2004
Authorities seize Yuganskneftegaz, Yukos's key production unit, over alleged tax debts, in move widely seen as punishment for Yukos boss...
2003
Mass graves are discovered in Chechnya with thousands of Russian Army killed Chechens bodies 60 people die in a bomb attack on Russians...
2002
Moscow theater hostage crisis, (129 die when Russian soldiers storm the theater with poisonous gas) Alexander Litvinenko's book "Blowing...
2001
There was a pogrom in a market in Moscow's Yasenevo District against merchants from the Caucasus 2000- Chechen Insurgency...
2000
Russian involement to border dispute with Eritrea led to the Eritrean–Ethiopian War,Ethiopia Russian submarine Kursk explosion Vladimir...
1999
Completing a hat trick of bizarre spontaneous promotions, proud KGB spy Putin is named by Yeltsin Prime Minister of Russia. Almost...
1998
Former KGB operative Vladimir Putin is appointed head of the FSB Alexander Litvinenko and other FSB officers publicly accuse their...
1997
1992-1997 Civil War in Tajikistan 1974-2002 Soviet involvement in Angolan Civil War 1800-2001 Russia annexing Kingdom of...
1996
1993-1996 First Chechen War 1992-1997 Civil War in Tajikistan 1974-2002 Soviet involvement in Angolan Civil War 1960-1996 ...
1995
Chechen insurgents led by warlord Shamil Basayev take thousands of hostages in Russian villages (100 die when Russian soldiers free them)...
