The discriminatory encroachment, an absence of political representation of Chechnya, moral-ethical constraints were triggered by an attempt of Moscow to gain a loyal partner in the Caucasus. The disintegration of the USSR and the subsequent weakening of the Russian Federation encouraged the Chechen opposition to the strenuous settlement of their long-standing requirements. “For the past two hundred years, they have generally been governed by Moscow, though they have had varying degrees of de facto autonomy.”
