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First Chechen War and Khasavyurt Accord, 1994-1997

A war between Russian federal forces and Ichkerian separatists ended in a Russian military defeat and a ceasefire deferring Chechnya's status, followed by a peace treaty with the newly elected Chechen president.

What happened

On 30 August 1996, the Khasavyurt Accord, mediated by OSCE representative Tim Guldimann and signed by Russian Security Council secretary Alexander Lebed and Ichkerian chief of staff Aslan Maskhadov, ended the First Chechen War, providing for the withdrawal of Russian forces by 31 December 1996 and deferring a decision on Chechnya's political status until no later than 2001.[1]

On 12 May 1997, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov, elected in a January 1997 election monitored by the OSCE and internationally acknowledged as free and democratic, signed a peace treaty in the Moscow Kremlin.[2]

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    Claim: On 30 August 1996, the Khasavyurt Accord, mediated by OSCE representative Tim Guldimann and signed by Russian Security Council secretary Alexander Lebed and Ichkerian chief of staff Aslan Maskhadov, ended the First Chechen War (1994-1996), providing for the withdrawal of Russian forces by 31 December 1996 and deferring a decision on Chechnya's political status until no later than 2001.

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    Claim: On 12 May 1997, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov (elected in a January 1997 election monitored by the OSCE and internationally acknowledged as free and democratic) signed a peace treaty in the Moscow Kremlin.

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