The Second Chechen War began in August and September 1999, after Chechnya-based militants launched an incursion into neighboring Dagestan and a series of apartment bombings in Russian cities, blamed on Chechen separatists, hardened Russian public opinion for a renewed campaign under newly appointed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Russian forces recaptured the Chechen capital Grozny by February 2000 after intense fighting, after which the conflict shifted into a long and brutal counterinsurgency against Chechen rebel and Islamist fighters. Russia formally declared its "counter-terrorist operation" in Chechnya over in 2009 and installed a Moscow-aligned government under Ramzan Kadyrov, though scattered insurgent violence in the North Caucasus continued for years afterward.
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CombatantsRussia; Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 1 Classification
Death Toll Min Conflict TypeInsurgency or Counterinsurgency 1 Second Chechen War
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In September 2000, the Kavkaz Center compiled a list of casualties officially announced in the conflict, which, although incomplete and with little factual value, provides some minimal insight into the casualties. According to the figures released by the Russian Ministry of Defence in August 2005, at least 1,250 Russian Armed Forces soldiers were killed in action in 1999-2005.
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Main phase: 7 August 1999 - 30 April 2000 (8 months and 24 days) Insurgency phase: 1 May 2000 - 16 April 2009 (8 years, 11 months and 15 days)
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Russia
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Russian victory
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As the bulk of the army was withdrawn, responsibility for dealing with the low-level insurgency was shouldered by the local police force.
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Total killed military & civilian: 50,000-80,000
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Russian forces recaptured the Chechen capital Grozny by February 2000 after intense fighting, after which the conflict shifted into a long and brutal counterinsurgency against Chechen rebel and Islamist fighters.
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The Bizon has since seen combat action in the 2nd Chechen War and, more recently, during the 2008 war with Georgia over South Ossetia.
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these were used with success during the Second Chechen War from 1999 to 2004
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The Second Chechen War began in August 1999
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During the first and second Chechen wars, the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria used RPG-7s which they had captured from Soviet bases and used them against Russian armored columns.
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