• Toggle Prelude to the Second Chechen War subsection. 3.1 Instability in Chechnya. 3.2 Russian–Chechen relations (1996–1999).
  • Russia’s intervention in Chechnya constitutes one of the greatest violations of human rights in the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  • Therefore, it is natural, that the acceptance with Chechnya of the “pro-Yeltsin” Act was met negatively by the “party of war”.
  • Note from the editors: In August 1999, Russian forces started a brutal air campaign against Chechnya, killing and forcing tens of thousands to flee.
  • As a response, on September 23, a heavy shelling of Grozny began, and a week later, Russian troops entered Chechnya. consequences of the Chechen war.
  • For example, the government of Chuvashia passed a decree providing legal protection to soldiers from the republic who refused to participate in the Chechnya 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.&nbsp
  • War In Chechnya. Video Item Preview. ... 4 hours of footage of the First Chechen War that lasted between December 1994 to August 1996.