1995

Chechen insurgents led by warlord Shamil Basayev take thousands of hostages in Russian villages (100 die when Russian soldiers free them)

• The The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) is established, the successor to the KGB

• 1993-1996 First Chechen War

• 1992-1997 Civil War in Tajikistan

• 1974-2002 Soviet involvement in Angolan Civil War

• 1960-1996 Soviet involvement in Guatemalan Civil War

• 1800-2001 Russia annexing Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia) and deposing the Bagratids

• 1948- Involvement to Arab-Israeli Conflict

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