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  • Moscow, Russia
    Monday May 12, 1997
    First Chechen War

    On peace and the principles of Russian-Chechen relations

    Moscow, Russia
    Monday May 12, 1997

    Six months after the Khasav-Yurt Accord, on 12 May 1997, Chechen-elected president Aslan Maskhadov traveled to Moscow where he and Yeltsin signed a formal treaty "on peace and the principles of Russian-Chechen relations" that Maskhadov predicted would demolish "any basis to create ill-feelings between Moscow and Grozny".




  • U.S.
    Monday May 12, 1997
    Amazon

    Barnes & Noble sued Amazon

    U.S.
    Monday May 12, 1997

    Barnes & Noble sued Amazon on May 12, 1997, alleging that Amazon's claim to be "the world's largest bookstore" was false because it "...isn't a bookstore at all. It's a book broker." The suit was later settled out of court and Amazon continued to make the same claim.




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