Russia reconquered Chechnya in 2000 and then squashed the local insurgents. Chechnya has been surprisingly quiet since. What did Russia do to so effectively quell guerillas on their (mountainous) home turf? How did it differ from Russia's failed counterinsurgency operation in Afghanistan?
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