- ...an invasion of Dagestan in the summer of 1999 – and soon Russia's forces entered Chechnya again, marking the beginning of the Second Chechen War.
- A Chechen fighter perches atop a statue of Lenin. In the aftermath of the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Chechnya declared its independence from Russia. 
- Chechnya has been completely destroyed by two terrible wars, one from 1994 to 1996 and another which has continued since 1999.
- Russia’s intervention in Chechnya constitutes one of the greatest violations of human rights in the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
- As political analyst Andrei Piontkovsky said, the war was launched ostensibly to keep Chechnya part of Russia, but ended up making Russia part of Chechnya.
- Note from the editors: In August 1999, Russian forces started a brutal air campaign against Chechnya, killing and forcing tens of thousands to flee.
- The new conflict ended with the separatists’ defeat and the establishment of the Kadyrovs in power, who recognize Chechnya as a part of Russia.
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- Russia established direct rule of Chechnya in May 2000 and after the full-scale offensive, Chechen guerrilla resistance throughout the North Caucasus region...