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Revision as of 01:59, 20 January 2003 by Ericd (talk | contribs) (unknown gas)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
Another tragedy of the war was when in November, 2002, a bomb destroyed the Pro-Russian Government Headquarters and killed more than 20 people in the Chechen capital, Grozny.
See also: First Chechen War