2014 Grozny clashes

2014 attack by Islamist militants in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia May 2026 2014 Grozny clashes Grozny Publishing House on fire.webm 300px Insurgency in the North Caucasus Grozny, Chechnya, Russia 4 December 2014 Russian-Chechen victory Russia Chechnya 22px Caucasus Emirate Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov 22px Aslan Byutukayevhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/in-kremlin-economy-speech-putin-rails-at-west-tries-to-avert-russia-recession/2014/12/04/f940afe8-79b4-11e4-8241-8cc0a3670239_story.html In Kremlin speech, Putin rails at West, tries to bolster economy as recession looms The Washington Post 2014-12-04 2022-06-08 Chechnya 14 policemen killed Chechnya 36 policemen wounded Chechnya 1 civilian killed 22px At least 11 killed On 4 December 2014, a group of armed militants of the jihadist organization Caucasus EmirateАтака на Грозный, Radio Liberty, 6 December 2014. attacked a traffic police checkpoint outside the city of Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. The militants then entered the city and occupied the "Press House" building in the city center and a nearby school. According to the BBC, the Islamists had claimed to have launched a suicide attack in response to purported attacks by security forces on Muslim women.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30323751 Russia Chechnya: Deadly rebel attack rocks Grozny 4 December 2014 BBC News 4 December 2014 Timeline On 4 December 2014, a group of Islamist militants, in three vehicles, killed three traffic policemen, after the latter had attempted to stop them at a checkpoint in the outskirts of Grozny.Gun battles erupt in Chechnya's capital after militants launch attack 4 December 2014 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/04/police-killed-as-gun-battle-erupts-in-chechnyas-capital The Guardian Shaun Walker 4 December 2014 The militants then occupied a press building and an abandoned school, located in the center of the city. Launching a counter-terrorism operation, security forces, with the use of armored vehicles, attempted to storm the buildings and a firefight ensued.Putin thanks Kadyrov, Chechen law enforcers for counterterrorism operation in Grozny http://itar-tass.com/en/russia/765251 5 December 2014 ITAR-TASS 5 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141204215743/http://itar-tass.com/en/russia/765251 4 December 2014 Moscow Alt URL https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144958/http://www.peeep.us/f048b388 24 September 2015 14 policemen, 11 militants and 1 civilian were killed. Additionally 36 policemen were wounded in the incident. The Press House was also burned and severely damaged in the incident.http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20141205/1036841192.html В спецоперации в Грозном уничтожено 11 боевиков, заявил Кадыров 5 December 2014 5 December 2014http://newsru.com/russia/05dec2014/groznyi.html Во время спецоперации в Грозном погибли 14 полицейских 5 December 2014 5 December 2014 It has been suggested, by The New York Times and The Washington Post writers, that the timing of the attack purposefully coincided with president Vladimir Putin's delivery of an annual state-of-the-nation speech in Moscow.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/chechen-militants-attack-grozny-shattering-peace-as-putin-gives-speech/2014/12/04/4c77f8df-0dd7-468d-97b0-5c4752808ef8_story.html Chechen militants attack Grozny, shattering peace as Putin gives speech The Washington Post 4 December 2014 4 December 2014Islamic Militants Wage Fierce Attack on Grozny, Chechnya's Capital Andrew E. Kramer Neil MacFarquhar 4 December 2014 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/world/europe/grozny-chechnya-attack.html?_r=0 The New York Times 4 December 2014 Context Chechen–Russian conflict In modern times, the conflict (with the first uprising in 1785)Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus Carlotta Gall Thomas De Waal NYU Press 1 November 1999 38 has included the First Chechen War (1994–1996), the War of Dagestan (1999), the Second Chechen War (1999–2009), the 2002 Grozny truck bombing, and the Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–present). Recent events have included the 2010 Chechen Parliament attack, and the 2014 Grozny bombing. The 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis begun by Chechen and Ingush terrorists ended with the deaths of 385 people. Reactions Russian president, Vladimir Putin, responded in his annual speech, that "these 'rebels' have shown up in Chechnya again. I'm sure, the local law enforcement authorities will take proper care of them." The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said, the "bandits" had died "a dog's death".At least 19 people dead as Islamists clash with police in Chechnya Tom Parfitt 4 December 2014 4 December 2014 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11272491/Chechen-gunmen-under-siege-in-school-after-several-killed-in-clashes-with-police.html The Daily Telegraph On Kavkaz Center website, a Chechen fighter credited Aslan Byutukayev for the attacks, saying: "There are already results. Allah killed them with our hands."Luhn Alec 5 December 2014 Chechnya's Islamist Insurgency Rears Its Head Once Again in Deadly Grozny Gunfight https://www.vice.com/en/article/chechnyas-islamist-insurgency-rears-its-head-once-again-in-deadly-grozny-gunfight/ Vice News 6 December 2014 Time magazine noted, that Putin's state-of-the-nation speech was greeted at best with polite applause, as Kremlin critic Carl Bildt, Sweden's former Minister of Foreign Affairs, tweeted: "Street battle in Grozny? Moscow should have more pressing priorities than destabilising Ukraine."Putin's Rambling State of the Nation Speech Unnerves Russia's Elites Simon Shuster Time 4 December 2014 https://time.com/3619369/vladimir-putin-russia-state-of-the-nation/ See also 2010 Tsentoroy attack List of Islamist terrorist attacks Spetsnaz References 30em External links QIC2lI2Exys Chechnya terror attack HKr6_M8zz8w Grozny clashes 3IZOp_WLiD8 Press House on fire Category:21st-century mass murders in Russia Category:Articles containing video clips Category:Grozny in the Chechen–Russian conflict Category:Insurgency in the North Caucasus Grozny Grozny Grozny Grozny Category:December 2014 in Russia