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| 1994 | Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich |  |
| 11th Dec Yeltsin orders Russian troops into Chechnya to squash a separatist rebellion, the decision is a disaster for Yeltsin as the campaign would drag on for more than two years and lead to the deaths of thousands of Russian citizens |
| 1995 | Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| Yeltsin resorts to military force to keep the republic of Chechnya in the Russian Federation |
| 19th Jan Grozny Russian troops raise a flag over the charred remains of Chechnya's presidential palace at Grozny after more than 3 years of efforts to crush a rebellion |
| 1999 | Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 1st Oct Chechnya Putin cuts ties with the elected government of Chechnya |
| 9th Oct Chechnya Putin plans to resettle thousands of Chechens in areas under Russian control, an indication that Moscow plans to split Chechnya in two |
| 4th Nov Sleptsovskaya Russia allows thousands of refugees to flee Chechnya and the crossing at the Sleptsovskaya border reaches 500 people per hour |
| 1999 | Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich | |
| 4th Nov Sleptsovskaya Russia allows thousands of refugees to flee Chechnya and the crossing at the Sleptsovskaya border reaches 500 people per hour |
| 10th Dec Chechnya Yeltsin of Russia and President Jiang Zemin end a 2-day summit and swap pledges of support for Chechnya and Taiwan |
| 2000 | Kadyrov, Akhmad | |
| May Chechnya Putin declares direct rule over Chechnya from Moscow. former Chechen cleric Akhmad Kadyrov is appointed as administrative head. |
| 2000 | Kalamanov, Vladimir | |
| 17th Feb Chechnya Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians |
| 2000 | Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| 6th Feb Chechnya Putin announces that federal forces had scored a major victory in Chechnya |
| 17th Feb Chechnya Putin names Vladimir Kalamanov, Head of the Migration service, to look into allegations of torture, rape and executions by Russian soldiers against Chechen civilians |
| May Chechnya Putin declares direct rule over Chechnya from Moscow. former Chechen cleric Akhmad Kadyrov is appointed as administrative head. |
| 8th June Chechnya Putin takes personal control over Chechnya, a provisional government is planned headed by a Kremlin-appointed official |
| 2003 | Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich | |
| A referendum is held in Chechnya adopting a new constitution which declares the Republic as a part of Russia |
