Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Maskhadov ya ba da shawarar yin adawa da makamai ga abin da ya gani a matsayin mamayewar Rasha na Chechnya amma ya la'anci hare-haren da aka kai wa fararen hula. An yi zargin cewa ya goyi bayan kisan gillar da aka yi wa Shugaba Akhmad Kadyrov na Chechen a Chechnya, yayin da ya yi Allah wadai da kisan gillar da Rasha ta yi wa tsohon Shugaban Chechen mai ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayin ra'ayi Yandarbiyev a Qatar a shekara ta 2004. Maskhadov sau da yawa ya musanta alhakin ƙara yawan ayyukan ta'addanci na ta'addanci da mabiyan Basayev suka yi wa fararen hula na Rasha, suna ci gaba da fitar da hukunce-hukuncen irin waɗannan abubuwan ta hanyar masu magana da yawun ƙasashen waje, kamar Akhmed Zakayev a London. Koyaya, a ranar 24 ga Oktoba, 2002, an tsayar da sadarwa ta rediyo daga saƙonnin Maskhadov inda ya yi kira da a tsananta ayyukan ta'addanci da sabotage a yankin Rasha. Shaida ga haɗin gwiwar Maskhadov a cikin rikicin garkuwa da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Moscow na 2002 an bayar da shi ta manyan masu aikata laifuka guda biyu, Movsar Barayev da Abu Said. Ko da yake da farko ya musanta alhakin
2004 Nazran kai hari, wanda aka kashe 'yan sanda / sojoji 98 a cikin Yuli 2004, Maskhadov a bainar jama'a ya yarda da alhakin hare-haren. A cikin wannan watan, Maskahdov ya yi alkawarin irin wannan harin zai faru, kuma ya yi rantsuwa cewa wanda ya lashe zaben shugaban kasa na Chechnya mai zuwa zai kasance ba bisa ka'ida ba kuma za a kai masa hari idan ya cancanta. Ya bayyana 'yan tawayen da ke bayan kewaye da makarantar Beslan a matsayin "masu hauka" wadanda suka rasa hankalinsu saboda ayyukan zalunci na Rasha kuma ya kira harin ta'addanci wani mummunan aiki.