Meanings of chechen separatists in английском

Chechen separatists later claimed responsibility for the operation, on their Internet website.

Russia has fought two wars against Chechen separatists since the early 1990s.

Russia believes insurgents linked to Chechen separatists are hiding in the region.

Some 25 Chechen separatists had also died in the fighting, he said.

Russia has fought two wars against Chechen separatists since the mid-1990s.

Putin puts the blame for Friday's attack firmly on Chechen separatists.

Russia has been beset by concerns over terrorism since the wars with Chechen separatists of the 1990s.

The Kremlin had declared victory in its battle with Chechen separatists who fought two wars with Moscow.

The bomb went off in Moscow's busiest underground street crossing and was initially blamed on Chechen separatists.

CHECHEN separatists reported that Russian forces had launched a major offensive on their positions in Grozny late yesterday.

Chechen separatists and the Georgian and Estonian governments have been high-profile victims of similar attacks in the past.

Mr Zakayev was arrested and briefly detained in Poland last week while attending a meeting of Chechen separatists.

But Chechen separatists in exile disagreed.

Russia has fought two wars in the region against Chechen separatists since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.

CORRECTION: This column has been updated to remove a reference to a series of 1999 bombings attributed to Chechen separatists.

Acting President Vladimir Putin's main spokesman on the conflict, Mr Sergei Yastrzhembsky, said Russia would undertake no new negotiations with Chechen separatists.