 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Munayev aive mupurisa muguta reGrozny kusati kwatanga kurwisananeRussia. Pakutanga kweChipiri Chechen Hondo muna 1999, mutungamiri weChechen, Aslan Maskhadov, akamugadza semukuru wemauto eGrozny. Munguva yeHondo yeGrozny 1999-2000, Munayev akaronga ambushes, mabhomba emotokari uye kuputika kwemigodhi kurwisa mauto eRussia. Muna October 2000, vakuru vakuru vokuRussia vakataura zvisiri izvo kuti akaurayiwa apo boka revapanduki rakaedza kuputsa rori yechiuto. Pashure pokunge mauto eChechnya abva muguta guru kuenda kumakomo, Munayev akaitwa brigadier general uye mutungamiriri weSouthwestern front pakutanga kwa2001. Arwadziswa zvakakomba muhondo, akamanikidzwa kusiya Chechnya muna 2004 kana 2005. Akapihwa hupoteri hwezvematongerwo enyika kuDenmark, kwaakazova murongi wevanhu vezvematongerwo enyika Free Caucasus, iyo yakavambwa muna 2009. 