Counter-insurgency operations during the Second Chechen War

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Counter-insurgency operations during the Second Chechen War have been conducted by the Russian army in Chechnya since 1999. The President of Chechnya, and former rebel, Ramzan Kadyrov declared this phase to end in March 2009. On 27 March 2009, the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev met with Alexander Bortnikov, the Director of the Federal Security Service to discuss the official ending of counter-terrorism operations in Chechnya. Medvedev directed the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, which Bortnikov also heads, to report to the Russian government on this issue, which will then by decided by the Russian parliament. As of early 2009 there were close to 480 active insurgents situated in the mountains under leadership of field commander Doku Umarov, according to official data.

Clashes with insurgents also continued in other regions of North Caucasus in 2009.

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First Chechen War (1994–1996)
War in Dagestan (1999)
Second Chechen War (1999–2009)
Insurgency in Ingushetia (2007–2015)
Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017)

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Combatants	Russian Federation Armed Forces Ground Forces Ministry of Internal Affairs OMON ODON Internal Troops Federal Security Service Main Intelligence Directorate Special Forces (Spetsnaz) Republic of Chechnya Kadyrovites
Leaders	Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin Alexander Lebed Pavel Grachev Gennady Troshev Chechnya † Akhmad Kadyrov Alu Alkhanov Ramzan Kadyrov † Dzhabrail Yamadayev † Ruslan Yamadayev † Sulim Yamadayev

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Combatants	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Caucasian Front Vilayat Dagestan Vilayat Galgayche Vilayat Nokhchicho United Vilayat of Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachay Vilayat Cherkessia Vilayat Iriston Islamic Djamaat of Dagestan Liberation Army of Dagestan Alperen Hearths Grey Wolves
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