Part of the Chechen–Russian conflict, post-Soviet conflicts and the War against the Islamic State (from 2014)
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev meets with FSB head Alexander Bortnikov in March 2009 to discuss the ending of the counter-terrorism operation in Chechnya.
Date
16 April 2009 – 19 December 2017[8] (8 years, 8 months and 3 days)
Location
Russia
North Caucasian Federal District
Chechnya
Dagestan
Ingushetia
Kabardino-Balkaria
Karachay-Cherkessia
North Ossetia–Alania
Result
Russian victory
Destruction of Caucasus Emirate
Stabilization of the situation in the North Caucasus.[9]
Evolves into the Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Belligerents
Russia
List
Chechnya
Dagestan
Ingushetia
Kabardino-Balkaria
Karachay-Cherkessia
North Ossetia–Alania
Kadyrovtsy
Other loyalists
Caucasus Emirate (2009–17)
List
Vilayat Dagestan
Vilayat Galgayche
Vilayat Iriston (2009)
Vilayat KBK (2009–17)
Vilayat Nokhchicho
Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade (2009–16)
Arab Mujahideen (2009–12)
Turkish Mujahideen (2009–17)[1][2][3][4]
Imam Shamil Battalion (2017)[5]
Islamic State
Wilayat al-Qawqaz[6][7]
Commanders and leaders
Vladimir Putin (2012–17) Dmitry Medvedev (2009–12) Sergey Shoygu (2012–17) Anatoliy Serdyukov (2009–12) Valery Gerasimov (2012–17) Nikolai Makarov (2009–12) Oleg Salyukov (2014–17) Vladimir Chirkin (2012–14) Aleksandr Postnikov (2010–12) Vladimir Boldyrev (2009–10) Ramzan Kadyrov (2009–17) Vladimir Vasilyev (2017) Ramazan Abdulatipov (2013–17) Magomedsalam Magomedov (2010–13) Mukhu Aliyev (2009–10) Yunus-bek Yevkurov (2009–17) Yury Kokov (2013–17) Arsen Kanokov (2009–13) Rashid Temrezov (2011–17) Boris Ebzeyev (2009–11) Vyacheslav Bitarov (2016–17) Tamerlan Aguzarov (2015–16) Taymuraz Mamsurov (2009–15)
Dokka Umarov † Aslambek Vadalov Aliaskhab Kebekov † Magomed Suleimanov † Zalim Shebzukhov † Chechnya: Khuseyn Gakayev † Tarkhan Gaziyev (POW) Muhannad † Supyan Abdullayev † Abdulla Kurd † Dagestan: Umalat Magomedov † Magomed Vagabov † Israpil Velijanov † Ibragimkhalil Daudov † Said Kharakansky † Ingushetia: Ali Taziev (POW) Said Buryatsky † Dzhamaleyl Mutaliyev † Arthur Getagazhev † Kabardino-Balkaria: Anzor Astemirov † Asker Dzhappuyev † Alim Zankishiev †
Rustam Asildarov † (Emir of IS in the North Caucasus) Aslan Byutukayev † (Commander of Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs)
Strength
Undisclosed 10 groups 16 groups 3 groups 5 groups none
~600 fighters (government claim, January 2013) ~40 operating groups in the North Caucasus:[citation needed]
Casualties and losses
1,139–1,170 killed[10] 2,313–2,677 wounded[11]
2,329 killed 2,744 captured[12]
632 civilians killed (2010–2017)[13]
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Chechen–Russian conflict
Tsardom of Russia
Murat Kuchukov Movement
Russian Empire
Insurgency in Chechnya (1722)
Insurgency in Chechnya (1732)
Sheikh Mansur Movement
Caucasian War
Murid War
Soviet Union
1940–1944 insurgency
Operation Lentil
Anti-Chechen pogrom in Kazakhstan
Chechen–Slav ethnic clashes
Grozny riots
Russian Federation
First Chechen War
War in Dagestan
Second Chechen War
War in Ingushetia
Insurgency in the North Caucasus
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Post-Soviet conflicts
Caucasus
Nagorno-Karabakh
1st
2016
2nd
Border crisis
2022 clashes
2023 offensive
Georgia
South Ossetia
Abkhazia
1st
2nd
Kodori
North Ossetia
Chechen–Russian
1st
2nd
guerrilla phase
North Caucasus insurgency
IS insurgency
Dagestan
Ingushetia
Russo-Georgian
Central Asia
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Batken spillover
Kyrgyz revolutions
Tulip
2010
2020
South Kyrgyzstan
Gorno-Badakhshan
Dungan–Kazakh clashes
Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
2021
2022
Kazakhstan
Karakalpakstan
Eastern Europe
Transnistria
1993 Moscow
Ukraine
Euromaidan
Revolution of Dignity
pro-Russian unrest
Russo-Ukrainian (outline)
annexation of Crimea
Donbas
Kerch Strait
2022 invasion
prelude
Wagner Group rebellion
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t
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Terrorism in Russia
Bold italics indicate incidents resulting in more than 50 deaths. Incidents are bombings, unless described otherwise.
