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The Inter-Ethnic Strife In Chechnya

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During the inter-ethnic strife in Chechnya and the two separatist First and Second Chechen Wars, hundreds of thousands of Chechen refugees have left their homes and left the republic for elsewhere in Russia and abroad.
As of 2006, more than 100,000 people remain internally displaced persons (IDP) within Chechnya, most of whom live in substandard housing and poverty. Many ethnic Chechens have moved from Chechnya to Moscow and other Russian cities.
Chechnya wants is to be an independent state from Russia. Chechnya’s political leaders are standing as firmly by their demand for a sovereign independent state. Chechens are prepared to enter into a confederation or union of independent states, or sign a joint defense agreement which would guard Russia 's
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