Russia and Chechnya war ?

There is no such a country like Chechnya. Russia cannot attack itself. It is the same if you say that USA attacked Oregon or France attacked Paris. Total nonsense. As for struggle for independence you forgot to mention the goal - terrorist state whose main business was going to be human traffic, terrorist attacks, and raids on neighbour states. "Russia granted 100 nationalities ethnic enclaves" - Russia didn't grant anything anybody, structure of Russia is exactly the same as it was in times of USSR, with the 2 exceptions: Chechen-Ingush republic became 2 republics and some regions in Siberia and Far East decided to join each other after local referendums. "They will have fewer resources" - 90% of Russian resources are in Siberia, especially its Northern part.

> Russia ... (accepted as a successor state) Not exactly right. According to the art.2 "Treaty of the succession of the USSR" of the 4th Dec 1991, the following countries are the successor states for the Soviet Union: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Estonia. So, Russia was accepted as ONE OF THE successor states. > After the dissolute of the Soviet Union, Russia granted 100 nationalities ethnic enclaves that had many formal federal rights attached. Not right. This was done in 1920th, not after the dissolution of the SU. Another important point you miss is the Chechen involvement in the civil war in Georgia. In 1993 Russia tried to increase its influence in the Northern Caucasus region by supporting the rebel side in the Georgian civil war. As the direct support of rebels might have international consequences, Russians supported them indirectly - rebels received military help from Russia-equipped and trained Chechen "irregular volunteers". The war promptly ended with the defeat of the Georgian government troops (that's how the rebel states Abkhazia and South Ossetia emerged). The units of the "irregular volunteers" returned back to Chechnya and turned against Russia. Actually, Chechnya was not to declare sovereignty from Russia until Russia provided it with trained and equipped military forces. Other points regarding the statuses of Russia and Chechen republic withing Russia were already pointed by other answers.

you're right up to 1996. In 1996 they signed a ceasefire and Russian troops left Chechnya. Chechen then began terrorizing neighboring regions. In 1999, Russians went back in and showed no mercy. Around 2000 they installed a pro-Russian dictator (Kadyrov) who cracks down on any opposition to his rule, but there are still fighters in the mountains kidnapping people and blowing things up, so the conflict isn't over. It is kinda like Aghanistan in there.