Yeltsin And The Chechen Rebels
Witness History
English - May 26, 2016 07:50 - 9 minutes - 4.34 MB - ★★★★★ - 853 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1996, a delegation of Chechen separatist rebels negotiated peace with Russia's President Boris Yeltsin in the Kremlin. It took them just two hours to reach an agreement. Akhmed Zakayev was a member of the Chechen delegation. He spoke to Dina Newman. Photo: Akhmed Zakayev in 2004. Credit: AFP/Getty Images