1999

Completing a hat trick of bizarre spontaneous promotions, proud KGB spy Putin is named by Yeltsin Prime Minister of Russia. Almost immediately, Putin orders a massive bombing campaign against the tiny, defenseless breakaway republic of Chechnya

• War of Dagestan

• Russian apartment bombings, Chechen separatists are blamed for terrorist attacks on Buynaksk, Moscow and Volgodonsk that kill nearly 300 people, although attacks were work of the FSB, especially after similar unexploded bombs are found at Ryazan and they are traced back to the Russian military

• Italian correspondent Giulietto Chiesa publishes an article in which predicts "state terrorism" in Moscow, based on government leak

• Aleksandr Zhilin publishes an article in which predicts terrorist attacks in Moscow, based on government leaks

• The prime minister of Armenia is assassinated and replaced by Andranik Markarian

• Boris Yeltsin resigns the presidency of Russia, handing the office to Putin in order to allow him to run as an incumbent three months later. Given the pattern of bizarre promotions Putin has previously received, the move is hardly even surprising.

• Russian arm dealers sell cruise missiles to Iran and China

• 1999-2009 Second Chechen War, Hundreds of civilians are killed and tens of thousands are left homeless as civilian targets are attacked.

• 1974-2002 Soviet involvement in Angolan 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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