21st Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 23 October | Moscow theater hostage crisis: Chechen rebels seized the House of Culture theater in Moscow, taking approximately 700 theatergoers hostage, and demanded an immediate Russian withdrawal from Chechnya. |
| 26 October | Moscow theater hostage crisis: The police pumped anesthetic into the building, then stormed it from every entrance, executing all 42 terrorists. 120 hostages also died due to cumulative effects of intoxication, hunger and maltreatment by the terrorists. | |
| 2004 | 14 March | Russian presidential election, 2004: Putin won re-election to a second term, earning 71 percent of the vote. |
| 1 September | Beslan school hostage crisis: A group of Chechen terrorists took 1300 adults and children hostage at School Number One in Beslan. | |
| 3 September | Beslan school hostage crisis: At one in the afternoon, following the sound of explosions, Russian police and soldiers stormed the school. The ensuing battle left 344 civilians, 31 of 32 hostage-takers and 10 police dead. | |
| 2005 | 13 October | October 2005 Nalchik attack: A large group of terrorists assaulted and captured buildings throughout the city of Nalchik. By afternoon Russian soldiers surrounded and entered the city, forcing their enemies to retreat. Some 136 people were killed. |
| 2008 | 2 March | Russian presidential election, 2008: Dmitry Medvedev won, earning 70.5 percent of the vote. |
| 16 August | 2008 South Ossetia War: Russia defeated Georgia. | |
| 2010 | 8 April | The New START treaty, which would cut the nuclear arsenals of Russia and the United States by a third, was signed. |
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