Why did Chechnya's participation in the Russian-Ukrainian war cause a sensation?

On February 27, 2022, the Russian-Ukrainian war has entered its fourth day. On this day, Ukraine made no military achievements except keeping its mouth shut, and Russian troops even entered Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.

Chechnya sent troops to Ukraine.

Little Kadyrov, then the leader of Chechnya, suddenly held a swearing-in meeting, saying that Chechen armed forces were going to Ukraine. However, although Chechnya's invasion of Ukraine was surprising, it was not without warning.

Because, just before Kadyrov held the swearing-in meeting in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Kadyrov firmly stated: Russia will not allow the West to set up military bases in Ukraine. If the Ukrainian president continues to oppose Russia's accession to NATO, then Putin is not needed to solve the Ukrainian problem. As long as he is authorized, he will solve the Ukrainian problem and bring Ukraine into Russia.

Kadyrov even said that as long as Putin gave the order, Chechens would become Putin's Depth Charge. With the real outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Kadyrov's tough stance seems to become a reality. With Putin's permission, Chechen troops really appeared on the battlefield in Ukraine. As the supreme leader of Chechnya, Kadyrov's tough stance, besides expressing his support and support for Putin, is actually quite strange.

Because, as the leader of the Russian local government, Kadyrov frequently made tough remarks to the outside world, and even publicly claimed that it was obviously abnormal for Chechnya to send troops to Ukraine. You know, he is only the leader of the Russian local government. He has neither the right nor the qualification to make statements or statements on behalf of Russia.

As for his frequent claim to represent Chechnya, it is even more strange. Chechnya is only a local government of Russia, only a part of Russia, and has no diplomatic rights at all. Why did the leaders of such a local government go abroad frequently and take a tough stance on the outside world, but did not make Putin, who has always been an iron fist, dissatisfied? Why did the Chechen army announce that it would participate in the Russian-Ukrainian war and go to the Ukrainian front?

Chechen history

Chechens, as an ancient people who have lived in the Caucasus for generations, are probably typical innocent and guilty people. Because their Caucasus is located at the junction of Asia and Europe, it is the most typical strategic location. As a battleground for military strategists, no matter which powerful force rises, the region where Chechnya is located is a battleground. Therefore, for thousands of years, almost all the powerful empires that once crossed Eurasia have conquered the Caucasus. Naturally, in order to survive, Chechnya, which lives in the land of four wars, has long formed the national characteristics of being brave and brave, not afraid of life and death.

In the seventh century, with the vigorous development of Arabs expanding to various places, the Caucasus also entered the sphere of influence of Arabs. As we all know, the expansion of Arabs is closely related to religion. As a result, Chechens began to contact Islam and gradually entered the state of national religious belief. Since then, Islam has penetrated into every aspect of Chechen society.

With the arrival of Islam, religion combined with Chechen traditional forces, forming a large number of Chechen religious families. These religious families not only control the upper religious class, but also have great influence in Chechnya. A powerful Chechen family, even if it is owned by a private army, is no different from warlords in separatist regions.

Including little Kadyrov, who is now the supreme leader of Chechnya and a powerful religious family in Chechnya. Therefore, living in the land of four wars since ancient times and being in a state of self-isolation for a long time, coupled with the influence of ethnic, religious and cultural customs, Chechnya has formed a unique concept of blood hatred, which makes Chechens very tenacious and tenacious, but at the same time makes Chechens extremely.

This special national characteristic is also reflected in the attitude towards Russia. In fact, after Russia's expansion in the Caucasus in the18th century, Chechnya's resistance to Russia never stopped. Until the Soviet era, Chechens were dissatisfied with Russian rule. Russians, who have always been known as fighting nations, have never been soft on the conquered nations. The disobedience of Chechens further aggravated Russia's repression.

The bloody dialogue between two extremely hard-line ethnic groups has made the contradiction between Russia and Chechnya more acute. To this end, during World War II, Stalin, the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, even exiled the entire Chechen nation to Central Asia. 199 1 After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, a large number of areas conquered by Russians, especially border provinces and * * * countries, became unstable, and non-Russian peoples seeking independence abound, including Chechens.

It turned out that at that time, Russia's economy was almost on the verge of collapse under the flicker of the West, and it was too busy to take care of itself. Yeltsin and others were prepared to let Chechnya drift with the tide for its independence, when Russia was less than 1‰. However, Yeltsin and others never imagined that this indulgence aggravated the greed of Chechens, and Chechens' appetite was growing. Coupled with the encouragement and support of western countries, Chechnya has become a bleeding wound in Russia. Finally unbearable, the first Chechen war broke out.

1994 12, Russian troops marched into Chechnya in three ways and began to suppress Chechen independence. However, this war was anticlimactic and eventually turned into a bad war. The unexpected resistance of Chechens, the turbulent situation in Russia and many problems within the Russian army, including chaos and wrong command, all made this war futile.

The first Chechen war ended with Yeltsin signing a ceasefire agreement with Chechnya. Although the Russian army achieved the result of killing Chechen President dudayev in this war, it basically failed after a year of bitter fighting. Russian troops have already paid more than 20,000 casualties.

Therefore, the 1 Chechen war not only did not suppress Chechen independence, but further encouraged the arrogance of Chechen independents. In addition, after the defeat of the first Chechen war, Chechnya almost gained de facto independence. Coupled with the frequent harassment of Chechen militants in the Caucasus, it even poses a great threat to Russia's economic lifeline-oil production. In this case, in order to solve the problem of Chechen separation once and for all, Russian troops launched another attack on Chechnya in 1999, and the second Chechen war broke out.

In this Chechen war, the Russian army fully absorbed the experience and lessons of the 1 war. Not only is the action clearer, but the combat effectiveness of the troops has also been greatly improved. More importantly, the leaders of this war have also changed. Yeltsin is no longer in command of this war, but Putin who just took office.

Putin, who just made his mark in Russia, showed an iron fist completely different from Yeltsin's. He commanded the Russian army to launch the second Chechen war with extremely firm means and will, and assumed the heavy responsibility of 1 time. Putin, who is only in his 40 s, won a full house. He led the Russian army to a brilliant victory and planted the national flag on the Chechen government building in the center of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Chechen separatists were either killed or forced to flee.

In this way, the whole territory of Chechnya was under the control of the Russian army, and the Chechen war subsided. However, despite its absolute superiority, the Russian army paid a huge price in this war. According to the announcement of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian ArmyNo. 1 at that time, the Russian army and the internal security forces paid a huge price of 209 1 person's death and 5,962 casualties.

It was also in the Second Chechen War that the temporary rebellion of the Kadyrov family not only made the Chechen forces seriously opposed to the Russian army, but also made the Kadyrov family the supreme leader of Chechnya. After the Second Chechen War, old Kadyrov became the President of Chechnya. After his death, his son Kadyrov Jr. succeeded Chechen President. Today, the little Kadyrov who sent Chechen troops to the Russian-Ukrainian war is the son of the old Kadyrov.

However, although Chechnya was defeated in the Second Chechen War, Chechen resistance never stopped, and the stubborn resistance of Chechens made Putin extremely headache. Chechen separatists fleeing everywhere frequently launch terrorist attacks in Russia. Moreover, even if Russian troops occupied all the territory of Chechnya, Chechnya was still unstable. To this end, Russia allocates a large amount of funds to support Chechnya every year. It can be said that Chechnya was almost raised by Russian financial allocation.

Even the Kadyrov family, who took refuge in Putin in the Second Chechen War, still had a question mark about their loyalty to Russia. You know, Kadyrov's refuge is actually conditional. As a local power faction in Chechnya, the Kadyrov family is no different from warlords, and has always had its own private army.

The most unique one

This has not changed since Kadyrov took refuge in Putin. So far, Kadyrov still has his own private armed forces. Moreover, it is said that this well-equipped, well-trained and powerful armed force has thousands of people.

Even as the president of Chechnya, little Kadyrov kept a high-profile loyalty to Putin, while still making frequent small moves in private. For example, in June 5438+10, Kadyrov said in a speech to Chechens: Although he considered himself an infantry of President Putin, he also believed that Chechnya should be independent.

Of course, as the president of Chechnya, little Kadyrov knows the current situation of Chechnya better than ordinary Chechens, so he further explained that if it is independent, Chechnya may not last for a month. The reason is also very simple, because the Chechen government gets 300 billion rubles from the federal budget every year, and this money is also the basis for maintaining the life of Chechens. When 300 billion rubles are converted into RMB, it is about 25 billion, while the population of Chechnya is only 65.438+0.4 million.

In other words, the government of the Russian Federation's annual assistance to every Chechen is 265,438+00,000 rubles. What does this number mean? According to the data of the Russian Statistical Office, in 20 19, the average wage level in Russia was 47,867 rubles, and the funds provided by the government of the Russian Federation to every Chechen were even more than four times the average income of Russia. In other words, Chechens are almost supported by the federal government with huge funds. But even so, the Chechen people's desire for independence does not seem to have weakened much.

Therefore, it is precisely because of Chechnya's unique history and tenacious national characteristics that Chechnya has become the most unique among Russia 182 ethnic groups. To this end, even Putin, who has always been an iron fist, had to make a conditional compromise with Chechnya and coaxed it carefully. This is also the reason why Kadyrov, the leader of Chechen local government, dares to make statements that are inconsistent with his status.

Since there are still many problems in Chechnya, why did Putin allow little Kadyrov to send troops to the battlefield in Ukraine? We don't know what kind of agreement Putin and Kadyrov have reached.

However, as the only warlord leader with private armed forces in Russia, it is not the best way for little Kadyrov to put his brave and energetic troops into the battlefield in Ukraine and drive away the wolves while stabilizing the situation in Chechnya.