Russia–Chechnya Peace Treaty
1997 agreement ending the First Chechen War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Russia–Chechnya Peace Treaty of 1997, also known as the Moscow Peace Treaty,[1] was a formal peace treaty[2] "on peace and the principles of Russian–Chechen relations" following the First Chechen War of 1994–1996. It was signed by the president of Russia Boris Yeltsin and the newly elected president of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov on 12 May 1997, in the Moscow Kremlin.[3]
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Type | Peace treaty |
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Signed | 12 May 1997; 26 years ago (1997-05-12) |
Location | Moscow |
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