 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo muna September 1999, mauto eRussia akapinda muChechnyapashure pokupinda kwevaChechen muDagestan uye kubhomba kwedzimba dzeRussia, Said akakwanisa kudzokera kuNorth Chechnya. Akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri womukuru weNadterechny district administration. Muna December 1999 akabatana neuto reRussia. With vamwe vake Anti-Maskhadov vapanduki, iye akaumba chaiyo-chinangwa kambani yechi42 motorized pfuti weboka reuto reRussia yokutanga Chechen chikwata kurutivi Russian mu Chechen War Second uye akapinda Grozny. Kakiyev akataura kuti chikwata chake ndicho chakatanga kusimudza mureza weRussia muGrozny. Munguva yehondo yeKomsomolskoye, mauto aitungamirirwa naKakiyev akakwanisa kukomba mauto aitungamirirwa naRuslan Gelayev. 