<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho eqokwa, uPutin wayengusopolitiki ongaziwa, kodwa washeshe wazimisa embonweni womphakathi kanye nasekulinganisweni kukaYeltsin njengenhloko kahulumeni ethembekile, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yeMpi Yesibili YaseChechen. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa nje ngemva kokuba uYeltsin ekhethe uPutin njengomuntu owayezongenela isikhundla sokuba undunankulu, amabutho aseChechnya ahlangana nebutho laseRussia eDagestan, indawo yaseRussia ezimele eseduze neChechnya. Ngenyanga elandelayo, kwafa abantu abangamakhulu amaningana ekuqhunyweni kwamabhomu ezakhiweni zamafulethi  <response>: eMoscow nakwamanye amadolobha, ukuqhuma kwamabhomu iziphathimandla zaseRussia ezithi kwenziwa abavukeli baseChechnya. Ephendula, ibutho laseRussia langena eChechnya ngasekupheleni kuka-September 1999, kwaqala iMpi Yesibili YaseChechnya. Umphakathi waseRussia ngaleso sikhathi, uthukuthele ngenxa yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu amaphekula, wawusisekela kakhulu impi. Lokhu kusekelwa kwaholela ekwandeni kokuthandwa kukaPutin, owayethathe isinyathelo esiwujuqu eChechnya. 