Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus

Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus
Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus
Конфедерация горских народов Кавказа
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Leaders	Musa Shanibov (1989–1996); Yusup Soslanbekov (1996–2000)
Dates of operation	1989–2000
Active regions	North Caucasus
Ideology	North Caucasian confederalism
Allies	Russia; Abkhazia; South Ossetia; Chechen Republic of Ichkeria;
Opponents	Georgia
Battles and wars	1992-1993 War in Abkhazia; 1991–1992 South Ossetia war (1992)

The Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus (Russian: Конфедерация горских народов Кавказа) (until 1991 known as Assembly of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus) was a militarised political organisation in the Caucasus, active around the time of before the collapse of the Soviet Union and after, between 1989 and 2000. It played a decisive role in the 1992–1993 war between Abkhazia and Georgia, rallying militants from the North Caucasian republics. Its forces have been accused by Georgia of committing war crimes, including the ethnic cleansing of Georgians.^[4] The Confederation has been inactive since the assassination of its second leader, Yusup Soslanbekov, in 2000.

^ Stanislav Lakoba (August 1998). "Chapter 7 – Abkhazia, Georgia and the Caucasus Confederation". Georgians and Abkhazians. The Search for a Peace Settlement.
^ "Армения: правительство отказывается от услуг парламента" [Armenia: the government refuses the services of the parliament]. Kommersant (in Russian). 4 May 1992. Конфедерация горских народов Кавказа, сессия которой проходила в Цхинвале, напротив, поддержала южных осетин в их стремлении присоединиться к России [In contrast, the Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus, whose session was held in Tskhinvali, supported the South Ossetians in their desire to join Russia]
^ Dunlop, John (1998). Russia Confronts Chechnya: Roots of a Separatist Conflict. Cambridge University Press. pp. 144–145. ISBN 9780521636193. One of the reasons that Basaev was successful in this operation was that he had reportedly received training from the Russian GRU. As the former GRU colonel Stanislav Lunev has noted: "Shamir Basaev's detachment went through not only training, but was also 'broken in' under fire in Abkhaziya under the direction of GRU specialists, whose professionalism and individual courage received the highest marks from the Chechen terrorist himself."... Shamir Basaev has confirmed the fact of his earlier cooperation with the Russian military: "While still in Abkhaziya," he recalled in mid-1995, "I had contact with Russian generals and officers." Beginning in 1994, he would put this training to use against the very Russians who had provided it to him in the first place.
^ "Memorial of Georgia". International Court of Human Rights. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[1] Stanislav Lakoba (August 1998). "Chapter 7 – Abkhazia, Georgia and the Caucasus Confederation". Georgians and Abkhazians. The Search for a Peace Settlement.

[2] "Армения: правительство отказывается от услуг парламента" [Armenia: the government refuses the services of the parliament]. Kommersant (in Russian). 4 May 1992. Конфедерация горских народов Кавказа, сессия которой проходила в Цхинвале, напротив, поддержала южных осетин в их стремлении присоединиться к России [In contrast, the Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus, whose session was held in Tskhinvali, supported the South Ossetians in their desire to join Russia]

[3] Dunlop, John (1998). Russia Confronts Chechnya: Roots of a Separatist Conflict. Cambridge University Press. pp. 144–145. ISBN 9780521636193. One of the reasons that Basaev was successful in this operation was that he had reportedly received training from the Russian GRU. As the former GRU colonel Stanislav Lunev has noted: "Shamir Basaev's detachment went through not only training, but was also 'broken in' under fire in Abkhaziya under the direction of GRU specialists, whose professionalism and individual courage received the highest marks from the Chechen terrorist himself."... Shamir Basaev has confirmed the fact of his earlier cooperation with the Russian military: "While still in Abkhaziya," he recalled in mid-1995, "I had contact with Russian generals and officers." Beginning in 1994, he would put this training to use against the very Russians who had provided it to him in the first place.

[4] "Memorial of Georgia". International Court of Human Rights. Retrieved 15 January 2024.

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