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Shamil Basayev (Russian: Басаев, Шамиль Салманович) (January 14, 1965 – July 10, 2006) was a militant Islamist and a leader of the Chechen separatist movement. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Shortcut: WP:NPOVD Articles that have been linked to this page are the subject of an NPOV dispute (NPOV stands for Neutral Point Of View; see below). ... Image File history File links Shamilbasayev. ... Vedeno (Russian: ) is a village in the Chechen Republic, Russia. ... The Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. ... The Republic of Ingushetia (Russian: ; Ingush: ГӀалгӀай Мохк) is a federal subject of Russia. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Caucasus Mountains. ... For other uses, see Jihad (disambiguation). ... Commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. ... The Georgian-Abkhaz conflict refers to the ethnic conflict between Georgians and Abkhaz (allegedly strongly supported by Russia) in Georgia’s Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia ( in Abkaz, აფხაზეთის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა in Georgian) peaked in 1992–1993. ... Combatants Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh1 Republic of Armenia 2 CIS mercenaries Republic of Azerbaijan Afghan Mujahideen 3 Chechen Volunteers 4 CIS mercenaries Commanders Samvel Babayan, Hemayag Haroyan, Monte Melkonian, Vazgen Sargsyan, Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan Ä°sgandar Hamidov, Suret Huseynov, Rahim Gaziev, Shamil Basayev Casualties 6,000 dead, 25,000 wounded 17... Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders Pavel Grachev Anatoly Kulikov Konstantin Pulikovsky Anatoliy Romanov Vyacheslav Tikhomirov Gennady Troshev Dzhokhar Dudayev  â€  Aslan Maskhadov Strength (December 11, 1994) Up to 50,000 soldiers and Interior Ministry (MVD) (December 11, 1994) 3,000 to 15,000[1] Casualties Military: At least... Combatants Russian Federation Daghestani militia Chechen rebels Shura of Dagestan Commanders Viktor Kazantsev Shamil Basayev Ibn al-Khattab Strength 17,000 unknown Casualties At least 279 dead and 987 wounded 2,500 dead The Dagestan War (in Russia called by the name Chechen invasion of Dagestan) began when Chechnya-based... Combatants Russian Federation Pro-Russian Chechens Republic of Ichkeria Caucasian insurgents and foreign fighters Commanders Vladimir Putin Akhmad Kadyrov† Ramzan Kadyrov Aslan Maskhadov† Abdul Halim Sadulayev† Doku Umarov Shamil Basayev† Strength At least 93,000 in Chechnya in 1999. ... This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11 2001. ... is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

Frequently labelled as terrorist ^[1], he led guerrilla campaigns against Russia for years as well as launching several mass-casualty attacks against Russian civilians with his goal being the withdrawal of Russian soldiers from Chechnya.^[2] Beginning in 2003, Basayev used the nom de guerre and title of Amir Abdallah Shamil Abu-Idris. The Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A pseudonym or allonym is a name (sometimes legally adopted, sometimes purely fictitious) used by an individual as an alternative to their birth name. ... Emir (also sometimes rendered as Amir or Ameer, Arabic commander) is a title of nobility historically used in Islamic nations of the Middle East and North Africa. ...

Basayev was considered by some as the undisputed leader of the radical wing of the Chechen insurgency against the presence of Russian federal security forces, and the rule of Kremlin-backed local government in Grozny, considered a foreign occupation by the separatists. He was responsible for numerous guerrilla attacks on security forces in and around Chechnya as well as a terrorist attacks on Russian civilians, including the Moscow theater siege and the Beslan school siege. Basayev's power only increased after the Russian assassination of the more moderate, nationalist Chechen guerrilla leader, president of the separatist government Aslan Maskhadov. “Insurrection” redirects here. ... This article is about Russian citadels. ... For other uses of Grozny, see Grozny (disambiguation). ... In times of armed conflict a civilian is any person who is not a combatant. ... On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 40 Chechen terrorists seized a crowded Moscow theatre, taking over 700 hostages and demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechenya. ... The Republic of North Ossetia in Russia The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to by the media as the Beslan school siege) began when armed multinational terrorists took hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage on September 1, 2004 at School Number One in the Russian town of Beslan in... Assassin and Assassins redirect here. ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... Aslan Maskhadov Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov (Russian: Аслан Алиевич Масхадов) (September 21, 1951 – March 8, 2005) was a leader of the separatist movement in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya. ...

