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Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus | |
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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 | Pan-Caucasianism[1] |
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Battles and wars |
The Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus (CMPC; Russian: Конфедерация горских народов Кавказа (КГНК); until 1991 known as Assembly of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus) was a militarised political organisation in the North 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.
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]
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.