Russia"s dirty war, again

23.10.1999

A recent poll found 49 percent support for a campaign of air strikes against Chechnya. Politicians of all stripes, including those who wanted to impeach Mr Yeltsin for the earlier war, have been banging the martial drums, and there is broad unquestioning faith in the authorities' assertions that Chechen terrorists are responsible for the bombs, although no conclusive evidence has been presented to back that contention.

The revolt of the masses

01.10.1999