He was killed by an explosion on July 10, 2006. Controversy still surrounds who is responsible for his death, with the Russians claiming he was assassinated by the FSB, Chechens claiming he died in an accidental explosion, and other sources claiming a rival insurgent group assassinated him. is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see FSB. Minor emblem of FSB The FSB (Federal Security Service) (Russian: ФСБ, Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности; Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti) is a domestic state security agency of the Russian Federation and the main successor of the Soviet Cheka, NKVD, and KGB. Its headquarters are in Lubyanka Square, Moscow. ...

Early life

Shamil Basayev was born in the village of Dyshne-Vedeno, near Vedeno, in south-eastern Chechnya, to parents of Russian ancestry (Basayev is in fact a Russian surname, and the village of Dyshne-Vedeno where his ancestors resided was founded by Russian deserters during the Caucasian Wars of the 19th century). ^[3] He was named after Imam Shamil, the third imam of Dagestan and Chechnya and the last leader of anti-Russian Avar-Chechen forces in the Caucasian War. Vedeno (Russian: ) is a village in the Chechen Republic, Russia. ... The Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. ... Desertion is the act of abandoning or withdrawing support from someone or something to which you owe allegiance, responsibility or loyalty. ... Construction of the Georgian Military Road through disputed territories was a key factor in the eventual Russian success A Scene from the Caucasian War, by Franz Roubaud Russian Invasion of the Caucasus, better known in Russia as the Caucasian War of 1817-1864, was a series of military actions of... Imam Shamil Imam Shamil (1797 – March 1871) was an Avar political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Republic of Dagestan IPA: (Russian: ; Avar: , ), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Avars or Caucasian Avars are a modern people of Caucasus, mainly of Dagestan, in which they are the predominant group. ... Construction of the Georgian Military Road through disputed territories was a key factor in the eventual Russian success A Scene from the Caucasian War, by Franz Roubaud Russian Invasion of the Caucasus, better known in Russia as the Caucasian War of 1817-1864, was a series of military actions of...

His family is said to have had a long history of involvement in Chechen resistance to Russian rule, and suffered reprisals in the process. ^{[citation needed]} His grandfather fought for the abortive attempt to create a breakaway North Caucasian Emirate after the Russian Revolution. The Basayevs, along with most of the rest of the Chechen population, were deported to Kazakhstan during World War II on the orders of Lavrenti Beria as a means of cutting off support to the insurgency and to prevent support of the Nazi invaders by the Chechen population. They were only allowed to return when the deportation order was lifted by Nikita Khrushchev in 1957. A resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country or the government of a sovereign nation through either the use of physical force, or nonviolence. ... In warfare, a reprisal is a limited and deliberate violation of the laws of war to punish an enemy for breaking the laws of war. ... Caucasian Imamate in 1854 The Caucasian Imamate was the state established by the imams of Dagestan during the early and middle of the nineteenth century in the Eastern Caucasus, especially in Chechnya and Dagestan, to fight against the Russian Empire during the Caucasian War. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political and social upheavals in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal and moderate-socialist Provisional Government, resulting in the establishment of Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... Deportation is the expelling of someone from a country. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Lavrenty Beria Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria (Russian: Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия) (29 March 1899 - 23 December 1953), Soviet politician and police chief, is remembered chiefly as the executor of Joseph... “Insurrection” redirects here. ... Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (Russian: , Nikita Sergeevič Chruščiov; IPA: , in English, , or , occasionally ); surname more accurately romanized as Khrushchyov[1]; April 17 [O.S. April 5] 1894[2]–September 11, 1971) was the chief director of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...

