The second war in Chechnya

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official name of the second Chechen war - anti-terrorist operation.The war in Chechnya seized the border regions of the North Caucasus and Chechnya.The beginning of the war assumed 30.09.1999 year.That day, Russian troops were introduced into Chechnya.Get active in the area continued until 2000, and then moved to the passive conflict phase, which is not ended to this day.Kontroterroristicheskoy mode operation was canceled in 2009.

After the 1996 Russian troops were withdrawn from Chechnya, peace and tranquility does not stepped on these lands.The bandits got rich by kidnapping people for ransom, as well as profiting from the theft of crude oil, production of narcotic drugs, counterfeiting, attacks and armed attacks.In Chechnya, it was deployed massive training of Muslim terrorists.Arab mercenaries strongly destabilized the situation in the regions neighboring Chechnya, and spread the ideas of separatism.

March 1999 was marked by the kidnapping by terrorists envoy Gennady MIA Shpigun.Were strengthened measures against criminal groups, the North Caucasus were sent to the best specialists in the fight against ethnic crime.Chechnya found itself in an economic blockade, cash flow from Russia virtually dried up.These measures make life difficult for criminals.Smuggle drugs and weapons across the border became more difficult.By the summer of 1999 proved to be a militarized border zone.The war in Chechnya was becoming apparent.

soon attempted to capture the outpost troops on the border of Chechnya and Dagestan.In response to the Russian helicopter pilots blow to the terrorist Khattab missiles.It was then announced a decision on major preemptive strike.Chechen rebels were preparing for an attack on Dagestan.They chose their target mountainous areas, on grounds that this area is less than the federal troops, and quickly redeploy forces will not succeed because of the inaccessibility of the area.From the Kadar region of Dagestan militants hoped to attack the federal troops from the rear.

The researchers said that the war in Chechnya has been profitable a lot of people.Firstly, the Islamic extremists who sought to disseminate their ideas to the world, and secondly - the financial kings of the Persian Gulf.

August 7 militants massively invaded Dagestan.The operation was led by Shamil Basayev and Arab mercenary Khattab.Bandits hoped that the people of Dagestan will move to their side, but they were wrong.The population had invaded selfless resistance fighters.Ichkeria leadership, together with the Russian authorities decided to hold a federal operation against Islamists infiltrated in Dagestan.Maskhadov condemned the attack, but the real action and not taken.

fighting lasted about a month.As a result of competent actions of the militants retreated to Chechnya.During this period, a number of Russian cities there was a terrible tragedy, terrorist attacks - bombings of apartment blocks.

weighed Maskhadov's inability to take control of the situation in Chechnya, the Russian government has decided to conduct a military operation whose aim was the complete destruction of the terrorists.September 23 began large-scale bombardment of Grozny.The second war in Chechnya began.

Russian troops are successfully breaking the resistance fighters.Terrorists cunning lured onto minefields to conduct raids in the rear.Manual was to bet on poaching elite to his side.So, Akhmad Kadyrov, a former separatist, became the head of the Chechen Republic and the Grand Mufti.The war in Chechnya has forced insurgents draw look at non-Chechen origin groups.By 2005, it has been destroyed such large commanders as Khattab and Maskhadov.As a result, the intensity of the activities of armed gangs has declined markedly.The war in Chechnya, the loss is great for Russia, still causes disagreements and disputes.Many condemn the actions of the authorities, someone - supports.However, in subsequent years, in Russia there were no large-scale terrorist attack.The second war in Chechnya has significantly weakened the militants.