(15 Aug 1995) Russian/Nat
The Chechen president Dzhokhar Dudayev has denounced the peace deal between Chechnya and Russia.
He says Russian soldiers are still beating up Chechens and the fight for independence goes on.
Hijacking the airwaves, separatist Chechen president Dzhokhar Dudayev denounced the military agreement as a deception.
He went on rebel Chechen television to condemn the deal agreed in Grozny between his representatives and Russian negotiators.
SOUNDBITE Russian
The generals and counter-intelligence officers are deceiving us under the aegis of the United Nations (referring to the OSCE). Russia is treating us somewhat primitively. But we're not the kind of Chechens you can deceive that easily.
SUPER CAPTION Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen leader
And he warned that force can only lead to force - he claims Russian troops are still beating up Chechen civilians.
SOUNDBITE Russian
Brutality continues and brutality can only be conquered by brutality in reply. Russia understands nothing more. It never did and will not for many years.
SUPER CAPTION: Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen leader
He insisted on Chechen independence and sovereignty, saying that it is better to be unrecognised by the world than recognised within the Russian Federation.
He made the broadcast at 23.30 yesterday on the so-called Presidential Channel which interrupts Russian state television signals around the area still controlled by the rebels.
He spoke both in Chechen and Russian.
This morning, Chechens in the republic's second town of Shali gathered in the town square where they chanted "Dzhokhar" and "Troops out".
Two rebel colonels, sporting medals awarded to them yesterday evening by Dudayev, reacted with dismay to the ultimatum issued by Boris Yeltsin today.
They said that an ultimatum is in itself a use of force and by the same token breaks what looks to be an increasingly shaky military agreement.
SOUNDBITE Russian
(Yeltsin's ultimatum) is firstly a breach of the agreement we made - there it was written that force would neither be used nor threatened. It's already a breach even if he doesn't restart the war. Secondly, if Russia now proves that no deals reached with her are kept, then I don't think it's worth sitting down to talk to them.
SUPER CAPTION Colonel Aslanbek
Signed at the end of July, the document foresaw a Russian troop withdrawal in exchange for rebel surrender of arms. No agreement was reached on the status of the republic.
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