Chechnya had been largely destroyed by war, with its roads and power plants ... When he was prime minister in 1999, he blamed a series of deadly apartment bombings in Moscow on Chechen militants ...

The evidence is overwhelming that the apartment-house bombings in 1999 in Moscow, Buinaksk, and Volgodonsk, which provided a pretext for the second Chechen war and catapulted Putin into the ...

The apartment bombings changed everything ... Russia blamed Chechen militants, triggering the second Chechen War. Satter: Putin came forward as the savior of the country. He was put in charge ...

It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war in Chechnya ... fire levelling apartment buildings, entire ...

He has held on to power ever since. Putin's rise to power was marked by apartment bombings and a brutal war in Chechnya, while his first term as president saw him crushing the opposition ...

effectively beginning the First Chechen War. Thirty years later and two wars since, Chechnya, under strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, has become a key pillar of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ...

It is the first in a series of bulletins that will document violations of human rights and humanitarian law by all forces in the war in Chechnya ... fire levelling apartment buildings, entire ...

The apartment bombings changed everything ... Russia blamed Chechen militants, triggering the second Chechen War. Satter: Putin came forward as the savior of the country. He was put in charge ...

"The signature in both places is absolutely identical," said Putin, who is seeking to portray Russia's war in Chechnya as part ... about 300 people died in apartment explosions that Russian ...