlier this month, veteran Chechen leader <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAslan_Maskhadov\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aslan Maskhadov<\/a> was <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F4330039.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">killed<\/a> in a bunker in a remote Chechen village, ending what many believe to be the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rferl.org%2Ffeaturesarticle%2F2005%2F03%2F2aca5b76-8ce8-4143-b21a-dbaee26504df.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">last hope<\/a> for a peaceful end to the conflict with Russia (now in its fifth century). Not everyone shared Russian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angus-reid.com%2Fpolls%2Findex.cfm%3Ffuseaction%3DviewItem%26itemID%3D6528\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">jubilation<\/a> (Poland <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mosnews.com%2Fnews%2F2005%2F03%2F10%2Fpolandreply.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">called<\/a> it \u201ca political stupidity and a gross mistake\u201d and Maskhadov\u2019s former Foreign Minister is living safely in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA38200-2005Mar15.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Washington DC<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, Russia offered <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com%2F2005%2FWORLD%2Feurope%2F03%2F15%2Fmaskhadov%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$10 million<\/a> for information leading to his capture and plan to dump his body in an <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Feurope%2F4348273.stm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">unmarked grave<\/a> (and though there were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za%2Findex.php%3Fset_id%3D1%26click_id%3D3%26art_id%3Dqw1110877022745B262\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">doubts<\/a> about the claimed capture site, the Russians <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novinite.com%2Fview_news.php%3Fid%3D45582\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">blew it up<\/a> anyway). Legitimately <a href=\"http:\/\/news.newkerala.com%2Fworld-news%2F%3Faction%3Dfullnews%26id%3D85511\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">elected<\/a> the first President of Chechnya in 1997 (though not granted full independence by Boris Yeltsin), Maskhadov began waging a war of attrition along with fellow rebel Shamil Basayev, blamed for acts of terrorism in Moscow and neighbouring Dagestan and Ingushetia before being driven from power by Russia (subsequent elections have met with mixed reviews by international observers). <\/p>\n<p>Demonised by Russian President Vladimir Putin and hunted by scores of troops, Maskhadov\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/kavkazcenter.com%2Feng%2Fcontent%2F2005%2F03%2F28%2F3653.shtml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">complex<\/a> relationship with the more brutal (and extremist) Basayev often pitted him as the moderate rebel (he called the Beslan hostage takers, which Basayev is linked to, \u201cmadmen\u201d and constantly sought negotiations with Russia). According to Basayev, Maskhadov was tracked by his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.spb.ru%2Farchive%2Ftimes%2F1054%2Fnews%2Fn_15189.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">unguarded<\/a> mobile phone conversations (tumors or otherwise, those things will kill you), though Basayev himself has been linked to assassination attempts on Mashkhadov. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, Chechens generally worry that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.turkishweekly.net%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D6035\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Basayev<\/a> will call the shots and that the situation will only get worse. \u201cIf up until now Maskhadov\u2019s initiatives were a certain restraining factor on Basayev, then now the radical fighters of whom Basayev is leader will have complete freedom,\u201d says politicial analyst Murad Magomadov. \u201cWhat that means has been illustrated by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com%2Fperm.php%3Fid%3D785_0_26_0_C\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nord Ost<\/a> theatre siege and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altmuslim.com%2Fperm.php%3Fid%3D1289_0_26_0_C\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Beslan<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Zahed Amanullah is associate editor of altmuslim.com. 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