Second Chechen War
1999–2009 conflict in Chechnya and the North Caucasus
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| October 18 2022 | Ukraine's parliament condemned the 'genocide of the Chechen people' during the First and Second Chechen Wars. |
| June 2022 | Ramzan Kadyrov announces the creation of four new battalions of ethnic Chechens: North-Akhmat, South-Akhmat, West-Akhmat, and East-Akhmat, to be sent to fight in Ukraine. |
| April 1 2022 | Ukrainian media reports Chechen troops executed conscripted soldiers of the Luhansk People's Republic who refused to fight. |
| March 13 2022 | According to Ukrainian intelligence, Chechen units are withdrawn to Chechnya after suffering 'hundreds' of casualties around Kyiv. |
| March 1 2022 | Kadyrov reports Chechen fighters in Ukraine have sustained losses of two killed and six wounded. |
| February 27 2022 | Ukrainian missiles reportedly destroy a Chechen column of 56 tanks near Hostomel. Ukrainian sources claim the SBU Alpha Group ambushed a Chechen troops convoy and killed Major General Magomed Tushayev. |
| February 26 2022 | Ramzan Kadyrov confirms the deployment of Kadyrovites in Ukraine, allegedly with a mission to capture and kill Ukrainian leaders including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. |
| February 24 2022 | Russian invasion of Ukraine begins, with Kadyrovite volunteer units participating in the military operation. |
| 2021 |
Beslan school siege
'Unclenching the Fists' film was released, depicting the long-term psychological and physical trauma suffered by a teenage survivor of the Beslan school siege.
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| 2021 | Kadyrovite spetsnaz groups participated in a training march at 'Tambukan' facility in Stavropol Krai, which ended in a brawl after other participants accused them of cheating by using vehicles during the march. |
| 2019 |
Pankisi Gorge crisis
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a former Chechen Republic of Ichkeria platoon commander and later Georgian military officer, is assassinated by the FSB in Berlin.
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| 2019 |
Pankisi Gorge crisis
Cezar Tokhosashvili (Al-Bara Shishani) is arrested in Kyiv and extradited to Georgia after being recruited by Chatayev as an ISIS supporter.
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| 2019 |
Beslan school siege
Russian journalist Yury Dud created a YouTube documentary 'Beslan. Remember' commemorating the 15th anniversary of the massacre. The film featured interviews with witnesses and received over 14 million views in 2 weeks, and was criticized by state media while praised by Novaya Gazeta.
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| 2018 |
Pankisi Gorge crisis
Tamaz Batirashvili, brother of Tarkan Batirashvili, is killed in Syria.
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| 2017 |
Pankisi Gorge crisis
Giorgi Kushtanashvili (Salahuddin Shishani), a fighter from Duisi village, is killed.
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| 2017 |
Pankisi Gorge crisis
Akhmed Chatayev dies in 2017.
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| 2017 | Kadyrovites participate in the Syrian Civil War, expanding their involvement beyond Chechnya. |
| 2016 |
Pankisi Gorge crisis
Tarkan Batirashvili (Omar al-Shishani), Islamic State leader from Pankisi Gorge, is killed.
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| 2015 | Umarov's successor Aliaskhab Kebekov was reported killed. |
| 2015 |
Thin Silver Thread
The book is recognized in the 'Top 10 Books of Autumn 2015' by Fontanka.ru, highlighting its significance in contemporary Russian literature.
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| November 13 2015 |
Thin Silver Thread
The book 'Thin Silver Thread' is launched at the Sakharov Centre in Moscow, completing a decade-long documentation of civilian experiences in Grozny.
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| 2014 | Chechen militants loyal to Kadyrov become active in the Russo-Ukrainian War, including the Vostok Battalion and Chechen Death Battalion. |
| 2014 |
Thin Silver Thread
Two additional stories, 'Zayna' and 'Two meters squared', were published in Moscow's magazine Medvedj.
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| 2013 | Doku Umarov was killed by poisoning. |
| September 2012 |
Pankisi Gorge crisis
Akhmed Chatayev concluded his two-year residence in the Pankisi Gorge.
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