- Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2004)
Timeline
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January 8 - EightRussia n servicemen were killed in firefights or mine explosions inChechnya , while the security forces seized at least 120 people on suspicions of rebel activity. [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2371038]February
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February 5 - Seven Russian servicemen were killed and at least 11 wounded in the rebel attacks in Chechnya.
*February 9 - Rebel attacks and land mines in Chechnya killed at least nine Russian servicemen and local pro-Moscow police.
*February 27 - Four Russian soldiers were killed and four wounded in a rebel attack on a Russian military convoy in Chechnya. [ [http://www.cacianalyst.org/newsite/?q=node/1840 CHECHNYA ATTACK KILLS FOUR RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN] ]
*February 28 - Chechen rebel commanderRuslan Gelayev and two Russian border guards killed each other on the Russian-Georgian border.March
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March 2 - Rebel attacks and land mines in Chechnya killed five Russian soldiers.
*March 25 - Rebel attacks claimed the lives of 11 soldiers and policemen. In another incident, military truck drove out of a Russianmilitary base in Shali after curfew and hit aminefield planted outside to deter a guerrilla attack, killing eight [ [http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=396&issue_id=2930&article_id=23654 QUESTIONS RAISED OVER DEADLY TROOP CONFRONTATION] ] to ten soldiers.April
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April 4 - Guerilla attacks across Chechnya killed six people on the Russian side and injured five, while two rebel fighters were captured in the capitalGrozny . [ [http://www.jamestown.org/print_friendly.php?volume_id=409&issue_id=3291&article_id=2369562 AFP: SIX RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN KILLED OVER APRIL 3-4] ]
*April 5 - Rebel attacks across Chechnya killed six Russian soldiers.
*April 13 - Eleven Russian soldiers killed and 15 wounded in Chechnya, including five killed in a convoy shelled near Shali. [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20040413/ai_n12546065 Chechen rebel attacks kill 11 Russian soldiers] ]
*April 15 - Ten Russian soldiers died and five were wounded in attacks throughout Chechnya, while over 200 people were detained in a security sweeps for suspected insurgents and accomplices. [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2004/04/mil-040416-rferl02.htm Ten Russian Soldiers Killed In Chechnya] ]
*April 16 -Saudi Arabia -bornAbu al-Walid , successor toIbn al-Khattab in the post of commander of the foreign fighters, was killed in the mountains by a Russian aerial bombing.May
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May 9 - An explosion on the VIP seating at a "Dinamo"soccer stadium during a mid-morning Soviet Victory Dayparade in the Grozny kills pro-RussianPresident of the Chechen Republic Akhmad Kadyrov and more than dozen others. Some 56 others were wounded, includingColonel-General Valery Baranov , the chief commander of Russian forces in Chechnya.
*May 17 - Chechen separatists killed 12 Russian soldiers and policemen and wounded four in a double ambush near the city ofUrus-Martan . [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/18/content_331661.htm 12 Russian soldiers, police, killed in Chechnya] ] At least seven Russian servicemen were killed and six wounded in other attacks in Chechnya, most of them in two mine blasts in Grozny. [ [http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=401&issue_id=2957&article_id=236721 AT LEAST 11 RUSSIAN TROOPS DIE IN CHECHNYA OVER 24-HOUR PERIOD] ]
*May 22 - Seven Russian soldiers and one Chechen police officer died in action against the rebels in Chechnya. [ [http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=396&issue_id=2965&article_id=236772 EIGHT RUSSIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN CHECHNYA OVER 24-HOUR PERIOD] ]June
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June 4 - Four contract soldiers killed and five wounded, including a senior officer, in the attack against armyheadquarters convoy in the village ofItum-Kale . [ [http://newsfromrussia.com/accidents/2004/06/04/54273.html Four federal soldiers killed in Chechnya] ]
*June 8 - Officials in Chechnya said that at least 10 Russian servicemen and eight insurgents died in several clashes, while about 200 people were detained on suspicion of aiding the rebels.
*June 19 - Rebel attacks in Chechnya killed seven Russian soldiers and police officers.
*June 21 - Chechen guerillas led the raid on the Russian republic of Ingushetia, killing at least 60 members of the local security agencies, including the republic's actingInterior Minister , and looting and burning down theIngushetia 'sInterior Ministry and several other government buildings.
*June 28 - Four servicemen were killed and six wounded in a clash in theAchkoi-Martan district and two mine blasts in Chechnya. [ [http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=416&issue_id=3783&article_id=2371231 FOUR SERVICEMEN KILLED IN CHECHNYA] ]July
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July 10 - Five Russian troops were slain in Chechnya by gunfire, while another three died in a mine explosion on the road near Itum-Kale. [ [http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=396&issue_id=3016&article_id=2368248 EIGHT RUSSIAN TROOPS KILLED IN 24-HOUR PERIOD] ]
*July 13 - Guerillas entered and shortly seized the village of Avtury, killing at least 18 and capturing 12 members of pro-Moscow Chechen police and militia. At least five separatist fighters were also killed and two went missing in the fighting.
*July 16 - Seven Russian soldiers were killed and five wounded in Chechnya. During the same period federal troops detained at least 150 Chechen suspects in the security sweeps. [ [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2372068 Seven Russian Soldiers Killed Over July 16-17] ]
*July 24 - A total of at least 12 Russian troops had died in these attacks and in mine explosions in Chechnya. A bomb planted in his car killed Yaragi Nikayev, a senior police officer in Grozny. [http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2371229]
*July 30 - Four Russian servicemen were killed and two others seriously injured in an attack on a Russian military truck inGalashki , Ingushetia. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/07/30/913658.htm Four Russian servicemen killed near Chechnya] ]August
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August 12 - Eight Russian soldiers were killed and 11 wounded in separate attacks. [ [http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2004/08/12/016.html 8 Federal Troops Killed in Chechnya in Rebel Raids] ]
*August 22 - Overnight attacks in central Grozny killed some 58 members of security forces, five federal soldiers and more than a dozen civilians. At least one insurgent was killed and three captured.October
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October 12 - A car bomb killed 15 people near a police administrative building in Grozny where Russian passports were being given to local inhabitants.November
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November 8 - Chechnya's administration said Russian troops killed at least 18 separatist fighters inVedensky District . Chechen rebel death toll was one of the highest reported by the pro-Moscow authorities in months. [ [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/11/47327C4D-A02B-4144-8B66-B158D16181FC.html Russian Military Says 18 Chechen Fighters Killed] ]December
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December 14 - Four officers of theFederal Drug Control Service killed in an attack inNalchik ,Kabardino-Balkaria . [ [http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2369168 SECURITY FORCES AND MILITANTS SHOOT IT OUT IN NALCHIK] ]References
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