 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - mauto akasarudzika eRussia akabatsira mukubudirira kweRussia neKremlin yakatsigira hurumende muhondo yechipiri yeChechen mushure mekudzidza zvidzidzo kubva mukutadza kubata hondo yekutanga. Pasi pehutungamiriri hwakabatana hwe Unified Group of Troops OGV yakaumbwa musi wa 23 Gunyana 1999. GRU, FSB uye MVD Spetsnaz vashandi vakaita huwandu hwakawanda hwekurwisa-vapanduki uye kurwisa-gandanga mashandiro, kusanganisira kuuraya kwakanangwa kwehutungamiriri hwevakaparadzanisi, panguva ino vachipa kukuvara kwakanyanya pakati pevazvimiririra veIslamist. Mamwe emabasa aya akabudirira akanangana nevatungamiriri vekuparadzanisa vakaita saAslan Maskhadov, Abdul Halim Sadulayev, Dokka Umarov, Akhmadov hama, Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev, Akhmed Avtorkhanov, Ibn al-Khattab, Abu al-Walid, Abu Hafs al-Urduni, Muhannad, Ali Taziev, Supyan Abdullayev, Shamil Basayev, Ruslan Gelayev, Salman Raduyev, Sulim Yamadayev, Rappani Khalilov, Yassir al-Sudani. Munguva yemabasa aya, vashandi vazhinji vakagamuchira kukudzwa nekuda kwekushinga kwavo uye kugona muhondo, kusanganisira zita rekuti Gamba reRussian Federation. Vanenge 106 vashandi veFSB neGRU vakafa munguva yehondo yacho. 