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2000 in Russia

  • Filtration camp system in ChechnyaThe term filtration point emerged during the First Chechen War as a name for facilities illegally created to hold persons detained by federal forces.
  • Second Chechen WarIn February 1944, the Soviet Union ordered the entire Chechen people to leave their homes. They were forced onto trains and sent to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan…