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Chechnya.
645
 Thus, the Confederation described this new Caucasian Home 
movement as a rival under the control of Gamsakhurdia. 
In March 1993, the consultative council and the highest religious council of 
the Caucasian Home held a joint session in Grozny and approved the structure of 
the leading bodies of it, which comprised three councils: the Consultative Council, 
the Collective Security Council, and the Highest Religious council.
646
 Then later, in 
a joint session of the bureaus of the Consultative and higher Religious councils 
participants adopted a decision to create a Caucasian Home Security Council.
647
 
 
In August 1994, the Chechen opposition with the support of Moscow 
declared Dudayev deposed, claiming to have established control over most of the 
territory of Chechnya, and clashes between government forces and opposition 
intensified. In September, after Dudayev had inflicted a harsh defect on the 
opposition, did Gantemirov, Avturkhanov, and Khajiev agree to cooperate and in 
September and October they attacked to capture Grozny by the help of the 
Russians. 
 
During these clashes between the Chechen groups, the Confederation took 
the issue into its parliament’s agenda. After the joint session of the Chechen 
Presidential Council and the Confederation’s Parliament in Grozny, on 23-24 
August 1994, the Confederation “resolutely backs the desire of the Chechen 
                                                 
645
 “Confederation of Mountain Peoples ready to intervene in South Osetia,” SWB SU/1371, B/7-8, 4 
May 1992. 
646
 “Caucasian Home group calls for removal of Russian troops,” SWB SU/1639, B/3, 17 March 
1993. 
647
 “Caucasus to have its own peace-keeping forces,” SWB SU/1660, C2/8-9, 12 April 1993. 

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Republic for freedom and independence”.
648
 In order to achieve this end, the 
Confederation declared its full support to Dudayev’s policies and condemned the 
activity of the opposition forces. In addition, it was declared that, in case Russia 
started armed aggression against Chechnya, the Confederation would come to the 
defense of Chechen sovereignty.
649
 
This declaration, naturally, caused dissatisfaction among the Chechen 
opposition. The Chechen opposition’s Interim Council issued a statement on 6 
September 1994 and accused the Confederation of interference in Chechnya’s 
internal affairs. In this statement, the Interim Council stated that “a civil war 
against the people in the Chechen republic has been unleashed with direct 
participation of the Confederation of Caucasian Peoples in the person of 
confederation leaders Musa Shanibov and Ibragim Beyli”.
650
 
Then the council voiced the inadmissibility of a third party’s interference in 
Chechen internal affairs and warned the Confederation that any similar action 
would receive “adequate estimation of the Chechen people and the mercenaries 
will be destroyed right on the spot under the laws of the wartime”.
651
 
The following day Ibragim Beyli replied the Interim Council’s statement 
and stressed that “the Confederation of Peoples of the Caucasus has never 
interfered and will not interfere in the internal affairs of that republic unless Russia 
sends in its troops.” Moreover, he rejected the Interim Council’s statement alleging 
                                                 
648
 “Confederation of Caucasian Peoples backs Chechen sovereignty,” SWB SU/2084, B/1, 26 
August 1994. 
649
 “Caucasus confederation is pro-Dudayev; Groznyy appeals to UN,” SWB SU/2083, B/1, 25 
August 1994. 
650
 “Caucasus Confederation warned not to interfere in Chechnya’s internal affairs,” SWB SU/2096, 
B/2-3, 9 September 1994. 
651
 Ibid. 

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that mercenaries under the Confederation flag were operating on Dudayev’s side. 
He noted that the after the war in Abkhazia the Confederation disbanded its armed 
structures, and there was no appeals or orders whatsoever on this score and, 
consequently, announced no mobilization of volunteers.
652
 
 
On 29 November 1993, Russian President Yeltsin warned to all those 
taking part in armed confrontation in the Chechen republic and demanded that, 
within 48 hours of this appeal to stop the armed clashes and declare the a cease-
fire. “If this demand was not met by the set deadline, a state of emergency would 
be introduced on the territory of the Chechen republic and all the forces and means 
at the disposal of the State would be used.”
653
 
While the opposition complied with Yeltsin’s ultimatum, Dudayev and his 
Chechen government assessed this ultimatum negatively and the address by Yeltsin 
was described as contradicting international legal norms.
654
 
 
Then the Confederation of the peoples of the Caucasus held an emergency 
session of its Parliament in Nalchik on 4 December. At the end of the session, 
Confederation’s parliament issued a resolution in which the Confederation declared 
that it considers Dudayev as the sole legitimate Chechen leader. In addition, the 
resolution also pointed that if Russian troops invade Chechnya, the republics of the 
Northern Caucasus would start severing the Federation Treaty and bilateral 
                                                 
652
 Ibid. 
653
 “Yeltsin ultimatum to Chechnya: peace within 48 hours or Russians will use force,” SWB 
SU/2166, B/3, 30 November 1994. 
654
 “Chechen government issues official statement on Yeltsin’s address,” SWB SU/2167, B/6, 1 
December 1994. 

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