15 February 1998 Anatolii Kulikov, Russia’s deputy premier and interior minister, sparked fears of renewed warfare in the Caucasus when he suggested on 6 January that Russia launch preemptive strikes against Chechnya. Kulikov’s comments came in response to a 22 December assault by Chechen militants on a Russian military base in neighboring Dagestan. Top Russian […]

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