however, Yeltsin, had not included the Chechens among the people that should grab their freedom for many reasons, including the following: Chechnya sits on the southern mountain wall of Russia, blocking the Caucasus region from southern peoples; Chechnya’s 30 oilfields produce low-sulfur oil that requires little refining to produce high-grade aviation fuel; a major oil pipeline crossing Chechnya and Grozny was a major oil-refining center.
