In spite of a gradual decrease during the 1980s, the city's population began to grow once again with the beginning of the Russian immigration in the 1990s.

After the initial campaign of 1994 – 1995, culminating in the devastating Battle of Grozny, Russian federal forces attempted to seize control of the mountainous area of Chechnya but were set back by Chechen guerrilla warfare and raids on the flatlands in spite of Russia's overwhelming manpower, weaponry, and air support.

So, in spite of losing some areas in the battlefield, the Russian formation was prevented from collapsing.

He continues ..." the Russian language is like the English ... both these languages are like the dish which is called in Moscow ' Solianka ', and into which everything goes except you and me ..." In spite of the difficulties, he goes on to develop a special vocabulary of a new language, all of it his own.

In spite of Berezovsky's successes in Britain in fighting off extradition requests and exposing Russian court convictions as politically motivated ( see below ), some other jurisdictions cooperated with Russian authorities in seizing his property and targeting his financial transactions as money laundering.

The media quoted some of Hancock's former Council of Europe's liberal group colleagues as saying that in the 2000s Hancock would usually come to their regular private gatherings alongside a series of young Russian and Ukrainian women-in spite of protests by some of those ; Hancock's former colleagues said they had witnessed his alleged assistants using the computers of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, the liberal group secretariat, which were supposed to be protected by a password ; apparently his ' assistants ' knew the password.

After the October Revolution, Tukhachevsky joined the Russian Communist Party and went on to play a key role in the Red Army in spite of his noble ancestry.

In spite of public concern about preparedness in the wake of the Russian Sputnik and pressures from Democratic critics to spend more money, the Eisenhower administration did not panic.

He became famous for his military courage and for leading a number of military victories, in spite of the general incompetence of the senior commissioned officers he served under ( primarily Russian and Caucasian aristocrats who had been given commissions due to their family name ).

The Provisional Government claimed that it would organize elections once the First World War had concluded, but in spite of the initial agreement in July 1917, they declared Russia a republic and began preparations for elections in the " Preparliament ", later named the Council of the Russian Republic.

In spite of his misgivings about Russian society, Brown urged the United States to compete in the vast Russian market.

In spite of being unfavored by the Church in his lifetime, the Russian Orthodox Church later declared Mikhail a saint.

In spite of the dangers, Polish and Russian serfs were attracted to the freedom offered by the empty steppes of Ukraine.

In spite of Russian version being completely dubbed, the songs were left in their original Hungarian version with brief voiceover translation of the first few lines.

In spite of a thorough Russian search, the rebel prince managed to safely reach Persia where the shah gave him a pension and some Armenian-populated villages in Azerbaijan.

In spite of a flood of western models into the Russian market in recent years, Lada has managed to maintain its dominant market share.

In spite of that, the theory was widely supported by the Russian scientific community including historians from among the Karaims such as Gahan Seraya Shapshal.

It is significant that, in spite of all his apparent lack of clear-cut personality, his part is the traditional touchstone for a Russian actor.

Possibly because of their strict inspection standards, and also in spite of the Russian methods of flying them, there were remarkably few aircraft accidents.

Because the private eye intends to save society in spite of himself, he invariably finds himself in trouble with the police.

In spite of being a staunch Gandhian, he ordered a police firing on a peaceful demonstration by the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti at Flora Fountain in Bombay ( now Mumbai ).

U-Know, who has a younger sister the same age as the culprit, contacted the police and requested that they not press charges against Ko in spite of the potentially severe consequences of what she did.

In spite of the overwhelming Hindu majority, Hindus were severely under-represented in government, police and the military.

Cordelia sympathises with Miss Leaming and the two, in spite of not liking each other, come up with a story to protect Miss Leaming from the police.

At the beginning of the war, in spite of persecution by the police, the Bolshevik members of the Duma – Badayev, Petrovsky, Muranov, Samoilov and Shagov – visited a number of organizations and addressed them on the policy of the Bolsheviks towards the war and revolution.

The police initially thought they had a gang of common criminals but, in spite of the orders to the contrary, Nicoletti soon declared that they were Argentine agents.

The police had only a brief meeting with Assmann, but found little since they did not want to cross-examine doctors and did not take Assmann ` s stained clothing for examination ; in spite of the fact that the doctors in attendance were certain that the stains were composed of blood.

" In spite of the police and army assertions, we do not recognise the ownership of the settlers over this land.

His disappearance was reported to police the following morning, but in spite of endless police searches he was not found.

In spite of this police can often tell when they are being jammed when they get no reading on their lidar.

This was in spite of operations such as that of 13 February 1987, when 4000 police officers conducted night-time raids at the dormitories of three state universities ( including La Cantuta ); 20 April 1989, when a joint force of police and army descended on La Cantuta University and San Marcos National University, arresting over 500 students on charges of subversion ; or 22 May 1991, when, in response to a hostage-taking and rumours of an explosive device squirrelled away on campus, Fujimori sent the army in to restore order at La Cantuta.

These steps are in spite of the fact that experience consistently shows that monitoring youth does little to prevent violence or tragedy: the Columbine High School massacre occurred in a building with video surveillance and in-building police.

He reacted immediately by giving the first order, in spite of reluctance from his allies, to reveal information on each citizen request about whether there was any data of his / her links with the secret police.

In spite of the many efforts by the police against the threat, and according to sources from the Public Security Police and the Highway Patrol division of the National Guard, crimes related to street racing are still increasing, which led to the promulgation of a new law that allows one to be convicted of " homicide in the context of a street race " instead of only negligent homicide.

In spite of his flaws, Lamb does at his core attempt to be a good police officer.

In spite of widespread media reports that Lawrence had been cooperative with police, the Indonesian judges found no evidence of Lawrence claims her life was threatened.

Nonetheless, the police aggressively forced all the Liberation marchers from the square, in spite of the remonstrations of Syd Bidwell MP.

In spite of this confusion, rebel groups armed with shotguns, bombs and Molotov cocktails launched simultaneous attacks against 74 police stations around the island and cut power to major urban areas.

In spite of the large police presence, the protesters succeeded in breaking up the last day of the summit.

He expressed his solidarity with Devendar Gouds NTPP ( Nava Telengana Praja Party ) in spite of being shot at by the police during Goud's term as AP Home Minister.

In spite of the peace gestures of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the dramatic murders of the top Mungiki leaders continued, and police also denied involvement in the assassinations.