The regime which is currently in power in the Chechen Republic not only grossly violates the constitutional law of the Russian Federation, puts under threat the indivisibility and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation but is also criminal from the viewpoint of international law.
Aggression is one of the most dangerous international crimes.
The first use of armed force by a State in contravention of the Charter shall constitute prima facie evidence of an act of aggression. The invasion or attack by the armed forces of a State of the territory of another State, or any military occupation, however temporary, resulting from such invasion or attack, or any annexation by the use of force of the territory of another State or part thereof. The action of a State in allowing its territory, which it has placed at the disposal of another State, to be used by that other State for perpetrating an act of aggression against a third State. The sending by or on behalf of a State of armed bands, groups, irregulars or mercenaries, which carry out acts of armed force against another State of such gravity as to amount to the acts listed above, or its substantial involvement therein. The Chechen leadership was fully informed about the preparation of the terrorist acts on the territory of Dagestan, which falls under the international definition of aggression but actually means aggression by one constituent member of the Russian Federation against another constituent member.