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BigCaucasus about how Armenian volunteers defeated Chechen mercenaries
in Karabakh who fought for Azerbaijan
20:10 17/05/2013 » SOCIETY
"The president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has recently made a rather
interesting statement. Kadyrov has declared that the Chechen
mercenaries have been involved in hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh,"
reads the article in the `BigCaucasus', which also contains Kadyrov's
record on the LiveJournal's service: "The Chechen mercenaries were
involved in the armed forces of both sides (of the conflict) in
Nagorno-Karabakh war."
The `BigCaucasus' notes that immediately after the statement of the
president of Chechnya, the MFA of Nagorno Karabakh gave a rather
deployed comment on the situation. `The statements that Chechen
mercenaries fought for the Karabakh Armenians are absolutely untrue.
Unlike Azerbaijan, no mercenaries of any nationality have ever fought
on the NKR side,' the statement of the MFA of NKR read.
`Numerous facts testify that in 1992-1993, about 3.000 Afghan
mojahedins, as well as Chechen detachments headed by Shamil Basayev
fought against the Karabakh Army. In early July 1992, the Chechen
mercenaries in Nagorno Karabakh amounted to about 300. In July 1993,
Chechen-Press Agency reported about ChechensŐ? participation in the
military activities in Nagorno Karabakh, which was confirmed by the
first losses among them,' the MFA of Nagorno Karabakh reports.
Maj. Gen. Astvatsatur Petrosyan the commander of the "Eagles bombers"
squad told the `BigCaucasus' about the details of participation of
Chechen squads in the Karabakh war. "Chechens fought in Karabakh, but
not on the Armenians' side. When they were taken hostage they
presented themselves as Russians or representatives of other
nationalities. They would not have fought for the Christians," the
general said.
He also noted that a detachment of Cossacks from Transnistria fought
on the Armenians' side for a short time, but losing 7 people in one of
the battles in September 1992, they confessed that it was very
difficult to fight in Karabakh.
There were moments during the fighting in Karabakh when the Armenian
and Chechen troops were to fight against one another.
"During the fight of 1992, we saw about 70 militants at Karmaravan
city, who were fighting for Azerbaijan. They stood out by the black
uniform that they were wearing on. When we shot down their armor and
took some of them as captives, it turned out that those were Chechen
mercenaries who were fighting in Karabakh for the Azerbaijani Armed
Forces," he said.
The captivated Chechens confessed that they were promised to be given
salary at a rate of 15 thousand rubles, with the prospect of rising to
40,000.
Petrossian is one of the three generals who have developed and
successfully carried out an operation to free the fortress city of
Shushi. He leads a simple life; he speaks of war only when the
journalists ask him to do.
The general reminded that the Azerbaijani side also used the Russian
and Tatar militants to carry out sabotage in the rear of the Armenian
forces. "During the war, a detachment of 15 people, mostly Russian and
Tatar, had, reportedly, expressed desire to fight on our side.
However, we quickly figured out that this was a well trained team sent
by Baku aimed at carrying out sabotage in the rear of our troops. We
have figured out and quickly neutralized them," the general said.
As A. Petrosyan told, Shamil Basayev was in Karabakh twice - in 1992
and 1994. "Both Basayev and Dudayev were professional soldiers, who
had finished the school of the General Staff of the USSR. Basayev
participated in the Karabakh not just as an envoy of Soviet KGB. This
structure functioned against the Armenians during the war. Basayev was
in Azerbaijani training center. He was well trained; he was involved
in coaching and training the troops of Azerbaijani AF. He was not
involved in the fights personally," said the general, noting that in
1992 the Armenian units surrounded, and then occupied the Azerbaijani
training center, and Basayev managed to move to Georgia.
As stated in the material, in those days the media wrote that the
Chechen rebels had left the war stage after suffering significant
losses. In 2000, Basayev gave an interview to ANS Azerbaijani TV
Company, admitting his involvement in the Karabakh war: `We came to
fight in Karabakh not for trophies, but for the idea of jihad`.
However, Basayev told, `when we arrived at the scene and saw the
situation, we realized that there was no sign of jihad'.
