 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chikunguru 1998, pamwe naShamil Basayev, Arsanov akaponesa mauto e Wahhabi akabatsirwa nevakapanduka vaimbove mauto Arbi Barayev naAbdul-Malik Mezhidov kubva mukuparadzwa kwakazara panguva yekurwisana nemauto ehurumende eMaskhadov kuGudermes. Mukokorodzano yakabudiswa paterevhizheni muna August 1998, Arsanov akati nokurwisa Afghanistan neSudan, United States yakanga yatanga Hondo Yenyika III isina kuziviswa uye yakaraira kurwiswa kwepasi rose kwevaAmerica; akati Bill Clinton akanga aiswa parondedzero inotsvakwa yemhosva dzake dzinopesana nevanhu vechiIslam uye aizotongwa maererano nemitemo yeShariah. Muna December, Arsanov akapandukira kurwisa, uko kwakanga kuchikurudzira bumbiro idzva rehurumende yechiIslam. 