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A Treaty on Peace and Principles of Mutual Relations between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria has been signed, on May 12, 1997 by President Boris Yeltsin and Chechen leader Aslan Maskhadov, left. The picture shows the presidents shaking hands after the signing. International terrorist and ringleader Aslan Maskhadov was killed on March 8, 2005, in a special operation in the village of Tolstoy-Yurt in Chechnya. (KEYSTONE/ITAR-TASS/Str) === ===