Basayev, an avid football player, graduated from school in Dyshne-Vedeno in 1982, aged 17, and spent the next two years in the Soviet military serving as a firefighter. For the next four years, he worked at the Aksaiisky state farm in the Volgograd region of southern Russia before moving to Moscow. A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... A Red Army is a communist army. ... A Canadian firefighter A firefighter or fireman is trained and equipped to extinguish fires. ... State farm can refer to: Sovkhoz, a type of collective farm in the Soviet Union State Farm Insurance, an insurance company in the United States This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Volgograd (Russian: ), formerly called Tsaritsyn (Russian: ) (1598–1925) and Stalingrad (Russian: ) (1925–1961) is a city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ...

He reportedly attempted to enroll in the law school of the Moscow State University but failed, and instead entered the Moscow Engineering Institute of Land Management in 1987. However, he was expelled for poor grades in 1988. He subsequently worked as a computer salesman in Moscow, in partnership with a local Chechen businessman, Supyan Taramov. Ironically, the two men ended up on opposite sides in the Chechen wars, during which Taramov sponsored a pro-Russian Chechen militia (Sobaka magazine's 2003/04 dossier on Basayev reported that Taramov apparently equipped or "outfitted" this group of pro-Russian Chechens; they were also known as "Shamil Hunters"). In later interviews, Taramov would claim he hired Basayev as a favor for a family friend, and that the latter was an ineffectual worker who would spend whole nights playing video games, sleep during the day, and had an obsession with Che Guevara. // A law school is an institution where future lawyers obtain legal degrees. ... Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the machine. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... Lebanese Kataeb militia A Militia is an army composed of ordinary [1] citizens to provide defense, emergency or paramilitary service, or those engaged in such activity. ... Sobaka magazine is the most avant-garde periodical of Eurasian politics reviews. ...

Basayev's early militant activities

When some members of Soviet government attempted to stage a coup in August 1991, Basayev allegedly joined supporters of Russian President Boris Yeltsin on the barricades around the Russian White House in central Moscow, armed with hand grenades. ^[4] A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ... “Yeltsin” redirects here. ... The White House of Russia, also known as the Russian White House, is a government building in Moscow that housed the Russian parliament until the crisis of 3 October 1993 when an uprising lead to siege and artillery attacks on White House that caused a major fire. ... A hand grenade is a hand-held bomb, made to be thrown by a soldier. ...

A few months later, in November 1991, the Chechen nationalist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev unilaterally declared independence from the Russian Federation. In response, Yeltsin announced a state of emergency and dispatched troops to the border of Chechnya. Dudayev's government claimed mobilising 60,000 volunteers to defend against a possible Russian intervention. It was then that Basayev began his long and notorious career as an insurgent — seeking to draw international attention to the crisis. Basayev, Lom-Ali Chachayev, and the group's leader, Said-Ali Satuyev, a former airline pilot suffering from schizophrenia ^{[citation needed]}, hijacked an Aeroflot Tu-154 plane, en route from Mineralnye Vody in Russia to Ankara on November 9, 1991, and threatened to blow up the aircraft unless the state of emergency was lifted. The hijacking was resolved peacefully in Turkey, with the plane and passengers being allowed to return safely and the hijackers given safe passage back to Chechnya. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Dzhokhar Dudayev and his son (killed few days after the invasion of Chechnya) Dzhokhar Dudayev and his family Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev (Chechen: ; Cyrillic: Дудин Муса кант Жовхар, Russian: Джохар Мусаевич Дудаев) (February 1944 – April 21, 1996) was a Soviet Air Force general and a Chechen leader, the first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, an unrecognized... For other uses, see State of emergency (disambiguation). ... Mobilization (or mobilisation in British English) is the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war. ... For other uses, see Volunteer (disambiguation). ... See: Intervention (counseling) - an orchestrated attempt by family and friends to get a family member to get help for addiction or other similar problem. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... over-taught, underpaid whiners This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Hijackers inside flightdeck of TWA Flight 847 Aircraft hijacking (also known as skyjacking and aircraft piracy) is the take-over of an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. ... JSC Aeroflot - Russian Airlines (Russian: ) (MICEX:AFLT RTS:AFLT), or Aeroflot (Russian: ) as the airline is commonly known, is the Russian flag carrier and the largest airline in Russia. ... The Tupolev Tu-154 is a Russian medium-range trijet airliner. ... Mineralnye Vody (Russian: Минеральные Воды) is a spa town located in the Stavropol Krai in southwestern Russia. ... Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Ä°stanbul. ... is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

