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	1 - The Peace Treaty can be seen here. Since there is a tendency to disappearance of this treaty, I will give three links: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/agreements/pdf/rus2.pdf http://www.chechnya-mfa.info/legal/1.htm http://ecmi.de/emap/download/Chechnya%20OSCE%201.pdf 2 - Boyle's article was brought in "Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs", vol. 18, no. 1, page 177, april 19. 1998 Can be seen here: http://www.amina.com/article/peace_tret.html http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/63/082.html 3 - http://www.constitution.garant.ru/DOC_11113000.htm 4 - http://www.constitution.garant.ru/DOC_11113000.htm 5 - It is in art. 27 in the "Vienna Convention on the Law of treaties" http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf 6 - See 2 7 - It is in art. 7,2a in the "Vienna Convention on the Law of treaties" http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf 8 - It is in art. 12,1a in the "Vienna Convention on the Law of treaties" http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf 9 - Art. 12,1a in the conventionen http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf 10 - http://ecmi.de/emap/download/Chechnya%20OSCE%201.pdf 11 - http://ecmi.de/emap/download/Chechnya%20OSCE%201.pdf 12 - Can be found in chapter. 1, art. 2, stk. 4 in the UN Charter http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter 13 - Art. 39 in the UN Charter is here: http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter 14 - It is in chapter 7, art. 51 in the UN Charter http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter 15 - Art. 43 in the "Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties" http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf 16 - Some examples of Putin's confirming statements: a) In a "Larry King Live Show" 8 September 2000 stated Putin, that the republic had "full independence as a state". A transcript can be read here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chechnya-sl/message/11028 b) 18 June 2001 Putin stated in a interview with several russian journalists, that Russia "granted chechen independence". http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/5312.html c) 13 December 2001 Putin stated in a press conference with Financial Times, that Chechnya had "de jure and de facto independence". The interview can be read here: http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/5603-5.cfm d) Yuri V. Uskakov, extraordinary ambassador for RF in USA, mentions, according to Boyle, in an article in Fordham International Law Journal, 2000, vol. 23, page 1159, that Putin in an interview with BBC had stated, that Chechnya had "full sovereignty as a state since 1996". Link to the homepage: http://law.fordham.edu/publications/index.ihtml?pubid=300 17 - http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/forintlaw/msg00680.html 18 - http://www.servat.unibe.ch/law/icl/cc00000_.html
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