understand a few things. in the russian wars on chechnya - which demanded only independence - perhaps 200,000 chechens have been killed and another 300,000 displaced. that is out of a population of less than a million. it's worth mentioning that during world war 2, stalin removed the *entire population* to central asia in cattle cars after accusing them of collaboration with germany. at any rate, putin's policy is - more clearly than any case since rwanda - sheer, clear genocide.