THE ORGINS OF THE CHECHEN WAR.

On November 30, 1994, President Yeltsinissued a still secret decree that ordered the Russian army into Chechnyaeleven days later, Izvestiya reported May 12. Information about thedecree–whose existence had been disputed–surfaced in the course of a Russianparliamentary appeal to the Constitutional Court concerning the legality ofYeltsin’s action.

General Who Opposed Chechnya War Replaced.