When Putin served as acting prime minister of Russia, the Chechen Republic began to strive for independence, which is what we call the Chechen issue. Chechen armed forces constantly create conflicts in Russia and even kidnap hostages.
In the Second Chechen War, Chechen armed forces even attacked Russian internal affairs forces, which angered Putin. Putin directly dispatched 654.38+10,000 troops, with a tough attitude. Through the double encirclement and suppression in the air and on the ground, he completely captured the Chechen capital without giving any opportunity for negotiation.
Behind the iron fist is strength.
When it comes to the Chechen war, we have to talk about basaev.
The hatred between Chechen people and Russia has a long history. During the Tsar period, Chechen people clashed with Russia, and during the Stalin period, all Chechen people were driven to desolate and cold Siberia, which was called the enemy of national subjugation.
Basaev was only a soldier at the bottom when he was young. By chance, he and his friends joined a terrorist organization, which instilled extreme national hatred in him.
With the professional war accomplishment cultivated as a soldier, basaev gradually climbed to the top, which further aroused his ambition and made him determined to become a real hero in the eyes of the people.
Basaev data map
If he wants to be a national hero, he must take advantage of the hatred between Chechen people and Russia. In order to increase his strength, he sent several trusted subordinates to Afghanistan for terrorist attack training, which made Russia suffer a lot.
In the first Chechen war, he repeatedly ambushed bombs on the roadside, killing and injuring many Russian soldiers. With the experience of military training and terrorist attacks from Afghanistan, he won many Russian military posts, and the rampant basaev also shot down Russian military planes, which further increased his prestige among the Chechen people.
Basaev data map
The success of successive attacks made basaev even crazier.
In June 2002, the Soviet Union disintegrated, but this did not weaken Russia's will to fight. 10 this month, basaev led his men to plan a kidnapping in the Russian capital Moscow.
A grand exhibition is being held in the Cultural Palace of Moscow Bearing Factory. Basaev seized this opportunity and surrounded the Cultural Palace with armed forces, kidnapping more than 700 spectators and 100 performers.
Putin was furious when he learned of the incident. How can he tolerate these thugs doing such things under their noses? He immediately sent the most experienced combat troops to deal with it.
Russian combat troops
After all, the Russian army is not easy to provoke. It wiped out most of the gangsters through fierce gun battles, but it also caused more than 130 hostage casualties, and it is worthy of being a fighting nation.
Basaev also stepped on a mine during his escape. The explosion of the mine made him lose a leg on the spot and was seriously injured all over, but the tenacious basaev managed to save his life.
The situation at that time
Two years later, the malicious basaev planned another kidnapping. In a school in Beslan, Russia, basaev sent more than 30 subordinates to kidnap 1000 teachers and students, resulting in more than 300 deaths and more than 500 injuries.
Basaev laid hands on the child this time, completely igniting Putin's anger. In 2006, on the eve of the G8 summit. Crazy basaev planned to bomb the parliament at this important meeting, but the Russian security department got the clue in advance.
In a car full of bombs, Russian undercover quietly dropped the bomb under the car, and basaev's every move was under Putin's supervision.
On the way to Moscow, the bomb in the car was detonated, and basaev was blown to pieces by his carefully prepared bomb. Crazy gangsters became cannon fodder and disappeared into this world forever.
That night, Putin announced that this was a just revenge of the Russian government for the children in Beslan incident, for the Ionov incident and for all regions of the Russian Federation. At the same time, his face was full of regrets, expressing regret that he had not personally brought the gangster with blood on his hands to justice.
The cause of basaev's death is still controversial. As mentioned above, the Russian side claimed that he was killed by agents. However, Chechen rebels claimed that he died in an accidental explosion. Personally, they prefer Putin's statement. The rebels call it "mourning".
Anyway, it is a good thing that the devil is dead.
Afterwards, the Russian government announced that it would reward all Russian soldiers who participated in the operation, calling them national heroes and the backbone of the country and making indelible contributions to national security.