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in Karabakh who fought for Azerbaijan
20:10 17/05/2013 » SOCIETY
"The president of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has recently made a rather
interesting statement. Kadyrov has declared that the Chechen
mercenaries have been involved in hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh,"
reads the article in the `BigCaucasus', which also contains Kadyrov's
record on the LiveJournal's service: "The Chechen mercenaries were
involved in the armed forces of both sides (of the conflict) in
Nagorno-Karabakh war."
The `BigCaucasus' notes that immediately after the statement of the
president of Chechnya, the MFA of Nagorno Karabakh gave a rather
deployed comment on the situation. `The statements that Chechen
mercenaries fought for the Karabakh Armenians are absolutely untrue.
Unlike Azerbaijan, no mercenaries of any nationality have ever fought
on the NKR side,' the statement of the MFA of NKR read.
`Numerous facts testify that in 1992-1993, about 3.000 Afghan
mojahedins, as well as Chechen detachments headed by Shamil Basayev
fought against the Karabakh Army. In early July 1992, the Chechen
mercenaries in Nagorno Karabakh amounted to about 300. In July 1993,
Chechen-Press Agency reported about ChechensŐ? participation in the
military activities in Nagorno Karabakh, which was confirmed by the
first losses among them,' the MFA of Nagorno Karabakh reports.
Maj. Gen. Astvatsatur Petrosyan the commander of the "Eagles bombers"
squad told the `BigCaucasus' about the details of participation of
Chechen squads in the Karabakh war. "Chechens fought in Karabakh, but
not on the Armenians' side. When they were taken hostage they
presented themselves as Russians or representatives of other
nationalities. They would not have fought for the Christians," the
general said.
He also noted that a detachment of Cossacks from Transnistria fought
on the Armenians' side for a short time, but losing 7 people in one of
the battles in September 1992, they confessed that it was very
difficult to fight in Karabakh.
There were moments during the fighting in Karabakh when the Armenian
and Chechen troops were to fight against one another.
"During the fight of 1992, we saw about 70 militants at Karmaravan
city, who were fighting for Azerbaijan. They stood out by the black
uniform that they were wearing on. When we shot down their armor and
took some of them as captives, it turned out that those were Chechen
mercenaries who were fighting in Karabakh for the Azerbaijani Armed
Forces," he said.
The captivated Chechens confessed that they were promised to be given
salary at a rate of 15 thousand rubles, with the prospect of rising to
40,000.
Petrossian is one of the three generals who have developed and
successfully carried out an operation to free the fortress city of
Shushi. He leads a simple life; he speaks of war only when the
journalists ask him to do.
The general reminded that the Azerbaijani side also used the Russian
and Tatar militants to carry out sabotage in the rear of the Armenian
forces. "During the war, a detachment of 15 people, mostly Russian and
Tatar, had, reportedly, expressed desire to fight on our side.
However, we quickly figured out that this was a well trained team sent
by Baku aimed at carrying out sabotage in the rear of our troops. We
have figured out and quickly neutralized them," the general said.
As A. Petrosyan told, Shamil Basayev was in Karabakh twice - in 1992
and 1994. "Both Basayev and Dudayev were professional soldiers, who
had finished the school of the General Staff of the USSR. Basayev
participated in the Karabakh not just as an envoy of Soviet KGB. This
structure functioned against the Armenians during the war. Basayev was
in Azerbaijani training center. He was well trained; he was involved
in coaching and training the troops of Azerbaijani AF. He was not
involved in the fights personally," said the general, noting that in
1992 the Armenian units surrounded, and then occupied the Azerbaijani
training center, and Basayev managed to move to Georgia.
As stated in the material, in those days the media wrote that the
Chechen rebels had left the war stage after suffering significant
losses. In 2000, Basayev gave an interview to ANS Azerbaijani TV
Company, admitting his involvement in the Karabakh war: `We came to
fight in Karabakh not for trophies, but for the idea of jihad`.
However, Basayev told, `when we arrived at the scene and saw the
situation, we realized that there was no sign of jihad'.
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/05/17/bigcaucasus/