• ...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.&nbsp
  • Therefore, it is natural, that the acceptance with Chechnya of the “pro-Yeltsin” Act was met negatively by the “party of war”.
  • Russia’s intervention in Chechnya constitutes one of the greatest violations of human rights in the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Next (First Continental Congress). The First Chechen War also known as the War in Chechnya was fought between Russia and Chechnya from 1994 to 1996 and resulted...
  • 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.