In May 2013 , Ibragim Todashev , a 27-year-old Chechen native and former mixed martial arts fighter who knew Coming_to_believe Tamerlan Tsarnaev , was shot Bodily_harm and killed Killing in Orlando , Florida , by law enforcement officers who had been interviewing Communication him about the Waltham murders Killing as well as the Boston Marathon bombings Terrorism .

According to Human Rights Watch ( HRW ) , this was the most notorious civilian massacre of the First Chechen War .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Komsomolskoye took place Process_start in March 2000 between Russian federal forces Causation and Chechen separatists in the Chechen village of Komsomolskoye ( Saadi-Kotar ) , Chechnya .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Komsomolskoye took place Process_start in March 2000 between Russian federal forces Causation and Chechen separatists in the Chechen village of Komsomolskoye ( Saadi-Kotar ) , Chechnya .

It was the largest Russian victory during the Second Chechen War Military_operation .

Several hundred Chechen rebel Attack fighters and civilians and more than 50 Russian servicemen were killed Killing in the course of more than two weeks of siege Besieging warfare Hostile_encounter .

The fighting Hostile_encounter resulted in Causation the destruction Destroying of most of the forces Causation of Chechen rebel field commander Ruslan Gelayev .

The crisis Catastrophe began Process_start when a group of armed Islamic militants , mostly Ingush and Chechen , occupied Control School Number One ( SNO ) in the town of Beslan , North Ossetia ( an autonomous republic in the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation ) on 1 September 2004 .

The hostage-takers were the Riyad-us Saliheen , sent Sending by the Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev , who demanded Request recognition Supporting of the independence Change_of_leadership of Chechnya , and Russian withdrawal Escaping from Chechnya .

Second Chechen War ( ) , also known as the Second Chechen Сampaign ( ) or officially ( from the Russian point of view ) Counter-terrorist operations on territories of North Caucasian region ( ) , was an armed conflict on the territory of Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria , also with militants of various Islamist groups , fought from August 1999 to April 2009 .

Second Chechen War ( ) , also known as the Second Chechen Сampaign ( ) or officially ( from the Russian point of view ) Counter-terrorist operations on territories of North Caucasian region ( ) , was an armed conflict on the territory of Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria , also with militants of various Islamist groups , fought from August 1999 to April 2009 .

Second Chechen War ( ) , also known as the Second Chechen Сampaign ( ) or officially ( from the Russian point of view ) Counter-terrorist operations on territories of North Caucasian region ( ) , was an armed conflict on the territory of Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria , also with militants of various Islamist groups , fought from August 1999 to April 2009 .

The campaign ended Process_end the de facto independence of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and restored Recovering Russian federal control over the territory .

During the initial campaign , Russian military and pro-Russian Chechen paramilitary forces faced Chechen separatists in open combat , and seized Hold the Chechen capital Grozny after a winter siege that lasted from late 1999 until February 2000 .

During the initial campaign , Russian military and pro-Russian Chechen paramilitary forces faced Chechen separatists in open combat , and seized Hold the Chechen capital Grozny after a winter siege that lasted from late 1999 until February 2000 .

During the initial campaign , Russian military and pro-Russian Chechen paramilitary forces faced Chechen separatists in open combat , and seized Hold the Chechen capital Grozny after a winter siege that lasted from late 1999 until February 2000 .

Russia established Building direct rule of Chechnya in May 2000 and after the full-scale offensive , Chechen militant resistance throughout the North Caucasus region continued to inflict heavy Russian casualties and challenge Russian political control over Chechnya for several more years .

Some Chechen separatists also carried out attacks Attack against civilians in Russia .

In mid-2000 , the Russian government transferred Military_operation certain military operations to pro-Russian Chechen forces .

By 2009 , Russia had severely disabled Destroying the Chechen separatist movement and large-scale fighting ceased Process_end .

Three months later the exiled leader of the separatist government , Akhmed Zakayev , called Name_conferral for a halt to armed resistance against the Chechen police force starting on 1 August and said Telling he hoped that `` starting with this day Chechens will never shoot at each other '' .

They demanded Request the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya and an end to the Second Chechen War .

Among the passengers who were killed Killing was Russian Colonel General Gennady Troshev formerly the commander of the North Caucasus Military District ( including Chechnya ) during the Second Chechen War Hostile_encounter and adviser to the President of Russia .

Three days later , the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) released Releasing images of two suspects , who were later identified Check as Chechen Kyrgyzstani-American brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev .