Meeting with Cadets at the General Margelov Airborne Troops Institute in Ryazan.Part 2
November 29, 2002
Ryazan
Встреча с курсантами Рязанского института воздушно-десантных войск имени генерала армии В.Ф.Маргелова
29 ноября 2002 года
Рязань
You know that terrorism is manifesting itself in many regions of the world. Look at some European countries. There are terrorist organisations there too. And it does not occur to anyone to call them by any other name. Nobody calls them freedom fighters although they too set political goals for themselves and think they have noble motives. Everybody calls them terrorists. So, our homebred terrorist organisations, such as the ones operating in Chechnya, also set global tasks for themselves. As I have said, they have the aim of separating the whole Caucasus from Russia and so on.
Therefore, unlike European local terrorist groups, ours are part of the global terrorist network and they pose a much greater threat not only to us but to the international community as a whole.
In connection with this, I would like to stress again that you face very serious tasks which undoubtedly can be put in the category of key tasks.
I would like to wish you success. If you have any questions I would be happy to answer them.
QUESTION: After the terrorist attacks in Moscow, the gradual withdrawal of some forces from Chechnya and the transfer of some functions to local law enforcement agencies have been suspended. How will the situation develop?
VLADIMIR PUTIN: It is not only about the terrorist attack in Moscow. We have a plan for withdrawing the excess number of troops from the territory of the Chechen Republic, and we will go ahead with this plan. The natural reaction of the security and military agencies to terrorist actions is to step up anti-terrorist activities. I think at that precise moment it was necessary to carry out some specific targeted operations where the Defence Ministry units were involved. By now they have been practically completed.
We are not going to withdraw all our Armed Forces from the Chechen Republic. You know that the 42nd Division is stationed there. An Interior Ministry Brigade and some other units will be stationed there permanently. But their mission, as in any other location in the Russian Federation, is to restore order. The brunt of the task rests with the special units of the Federal Security Service, the Interior Ministry, and of course, gradually this work will be undertaken by the local law enforcement bodies, above all, the Interior Ministry of the Chechen Republic. It was created just recently. The Interior Minister of the Chechen Republic is to be appointed shortly. That will give rise to another task, which is interaction with the local law enforcement bodies in order to help them restore order on their own land. Chechnya has enough people who can assume that responsibility and are ready to do it. I am sure they will cope with this task. Of course, as you understand, it will not be an easy process. It will be a complicated, perhaps even a painful process. But we will never solve any problems there unless we allow the Chechen people themselves to decide their own destiny. And indeed it has never been our aim to force the Chechen people or any other peoples to do something. That is impossible by definition. No one in Russia has ever set such a task. We have only one task: to make sure that the territory of the Chechen Republic is not used as a springboard for attacking Russia, as a springboard for rocking the Russian Federation. That is our main task.
I am convinced that an overwhelming majority of the Chechen people would never agree to be used as tools for achieving goals which have nothing to do with them.
Any more questions?
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