Russia–Chechnya Peace Treaty

Russia–Chechnya Peace Treaty
TypePeace treaty
Signed12 May 1997 (1997-05-12)
LocationMoscow
Signatories

The Russia–Chechnya Peace Treaty of 1997, also known as the Moscow Peace Treaty, was a formal peace treaty "on peace and the principles of RussianChechen relations" following the First Chechen War of 1994–1996. It was signed by the president of Russia Boris Yeltsin and the newly elected president of Chechnya Aslan Maskhadov on 12 May 1997, in the Moscow Kremlin.