Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.

Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.

独立不是一时兴起或雄心壮志。这是我们民族生存的必要条件。

-- Aslan Maskhadov 阿斯兰·马斯哈多夫