erings of hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens, and in the brutalities perpetrated against the civilian population, the Chechen events are unparalleled since the era of mass political repressions in the USSR. The indiscriminate firing into populated areas, preventing the departure of civilians from Grozny before the storming of the city, failure to remove prisoners-of-war from sites subject to shelling and bombing by federation forces, beating of prisoners-of-war, execution of prisoners-of-war, desecration of soldiers' corpses, and deliberate attacks on civilian buildings have become typical events in the war zones and the surrounding areas. Both sides of the conflict repeatedly committed crimes against humanity. However, the actions of federal forces are the actions of lawful and supposedly disciplined armed forces under a single, responsible command. The legal government of the Russian Federation bears responsibility for the actions of these forces. This means that Chechnya – the conflict eight violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by federal forces is particularly ominous. The most flagrant violation of humanitarian law regarding the protection of victims of non-international conflicts has been the massive assault on the life and physical integrity of the civilian population. On the night of 20-21 December 1994, federal troops fired on the village of Artemovskaya near Grozny and a shell landed on a house with ten children in it. Five of the children were killed in the explosion, two died in Grozny's Children's Hospital No. 2, and three with severe injuries were hospitalized. The village of Artemovskaya was outside the battle zone and the Chechen IAF did not maintain a permanent presence there. This is just one of the numerous examples of Russian troops deliberately attacking civilian buildings and areas that do not form any military target. Another incident happened on January 3, 1995, when the mark...
