Many of the roughly 642,000 Soviet soldiers who ... Additionally, Chechen veterans of the Afghan War used their combat experience to fiercely resist Russia in the first Chechen war (1994-1996).

MOSCOW, Russia --Russian and Chechnya officials have held the first face-to-face talks since the start of the war in 1999 ... but its soldiers are still killed in rebel attacks almost every ...

Five Russian ... where Chechen rebels launched an attack that temporarily dislodged soldiers from their positions, the spokesman said. Five rebels were wounded, one seriously, in the war-torn ...

Marat Iliyasov: The first Russo-Chechen war, which began in 1994 ... Chechen independence fighters shoot at Russian soldiers Jan. 5, 1995 in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic ...