What Is The Cause Of The Civil War In Chechnya?

What Is The Cause Of The Civil War In Chechnya? Russian–Chechen relations 1996–1999 Political tensions were fueled in part by allegedly Chechen or pro-Chechen terrorist and criminal activity in Russia, as well as by border clashes. On 16 November 1996, in Kaspiysk (Dagestan), a bomb destroyed an apartment building housing Russian border guards, killing 68