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Deadlock: Russia's Forgotten War
Saturday, June 22, 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 23, 7 p.m., 11 p.m.
Monday, June 24, 2 a.m. All times EDT

Deadlock: Russia's Forgotten War
In Chechnya, a war without winners has no end in sight

In the breakaway Russian republic of Chechnya, Russia says it is fighting against terrorism. Chechen rebels say they are fighting for independence. The outcome seems to be ongoing misery for the war-ravaged region -- a cycle of violence where brutality seems to have no limit, and surrender is not an option.

In "Deadlock: Russia's Forgotten War," CNN Presents looks at the conflict based on the reporting of Michael Gordon, a New York Times journalist who has covered the Chechen conflict extensively and gained extraordinary access to the Chechen battlefields.

The second Chechen war

Russia lost the first Chechen war. The Russians withdrew in 1996 after Chechen rebels fought the Russian military to a draw. But the military returned in October 1999, after Chechen rebels invaded the neighboring Russian republic of Dagestan in 1999.

Since then, almost 3,800 Russian soldiers have died and nearly 14,000 have been wounded in Chechnya. The rebel casualties are higher, and both sides have been accused of atrocities. Nobody knows for sure how many civilians have been killed. But more Russian recruits like Timofei, an 18-year-old from a small town on the Volga River, are being drafted to continue the fight.

On CNN
Michael Gordon of the New York Times will discuss Chechnya on CNN on Saturday, June 22, at 12:30 p.m. EDT.
'Deadlock: Russia's Forgotten War' is a co-production of CNN Productions and Azimuth Media

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