Russia has frequently charged that the Chechen separatist movement is controlled by foreign militants.

The strategy is a blow to the Chechen movement.

Shamil Salmanovich Basayev militant leader of the Chechen terrorist movement claimed credit.

As it happened most of Chechen gang members returned to Chechnya and joined the rising Chechen separatist movement.

The use of narcotics profits to finance the Chechen separatist movement and its links to Islamists groups has been suggested by various intelligence agencies.

Prague Watchdog; The radicalisation of the Chechen separatist movement: Myth or reality?

They've been running patrolling ops, shutting down Chechen movement in our AO, for the past nine months.

But on my honor, I'll do my best to cut out Chechen movement through my area of operations.

The investigation into this attack and ending of the hostage situation has shown that there are very close links between the Chechen movement and international Islamic terrorism.

As of 2009, Russia has severely disabled the Chechen separatist movement and large-scale fighting has ceased.