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Critically evaluate the case the Yeltsin administration made for the use of force in Chechnyain 1994-1996.
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Critically evaluate the case the Yeltsin administration made for the use of force in Chechnya in 1994-1996. The hostilities between the peoples of Chechnya and Russia can be seen as far back as the 18th century when Russia began to branch out to the south, effectively crushing Chechnya by 1859. As Russia began to collapse towards the end of 1991 Chechnya, under the leadership of Dzhokar Dudayev declared its independence from the federation of Russia. Yeltsin's administration did not want this and refused to accept their independence. For the following 3 years the Federation of Russia worked secretly to overthrow Dudayev but they never achieved their aim. On the 11th of December 1994 the Russian Army, under Boris Yeltsin, launched a large military operation which aimed at 'crushing with arms the secessionist regime that had been ruling the North Caucasian Autonomous Republic of Chechnya since late 1991' (Cornell article, p1). For...
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