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Article: Russia's risks in new phase of Chechen war; There were signs of a political split Sunday as troops readied for a.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- October 19, 1999
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Political divisions are appearing in Moscow as the Russian military prepares to press beyond its self-declared "buffer zone" in the breakaway republic of Chechnya.
Russian generals are talking tough after the apparent success of "Phase 1" of the operation to seal off the troublesome region in response to Chechen-led incursions into neighboring Dagestan and a series of apartment bombings Moscow blames on Chechen rebels. The tiny republic's virtual independence has been a bone in Moscow's throat and a source of instability in the Caucasus since it drove out Russian forces out in a bitter 1994-96 civil war.
"We are not going to hurry. We will go forward ...