Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Aslan Alivitch Maskhadov, akaberekwa 21 September, 1951, akanga ari mutungamiri weboka raipandukira muRussian republic of Chechnya. Akapiwa mbiri navazhinji nokuda kworukundo rweChechen muHondo Yokutanga yeChechen
, iyo yakachengetedza rusununguko rwechinguvana "de facto" rweChechnya. Muna Ndira 1997, Maskhadov akasarudzwa Mutungamiri weChechnya pachikuva chaisanganisira kuda kuzvimiririra kubva kuMoscow. Zvichitevera kutanga kweHondo yechipiri yeChechen muna 1999, akadzokera kunotungamira kufamba kwevarwi vehondo vachipesana neuto reRussia.