Basayev's role in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

Main article: Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

See also: Battle of Gagra

The following year, 1992, Basayev traveled to Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia, to assist the local separatist movement against the Georgian government's attempts to regain control of the region -- a conflict in which, ultimately, a minority of 70,000 Abkhaz were successful in ethnically purging a majority of Georgians (numbering some 250,000) from the region. Basayev became the commander-in-chief of the forces of the Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus (a volunteer unit of pan-Caucasian nationalists, composed mainly of Chechens and Cossacks), and eventually Abkhazia's deputy Defence Minister. Their involvement was crucial in the Abkhazian war and in October 1993 the Georgian government suffered a decisive military defeat, after which the entire ethnic Georgian population of the region was driven out by ethnic cleansing. ^{[citation needed]} Combatants Abkhaz separatists Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Russian Cossacks Russian Forces1 Georgian Interior and Defense Ministry forces Paramilitary groups and volunteer batallions Commanders Iysuph Soslanbekov, Musa Shanibov, Shamil Basaev, Beslan Barghandjia, Anri Djergenia Geno Adamia, Guram Gubelashvili, Gia Kharkharashvili, Davit Tevzadze, Soso Akhalaia Casualties ~2,500-4... Combatants Abkhaz National Guard, Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Abkhazian Battalion, Cossack units National Guard of Georgia, Shavnabada and Avaza units Strength 3,000-4,000[1] A few hundred Casualties Unknown Unknown military personnel, 429 civilians The Battle of Gagra was fought between Georgian forces and the... Ethnic cleansing refers to various policies or practices aimed at the displacement of an ethnic group from a particular territory in order to create a supposedly ethnically pure society. ... Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus (Russian: Конфедерация горских народов Кавказа) is a militarized political organization composed of militants from the North Caucasian republics of the Russian Federation. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Caucasus Mountains. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolising French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Combatants Abkhaz separatists Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Russian Cossacks Russian Forces1 Georgian Interior and Defense Ministry forces Paramilitary groups and volunteer battalions Commanders Iysuph Soslanbekov, Musa Shanibov, Shamil Basaev, Beslan Barghandjia, Anri Djergenia Geno Adamia, Guram Gubelashvili, Gia Kharkharashvili, Davit Tevzadze, Soso Akhalaia Casualties ~2,500-4... Dead Georgian civilian with his dog on the streets of Sukhumi, September 27, 1993 The Ethnic Cleansing of Georgians in Abkhazia, also known as the Genocide of Georgians in Abkhazia (Georgian: , Russian: ) or the Massacre of Georgians in Abkhazia [1][2] — refers to the massacres [3] and forced mass expulsion...

It was rumored that the volunteers were trained and supplied by some part of the Russian army GRU military intelligence service, although no evidence to support these allegations was ever found. In any case, Russia did not provide any resistance to the volunteers, which would later prove a mistake, as Basayev's volunteer unit would go on to form the core of his experienced and battle-hardened Abkhaz Battalion in the First Chechen War. It was during the first Chechen war that he developed his now trademark affinity for a Kalashnikov assault rifles, and he made the note of posing with his firearms beside him in videos and public interviews. He was said to be a crack shot. For other uses, see GRU (disambiguation). ... Military intelligence (abbreviated MI, int. ... AK-47 Nationality Soviet Union Type Assault rifle Inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov Date of design 1947 Service duration 1951 - Present Cartridge 7. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

