In August 2004 Yarmuk announced the beginning of military operations in the republic . Their online manifesto rejected terrorism , referring to alleged government responsibility for the 1999 Russian apartment bombings ( " We are not fighting against women or children , like Russian invaders are doing in Ichkeria . We are not blowing up sleeping people , like FSB of the Russian Federation does " ) . The manifesto noted the corruption of the " mafia clans " that led the republic ( " These mere apologies for rulers , who sold themselves to the invaders , have made drug addiction , prostitution , poverty , crime , depravity , drunkenness and unemployment prosper in our Republic " )
Russian apartment bombings
Russian apartment bombings
United Vilayat of Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachay