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| 1994 |
| | | Russian troops enter Chechnya to crush the armed separatist movement | |
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| 1996 |
| | | Russian troops withdraw from Grozny after a peace deal that leaves Chechnya with effective autonomy | |
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| 1998 |
| | | The first module is launched of the International Space Station, a cooperative venture by five space agencies (USA, Russia, Japan, Canada, Europe) | |
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| 1999 |
| | | The Russian army returns to Chechnya after Islamic militants commit acts of terrorism | |
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| 1999 |
| | | Boris Yeltsin announces his completely unexpected resignation on New Year's Eve and effectively hands power to Vladimir Putin as acting president | |
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| 2000 |
| | | Vladimir Putin wins the presidential election in Russia on the first round | |
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| 2002 |
| | | Chechen terrorists take hostage the entire audience of a Moscow theatre in an atrocity resulting in the death of more than 150 people | |
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| 2004 |
| | | In Russia's presidential election Vladimir Putin easily wins a second term | |
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| 2004 |
| | | Chechen terrorists take an entire school hostage, in Beslan in southern Russia, resulting in more than 300 deaths | |
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| 2008 |
| | | Vladimir Putin's hand-picked successor, Dmitry Medvedev, is elected President of Russia | |
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