After Abkhazia

Few authoritative accounts of Basayev's life after Abkhazia exist. According to some sources, Basayev moved on to Azerbaijan, where he aided Azerbaijani forces in their unsuccessful war against Armenian separatists in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. He was said to having led a battalion-strength Chechen contingent. According to Azeri Colonel Azer Rustamov, in 1992, "hundreds of Chechen volunteers rendered us invaluable help in these battles led by Shamil Basayev and Salman Raduev". Basayev was said to be one of the last fighters to leave Shusha (see Capture of Shusha). Basayev later said during his career, he and his battalion had only lost once, and that defeat came in Karabakh in fighting against the "Dashnak battalion". He later said he pulled his mujahideen out of the conflict when the war seemed to be more for nationalism than for jihad. During the conflict, Basayev was first introduced to Amir Ibn Khattab.^[5] Capital Sokhumi Official languages Abkhaz, Georgian Government  -  Chairman, Cabinet of Ministers  -  Chairman, Supreme Council Temur Mzhavia Autonomous republic of Georgia  -  Georgian independence Declared Recognised 9 April 1991 25 December 1991  Currency Georgian lari (GEL) Anthem Aiaaira Capital Sukhumi Official languages Abkhaz, Russian1 Government  -  President Sergei Bagapsh  -  Prime Minister Alexander Ankvab... Combatants Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh1 Republic of Armenia 2 CIS mercenaries Republic of Azerbaijan Afghan Mujahideen 3 Chechen Volunteers 4 CIS mercenaries Commanders Samvel Babayan, Hemayag Haroyan, Monte Melkonian, Vazgen Sargsyan, Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan Ä°sgandar Hamidov, Suret Huseynov, Rahim Gaziev, Shamil Basayev Casualties 6,000 dead, 25,000 wounded 17... Nagorno Karabakh Republic (Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Հանրապետություն), historically known as Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախ), is a region of former... // Geography The Chechen people are mainly inhabitants of Chechnya, which is internationally recognized as part of Russia. ... The Azeri, also referred to as Azerbaijanian Turks, are a Turkic-Muslim people. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Combatants Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic of Armenia Republic of Azerbaijan Chechen Volunteers Commanders Gurgen Daribaltayan Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan Elbrus Orjuev Elkhan Orjuev Shamil Basayev Strength 1,000 troops, including the crew members of tanks, armored fighting vehicles, and helicopters Unknown amount of infantry, tanks, complemented by a battery of... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: it is patent nonsense. ... Ibn al-Khattab. ...

After Azerbaijan, by some accounts he reputedly travelled to Afghanistan, making contact with al-Qaeda and other pan-Islamic fundamentalist organizations, as well as the Wahabbism sect, to which he would later allegedly convert. Other sources claim that after Abkhazia, Basayev moved to Chechnya and became a successful entrepreneur in the Chechen mafia, organizing train-car theft and drug dealing networks. While pro-Chechen sources claim that such allegations about Basayev's criminal activity were disseminated by the Russian FSB and were untrue, no other explanation of Basayev's phenomenal personal wealth has been provided. According to Basayev, millions of dollars were donated to him by unnamed foreign businessmen from the Chechen diaspora.^[6] Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ... The phrase Islamic fundamentalism is primarily used in the West to describe Islamist groups. ... Wahhabism (sometimes spelled Wahabbism or Wahabism) is a movement of Islam named after Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703–1792). ... Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the converts previous beliefs; in some cultures (e. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Russian Mafia. ... Emblem of FSB The FSB (ФСБ) is a state security organization in Russia, and is the domestic successor organization to the KGB. Its name is an acronym from the Russian Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции) (Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti Rossiyskoi Federatsii). ... For other uses, see Diaspora (disambiguation). ...

