Chechen and federal Interior Ministry officials said a group of between 20 and 30 rebels were trying to cross the border when they were confronted by Chechen security forces on July 12.
(AP)
The Chechnya Conflict
The Chechnya Conflict
The aftermath of a December 2002 Chechen resistance attack on the main government building in Grozny (epa)
CHRONOLOGY
The fighting in Chechnya has raged, with short breaks, since 1994. It has brought misery, death, and destruction to the North Caucasus republic and to Russia as a whole. View an annotated timeline of the conflict.
