When did this event occur? What was the result of this event?

This event continues to occur from the 1990s until current day. There have been two wars in Chechnya since 1994. The first Chechen war lasted from 1994-1996. The Russians did not want Chechnya to secede, and they sent in massive amounts of manpower to stop it. Despite their best efforts, Chechnya prevailed, and was declared a republic by Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia at the time. In that two year span, 7,500 Russians were killed, 4,000 Chechens were killed, and over 35,000 civilians were killed. A few years later, in 1999, Russia invaded Chechnya in the attempt to regain control over the republic. The fear is that if Chechnya is independent, then Russia will start to lose other areas as well. The war is ongoing, but the Russians have managed to take control and install a pro-Russian government in Chechnya. The separatists are fighting back though. An estimated 15,000 Russians have died to date. The losses for the Chechens, however, are much higher. Estimates range from tens of thousands to one hundred thousand dead or missing. These are mostly Chechen civilians. The majority of the large-scale fighting has been eliminated, and the rebels have shifted their fighting into other Russian territories. However, the struggle still remains in Chechnya.

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