Basayev's role in the First Chechen War

1994-1995

The First Chechen War began when Russian forces entered breakaway Chechnya on December 11, 1994 to depose the government of Dzhokhar Dudayev. With the outbreak of war, Dudayev made Shamil one of the front-line commanders. Basayev took an active role in the resistance, successfully commanding his "Abkhaz Battalion," now 2,000 strong.^{[citation needed]} The unit inflicted major losses on Russian forces in the battle of Grozny, Chechnya's capital, which lasted from December 1994 to February 1995, when Basayev's men were among the last rebels to abandon the city. Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders Pavel Grachev Anatoly Kulikov Konstantin Pulikovsky Anatoliy Romanov Vyacheslav Tikhomirov Gennady Troshev Dzhokhar Dudayev  â€  Aslan Maskhadov Strength (December 11, 1994) Up to 50,000 soldiers and Interior Ministry (MVD) (December 11, 1994) 3,000 to 15,000[1] Casualties Military: At least... is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Dzhokhar Dudayev and his son (killed few days after the invasion of Chechnya) Dzhokhar Dudayev and his family Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev (Chechen: ; Cyrillic: Дудин Муса кант Жовхар, Russian: Джохар Мусаевич Дудаев) (February 1944 – April 21, 1996) was a Soviet Air Force general and a Chechen leader, the first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, an unrecognized... There were several battles of Grozny: Battle of Grozny (October 1994) Battle of Grozny (November 1994) Battle of Grozny (1994-1995) March 1996 raid on Grozny Battle of Grozny (August 1996) Battle of Grozny (1999-2000) Category: ...

1995

After capturing Grozny, the momentum changed in favor of the Russian forces, and by April Chechen forces had been pushed into the mountains with most of their equipment destroyed. Basayev's "Abkhaz Battalion" suffered many casualties, particularly during battles around Vedeno in May and their ranks sank to as low as 200 men. At this time, Basayev also suffered a personal tragedy. On June 3, 1995, during a Russian air raid on Basayev's hometown of Dyshne-Vedeno, two 6-ton bombs landed on the home of Basayev's uncle, 6 children aged five months to twelve years, 4 women, and the uncle were killed. During the remainder of the attack 12 members of Basayev's family were injured and his sister Zinaida, and a wife and child were killed.^[7] is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Strategic bombing is a military strategem used in a total war style campaign that attempts to destroy the economic ability of a nation-state to wage war. ... Hometown is primarily used as a generic term for the city or town in which someone grew up, or the place of someones principal residence[1]. Hometown is also used as the specific name of several places in the United States. ...

Chechen forces resorted to a series of deadly terrorist attacks against civilians outside the area that they claimed, in an attempt to force a stop to the war. Basayev led the most famous such attack, the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis in June 1995. Shamil's large band seized the Budyonnovsk hospital and the 1,600 people inside for a period of several days; at least 129 civilians died and 415 were wounded in the fighting. Although he failed in his demand for the removal of Russian forces from Chechnya, he did successfully negotiate a stop to the Russian advance and an initiation of peace talks with the Russian government, saving the Chechen resistance by giving them time to regroup and recover. Basayev and his fighters were able to successfully retreat back to Chechnya under cover of the human shields. The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered terrorism. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Budyonnovsk (Russian: ) is a town in Stavropol Krai, Russia. ... Human shield is a military term describing the use of civilians to deter an enemy from attacking certain targets—in particular military targets. ...

The media coverage surrounding the hostage-taking and Basayev's safe retreat propelled the then mostly unknown Basayev into the international spotlight, and made him Chechnya's most famed national hero overnight. As a result of the raid, military actions on the territory of the Chechen republic largely stopped for several months.

1996

By 1996, Basayev had been promoted to the rank of general and Commander of the Chechen Armed Forces. In July 1996, he was implicated in the death of Ruslan Labazanov. ^{[citation needed]} Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Ruslan Labazanov (1967 - June 1, 1996) was an infamous criminal boss (abrek) of the Chechen mafia and former head of a Chechen opposition faction. ...

In August 1996, he led a successful operation to retake the Chechen capital Grozny.^[8] Yeltsin's government moved for peace, bringing in former Soviet-Afghan War General Aleksandr Lebed as a negotiator. A peace agreement was concluded between the Chechens and Russians, under which the Chechens acquired de facto independence from Russia. Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders Konstantin Pulikovsky Doku Zavgayev Aslan Maskhadov Shamil Basayev Strength August 6: 15,000-20,000 August 6: 1,500-2,000 Casualties Official losses: 494 killed 182 missing 1,407 wounded N/A The August 1996 battle of Grozny was the rapid... For other uses of Grozny, see Grozny (disambiguation). ... The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was a 10-year war which wreaked incredible havoc and destruction on Afghanistan. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Negotiation is the process whereby interested parties resolve disputes, agree upon courses of action, bargain for individual or collective advantage, and/or attempt to craft outcomes which serve their mutual interests. ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without...

