[dennisw]

I could care less. I don't accept all "self determination" especially by insane Islamics. The Russkies needed to kick their ass take their gas (and oil). And this they did. As it is too much of the world's oil is under Muslim control

[RussianConservative]

Funny thing, area where oil, Chechins never live. That area, plains, is where Russian Cossaks settle. Chechins live in south mountains, ever drill oil on mountain side? Present borders redraw by Soviet scum.

[martianagent]

I could care less. I don't accept all "self determination" especially by insane Islamics. The Russkies needed to kick their ass take their gas (and oil). And this they did. As it is too much of the world's oil is under Muslim control

It just isn't that hard to figure out the Russian position on this one. Other than for the sacrafice of about 20 million Russians around 1943 - 1945, the holder in due course of all the oil in chechiniya would have been good old Uncle Adolf, and the chechen untermenschen would all be soap and lampshades. The idea of the chechens simply walking off with all that oil and saying "Thank you, have a nice day" after all that probably doesn't make much sense to Russians. Hell, it doesn't make any sense to me.