They were not blessed with great leaders after their president Dudayev was killed and didn't have full control over previously supporting commanders who got the

They were not blessed with great leaders after their president Dudayev was killed and didn't have full control over previously supporting commanders who got their own ideas and if we are to believe the murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya then it was a Russian conspiracy to start the Second Chechen War. This didn't play out any good for anybody but the main conspirator.