<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Impi yaseDagestan yaqala ngo-Agasti 7, 1999, lapho i-Islamic International Brigade IIPB yaqala khona ukungena ngempumelelo ezweni elingumakhelwane laseRussia iDagestan esivuna iShura yaseDagestan eyayifuna ukuzimela eRussia. Ngo-September, uchungechunge lwamabhomu efulethini  <response>: ababulala abantu abangaba ngu-300 emadolobheni amaningana aseRussia, kuhlanganise naseMoscow, basolwa ngamaqembu ahlukene aseChechnya. Ezinye izintatheli zayiphikisa le ncazelo esemthethweni, kunalokho zisola i-Russian Secret Service ngokuqhuma kwezakhiwo ukuqala umkhankaso omusha wezempi ngokumelene neChechnya. Ephendula ukuqhuma kwamabhomu, umkhankaso womoya omude wokuziphindiselela ngokumelene nombuso wase-Ichkerian kanye nokuhlasela komhlaba okwaqala ngo-Okthoba 1999 kwaphawula ukuqala kweMpi Yesibili YaseChechen. Ehlelwe futhi ehlelwe kangcono kakhulu kunasempini yokuqala yaseChechnya, amabutho ahlomile aseRussia athatha iningi lezifunda. Amabutho aseRussia asebenzisa amandla anonya, abulala izakhamuzi zaseChechnya ezingu-60 ngesikhathi kwenziwa umsebenzi wokuhlanza e-Aldy, eChechnya ngo-February 5, 2000. Ngemva kokuthathwa kabusha kweGrozny ngoFebhuwari 2000, umbuso wase-Ichkerian wahlukana. 