Chechnya Timeline, Year 2004
SUMMARY:
Feb. 13 QATAR. Blast kills exiled Chechen leader
May. 9 Bomb kills Chechen president
May. 9 MOSCOW. Putin 'to avenge' Chechen killing
May. 10 President of Chechnya buried
Jun. 21 Troops repel Chechen offensive
Jun. 22 Russians hunt southern attackers
Jul. 13 Chechen acting president survives blast
Aug. 29 Kremlin's Man Wins Vote
Sep. 1 RUSSIA. 7 dead in school attack
RUSSIA. Standoff school siege
Sep. 1 RUSSIA. 'Breakdown' in siege negotiations
Sep. 2 RUSSIA. School siege: '26 freed'
RUSSIA. Blasts heard at school
Sep. 2 RUSSIA. Siege goes into third day
Sep. 3 RUSSIA. '100 bodies' in siege school
RUSSIA. 350 dead after troops storm school
Sep. 4 RUSSIA. Siege toll tops 350
Sep. 6 RUSSIA. Suspect: We wanted to start a war
Sep. 8 MOSCOW. $10m reward for Chechen rebels
Sep. 16 Rebel Basayev claims Beslan siege
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Feb. 13
QATAR. Blast kills exiled Chechen leader
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, 48, leader linked to al Qaeda terror network has
been killed in a car explosion:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/13/qatar.chechen/index.html
May. 9
Bomb kills Chechen president
Akhmad Kadyrov and at least 5 others died in an explosion at a stadium
in the Chechen capital:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/09/grozy.blast/index.html
May. 9
MOSCOW. Putin 'to avenge' Chechen killing
Chechen Prime Minister Abramov has taken over as the new leader of the
republic:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3699373.stm
May. 10
President of Chechnya buried
Akhmad Kadyrov has been buried in a traditional ceremony in his home
villag
Jun. 21
Troops repel Chechen offensive
After several hours of heavy fighting, interior ministry troops were
able to repel rebel attempts to seize government buildings:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/21/russia.fighting/index.html
Jun. 22
Russians hunt southern attackers
Russian forces are pursuing rebels who killed 47 people in the southern
republic of Ingushetia:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3829361.stm
Jul. 13
Chechen acting president survives blast
An explosion hit the motorcade of Sergei Abramov, killing one person and
wounding three others
Aug. 29
Kremlin's Man Wins Vote
Alu Alkhanov, 47, won Chechnya presidential election but faces an uphill
struggle to subdue a rebellion:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=4&u=/nm/20040829/wl_nm/russia_chechnya_dc
Sep. 1
RUSSIA. 7 dead in school attack
Armed attackers stormed a school in southern Russia and took at least
150 children, parents and teachers hostage:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3616868.stm
RUSSIA. Standoff school siege
A tense standoff between authorities and attackers who seized at least
100 hostages, possibly as many as 400:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/01/russia.school/index.html
Sep. 1
RUSSIA. 'Breakdown' in siege negotiations
The negotiations broke down after militants turned off their telephones:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/02/russia.school/index.html
Sep. 2
RUSSIA. School siege: '26 freed'
Armed militants were holding more than 300 hostages for a second day:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/02/russia.school/index.html
RUSSIA. Blasts heard at school
2 loud explosions have jolted the area where hostage-takers have been
holding 350 children, parents and teachers:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/02/russia.school/index.html
Sep. 2
RUSSIA. Siege goes into third day
Hundreds of people, among them children, have spent a 2nd night as
hostages of an armed gang
Sep. 3
RUSSIA. '100 bodies' in siege school
Troops stormed the building in a bid to end a terrifying hostage crisis.
Special forces were mopping up pockets of resistance:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/03/russia.school/index.html
RUSSIA. 350 dead after troops storm school
1,200 hostages might have been inside the school. Hundreds of people
were injured. oldiers began deactivating explosives:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/03/russia.school/index.html
Sep. 4
RUSSIA. Siege toll tops 350
In a nationally televised speech, President Putin denounced the massacre
as 'an attack on our country':
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/04/russia.school/index.html
Sep. 6
RUSSIA. Suspect: We wanted to start a war
The man said the attack was ordered by Chechen rebel leader Maskhadov
and Chechen warlord Basayev:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/07/russia.school/index.html
Sep. 8
MOSCOW. $10m reward for Chechen rebels
A military official said Moscow was prepared to strike at terrorists
around the world:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/08/russia.video/index.html
Sep. 16
Rebel Basayev claims Beslan siege
Chechen warlord has claimed responsibility for the school siege, in
which at least 320 hostages, many of them children, died:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3664864.stm
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Mikhail Sidorin
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