Putin’s Presidency began in 1999, he came into office two days after a radical group of Chechens started an attack on the Dagestan. They wished to establish the “Independent Islamic State of Dagestan”. They did so to hopefully cause an Islamic Anti-Russian uprising. This caused Putin to respond after five days of waiting. The Russian Bomber Jets arrived in Chechnya, which symbolized what was going to come. The result was that tens of thousands of Chechens died, who were mostly Chechen citizens. The Russians did not come into this war with thoughts of having an easy quick battle in Grozny, they planned a massive and devastating attack. The Second Chechen War caused a massive rate of fatalities, and Grozny promising to return with a vengeance.This