1977
Moscow
1995
Budyonnovsk
1996
Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye
Kaspiysk
1999
Vladikavkaz
Apartment bombings
2002
Kaspiysk
Moscow
Grozny
2003
Znamenskoye
Tushino
Stavropol
Red Square
2004
Moscow (February)
Grozny
Moscow (August)
Aircraft bombings
Beslan
2006
Moscow
2008
Vladikavkaz
2009
Nazran
Nevsky Express
2010
Moscow
Kizlyar
Stavropol
Tsentoroy
Vladikavkaz
Grozny
2011
Domodedovo
2012
Makhachkala
2013
Volgograd (October)
Volgograd (December)
GTA gang
2014
Grozny bombing
Grozny clashes
GTA gang
2015
Metrojet Flight 9268(going to Russia)
2016
Shchelkovo Highway
2017
Saint Petersburg
2018
Kizlyar
2024
Crocus City Hall
Part of the First Chechen War, War of Dagestan, Second Chechen War, Insurgency in the North Caucasus, Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus and Islamic terrorism in Europe
The insurgency in the North Caucasus (Russian: Борьба с терроризмом на Северном Кавказе) was a low-level armed conflict between Russia and militants associated with the Caucasus Emirate and, from June 2015, the Islamic State, in the North Caucasus.[7][14][15][16] It followed the official end of the decade-long Second Chechen War on 16 April 2009.[17] It attracted volunteers from the MENA region, Western Europe, and Central Asia.[18] The Russian legislation considers the Second Chechen War and the insurgency described in this article as the same "counter-terrorist operations on the territory of the North Caucasus region".[19]
The insurgency became relatively dormant in its later years.[15][16] During its peak, the violence was mostly concentrated in the North Caucasus republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria. Occasional incidents happened in surrounding regions, such as North Ossetia–Alania, Karachay-Cherkessia, Stavropol Krai, and Volgograd Oblast.
While the insurgency was officially declared over on 19 December 2017 when FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov announced the final elimination of the insurgent underground in the North Caucasus,[20] counter-terrorism operations in the North Caucasus have not ended.[19]
^"TURKISH VOLUNTEERS IN CHECHNYA". The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^The Chechens: A Handbook, p. 237, at Google Books
^Politics of Conflict: A Survey, p. 68, at Google Books
^Energy and Security in the Caucasus, p. 66, at Google Books
^""The Battalion of Imam Shamil" claimed attack in St.Petersburg, says they are Al-Qaeda, urging to withdraw troops from Syria - Map of News from Russia. From Vladivostok to Kaliningrad - News from Russia - russia.liveuamap.com". Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^"Islamic State spokesman calls on other factions to 'repent,' urges sectarian war". The Long War Journal. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015. Baghdadi, the "Emir of the Faithful," has "accepted your bayat and has appointed the noble sheikh Abu Muhammad al Qadarī as Wali [or governor] over [the Caucasus]," Adnani says.
^ ab"ISIS Declares Governorate in Russia's North Caucasus Region". Institute for the Study of War. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
^Нечаев А., Зайнашев Ю. Россия выиграла еще одну важнейшую битву
^Ласнов А.Глава ФСБ объявил о ликвидации бандподполья на Северном Кавказе
^235 killed (2009),[1] 225 killed (2010),[2] 190–207 killed (2011),[3][4] 211 killed (2012),[5] 127 killed (2013),[6] 41–55 killed (2014),[7][8] 18 killed (2015),[9] Archived 2 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine 32 killed (2016),[10] 22 killed (2017),[11] total of 1,101–1,132 reported killed
^686 wounded (2009),[12] 467 wounded (2010),[13] 462–826 wounded (2011),[14][15] 405 wounded (2012),[16] 166 wounded (2014),[17] 31 wounded (2015),[18] Archived 2 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine 65 wounded (2016),[19] 31 wounded (2017),[20] total of 2,313–2,677 reported wounded
^270 killed and 453 captured (2009),[21] 349 killed and 254 captured (2010),[22] 384 killed and 370 captured (2011),[23] 391 killed and 461 captured (2012),[24] 298 killed and 88 captured (2013),[25][26] 259 killed and 445 captured (2014),[27] 172 killed (2015),[28] 162 killed and 377 captured (2016),[29][30] 82 killed and 296 captured (2017),[31][32] total reported 2,329 killed and 2,744 captured
^356 killed (2010–2011),[33] 78 killed (2012),[34] 104 killed (2013),[35] Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine 37 killed (2014),[36] 19 killed (2015),[37] Archived 2 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine 32 killed (2016),[38] 30 killed (2017),[39] total of 632 reported killed
^"Six Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya". BBC News. 24 March 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2017. Russian troops in Chechnya have faced a low level insurgency for years ... They still face a low-level insurgency in the mainly Muslim region in Russia's volatile North Caucasus area.
^ ab"Russia's North Caucasus Insurgency Widens as ISIS' Foothold Grows". www.worldpoliticsreview.com. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017. Russia's North Caucasus insurgency has gone relatively quiet, but reduced casualty numbers belie a still-worrying situation where long-standing grievances remain.
^ abWalker, Shaun (4 April 2017). "Why suspicion over St Petersburg metro attack is likely to fall on Islamist groups". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017. A renewed crackdown on any suspected militant activity in the run-up to the Sochi winter Olympics in 2014 and the departure of many militants to fight in Syria led to a weakening of the North Caucasus insurgency.
^Russia 'ends Chechnya operation' Archived 8 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News, 16 April 2009
^Cerwyn Moore (2015). "Foreign Bodies: Transnational Activism, the Insurgency in the North Caucasus and "Beyond"" (PDF). Terrorism and Political Violence. 27 (3): 395–415. doi:10.1080/09546553.2015.1032035. S2CID 56451099.
^ abФедеральный закон № 5-ФЗ от 12 января 1995, "О ветеранах" (in Russian)
^Нечаев А., Зайнашев Ю. Россия выиграла еще одну важнейшую битву // Взгляд.ру, 19.12.2017
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