Russian activists denounce the war .
They have demonstrated in the streets, and addressed manifestoes to the public. These groups are composed of people from a number of different left trends, and we are not endorsing any particular group among them or all the views of any such group. They are not speaking in the parliamentary double-talk of the bourgeois politicians, but directly denouncing Russian imperialism and calling for the development of a movement from below. As we enter the 21st century, Russian society is confronted with the shameful fact of the bloody colonial war in the north Caucasus . This war is fraught with no less catastrophic consequences socially and economically .