Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
Republic of Chechnya in southern Russia, north Caucasus and in the tense borders between Dagestan and Republic of Azerbaijan, in the past 18 years was perhaps the most important territorial problem whose fate is tied with other republics of the Russian Federation. Hence, the resolve or not of the Chechnyan problem and the Russian confrontation with is a model for other Russia's Muslim republics to follow in the future. The problem between Chechnya and Russia is not only an agenda of the recent decades or even past century, but an historical one since the Tsarist period as well. In this article, after a review on the history of mainly tense relations between the two, interrelations between Russia and Chechnya in the post Soviet era is also investigated. The causes and grounds for tension between the two and Russian officials' positions in this regard have also been debated. The question posed here is the supply source of violence in Chechnya and the role of Russian government in it. The article's hypothesis is that the violence in Chechnya arouses on the one hand from the Russian approach to Chechnya and on the other hand from Chechens ancient history and territory deeply rooted in perpetual ethno-tribal conflicts with every centralized government.
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