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The Second Chechen War began in 1999, when Chechnya began to fight for independence. Two years before, a Chechen politician in favor of independence, Aslan Maskhadov, was elected President of Chechnya.
During the conflict, many terrorist attacks happened during four years of war; one was at the Dubrovka Theater, in October,2002, when a commando of Chechen Rebels took the theater in Moscow for three days. On October 27, 2002, the Russian Army used a unknown gas to end the drama, causing many casualities. This brought many questions and doubts about the politics of Russian President Vladimir Putin against Chechen rebels.
In November, 2002, a bomb destroyed the Pro-Russian Government Headquarters and killed more than 20 people in the Chechen capital, Grozny.
According to Chechen sources 60,000 civilians have so far died this war.
See also: First Chechen War