Grachev was replaced as defence minister in 1996, after the end of the first Chechen war.

Their estimate for the earlier Chechen war was 14,000 dead troops as compared with the official figure of 5,500.

We don't believe that anything is to be gained by spreading the Chechen war.

That approach evoked bitter memories of the disastrous Chechen war, which ended in 1996.

In the first Chechen war, which began in 1994, he served a prominent field commander.

The Chechen war seems something so far away - yes, as if it were someone else's tragedy.

He promised a fast end to the Chechen war.

The general took part in the first Chechen war.

The Chechen war showed that clearly, and there will be more colonial wars.

The atrocity, which was first reported on within weeks, is believed to be the worst of the latest Chechen war.