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THE DAGESTAN CONFLICT IN A PERSPECTIVE: MOSCOW, MAKHACHKALA AND GROZNY, 2 AUGUST - 19 SEPTEMBER
(color fills indicate military operations)
WEEK | DEVELOPMENTS IN DAGESTAN | INVASION FROM CHECHNYA | INTERNAL RUSSIAN EVENTS | DEVELOPMENTS IN CHECHNYA |
2-8 August | Militants from Chechnya, 1,200 strong, invade Dagestan | |||
9-15 August
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Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev claims leadership of the troops in Dagestan | Newly-designated Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promises that rebels will be crushed within two weeks | President Mashkadov denies Chechnya's involvement in Dagestan and declares state of emergency | |
16-22 August
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Russian troops rebuffed in an attempt to storm a village occupied by fighters from Chechnya. Eight servicemen are reported killed, the figure is later revised downward to four. | Russia transfers command of Dagestan operations from the Interior Ministry to the Defense Ministry. | Chechnya mobilizes reservists and veterans of the 1994-96 war with Russia | |
23-29 August
|
Russian forces clash
with Islamic
fundamentalist
strongholds in Karamakhi and Chabanmakhi villages |
Rebels led by Basayev
announce pullout from
Dagestan
|
Russian Federation Council Chairman Yegor Stoev says the planned meeting between presidents of Russia and Chechnya is "absurd and useless" | Russia bombs the territory of Chechnya for the first time since the 1994-96 war |
30 August - 5
September
|
Bomb levels military barracks in the Dagestani city of Buynaksk, 64 killed | Militants from Chechnya invade Dagestan again; third stage of conflict begins | First bomb explosion in Moscow kills a woman in a shopping mall | Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov calls for international recognition for Chechnya |
6-12 September
|
Dagestani authorities say 25,000 people volunteered to fight against the invaders from Chechnya | Russia sends an estimated 1,500 troops to the Novolakskoye region to stop the invasion from Chechnya | Second bomb explosion in Moscow kills 94 in apartment building. | National Security Committee of Chechnya meets to discuss the "military aggression against Chechnya" |
13-19 September
|
Karamakhi and
Chabanmakhi
conquered and
occupied by Russian
forces
Dagestani parliament bans Wahabi movement |
Chechen militants announce second withdrawal from Dagestan completed | Another bombing in the Southern Russian city of Volgodonsk kills 17 and injures 115 | Russia continues sporadic bombardment of Chechnya, President Aslan Maskhadov calls the act "aggression against Ichkeria [Chechnya]" |
19 September - | Russia continues bombing Chechnya |
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