Chechnya declares end to 10-year anti-terror `` operation '' in Russia . Thousands of troops could be withdrawn from Russian -majority region . Russian forces have been operating in Chechnya since Boris Yeltsin 's order in 1999 . Former president Boris Yeltsin 's ordered the counter-terrorist operation in April 16 .
Chechnya declares end to 10-year anti-terror `` operation '' in Russia . Thousands of troops could be withdrawn from Russian -majority region . Former president Boris Yeltsin 's ordered the counter-terrorist operation in April 16 .