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"Mr President, we need to be proactive in developing many different relationships with Russia on a number of strategic issues, from the fight against terrorism to the situation in the Middle East, from energy to space. It is taking a very narrow view of these relationships to want to index link them to the various ways in which the Russian Government is tackling the difficult question of Chechnya.
We are right to condemn the clearly disproportionate brutality of the methods used by the Russian authorities. However, we would get a better hearing if we did not ignore the real basis of Moscow’s reaction, which does not pertain solely to Russian concerns. The Russian Government is invoking its legitimate right to defence against attacks within the territory of the Federation. The country is being attacked by forces which, after stirring up a belief in Chechen separatism, intend to capture this sentiment and use it to the benefit of a type of radical Islam that is bringing terrorism right to the heart of Moscow. Who would dare to deny that Chechnya has become, after Afghanistan under the Taliban, one of the best training grounds for international Islamic terrorists who pose a threat to us all? Those who persist in denying these realities or who talk about them in relative terms are leading us towards deadlock. Mr President, we must be responsible and resist them."@en1
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