 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna August 1999, Russia yakatanga Hondo yechipiri yeChechen mukupindura Kupinda kweDagestan neIslamic International Brigade. Dagestan inoganhurana neChechnya kumabvazuva, uye sechikamu chebasa mauto eRussia akapinda muChechnya musi wa1 Gumiguru kudzorera kutonga kwehurumende pamusoro penyika, zvichipedza kuzvimiririra kwayo de facto. Muna Kurume 2000, panguva yekutanga kwehondo, Barayev anonzi akatengesa mutungamiri weChechen Ruslan Gelayev kumauto eRussia, zvichikonzera kuurayiwa kwemauto aGelayev muHondo yeKomsomolskoye. Maererano nerimwe rondedzero, Barayev nevarume vake vakangoita chiokomuhomwe kuti vabude muKomsomolskoye vachisiya Gelayev nevanhu vake vachiita zvavaida. Chiitiko ichi chakatungamira mukuzivisa kutsiva kwaGelayev, uyo varwi vake vakabva vapfura dzimba dzinoverengeka dzaBaraev mumusha wake wekumusha weAlkhan-Kala padyo neGrozny, vakauraya varume vake vanoverengeka, uye vakatomboedza kuuraya Barayev muIngushetia. Maererano nezviremera zvehurumende, vanhu vokuChechnya vanopfuura 40 vakafa somugumisiro wokurwisana uku. 