Interwar period

Basayev stepped down from his military position in December 1996 to run for president in Chechnya's second (and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria's first and only ever internationally-monitored) presidential elections. Basayev came in second place to Aslan Maskhadov, obtaining 23.5% of the votes. Allegedly Basayev found the defeat very painful. Official language Chechen Capital Grozny (Dzhokharabad, after 1996) President Doku Umarov Independence  â€“ Declared  â€“ Recognition From Russia  â€“ November 1, 1991  â€“ Georgian Republic National anthem Death or Freedom The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria IPA: (Нохчийн Республика Нохчийчоь) is the unrecognized secessionist government of Chechnya. ... An election is a process in which a vote is held to choose amongst candidates to fill an office, or amongst political parties offering a slate of potential office holders for a house of representatives. ...

In early 1997 he was appointed vice-Prime Minister of Chechnya by Maskhadov. In January 1998 he became the acting head of the Chechen government for a six month term, after which he resigned. Basayev's appointment was symbolic because it took place on the eve of the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of his renowned namesake. Basayev subsequently reduced the government's administrative departments and abolished several ministries. However, the collection of taxes and the Chechen National Bank's reserves shrunk, and theft of petroleum products increased seriously. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Łukasiewicz - creator of the process of refining of kerosene from crude oil. ...

Maskhadov worked with Basayev until 1998, when Basayev established a network of military officers, who soon became rival warlords. As Chechnya collapsed into chaos, Basayev's reputation began to plummet as he and others were accused of corruption and involvement in kidnapping; his alliance with Arab jihadist Ibn al-Khattab also alienated many of the Chechens. By early 1998 Basayev emerged as the main political opponent of the Chechen president, who in his opinion was "pushing the republic back to the Russian Federation." On March 31, 1998 Basayev called for the termination of talks with Russia; on July 7, 1998, he sent a letter of resignation from the post of prime minister. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... A warlord is a person with power who has de facto military control of a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. ... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Jihad (disambiguation). ... Ibn al-Khattab (ابن الخطاب), more commonly known as Amir Khattab (also transliterated as Emir Khattab and Ameer Khattab), and also known as Habib Abdul Rahman, was a warlord, terrorist organizer, and financier working with Chechen rebels in the First Chechen War and the Second Chechen War. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

During these years he wrote Book of a Mujahiddeen. ^{[citation needed]}

Dagestan War and the 1999 bombings

In December 1997, after Movladi Udugov's Islamic Nation party had called for Chechnya to annex territories in neighbouring Dagestan, Basayev promised to liberate neighbouring Dagestan from its status as a Russian colony.^[9] For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Movladi Udugov (Russian: Мовлади Удугов) (born 1962) is one of the main ideologues of the Chechen rebels. ... Umma (Arabic: ) is an Arabic word meaning community or nation. ... Ceremonies during the annexation of Hawaii. ... This article is about a type of political territory. ...

In August 1999, Basayev and Khattab led a 1,400-strong army of Islamic fundamentalists in unsuccessful attempt to aid Dagestani Wahhabists to take over the neighboring Republic of Dagestan and establish a new Chechen-Dagestan Islamic republic. By the end of the month, Russian forces had managed to repel the invasion, but admitted suffering more than 1,100 casualties. This article is about the year. ... Combatants Russian Federation Daghestani militia Chechen rebels Shura of Dagestan Commanders Viktor Kazantsev Shamil Basayev Ibn al-Khattab Strength 17,000 unknown Casualties At least 279 dead and 987 wounded 2,500 dead The Dagestan War (in Russia called by the name Chechen invasion of Dagestan) began when Chechnya-based... Wahhabism (Arabic: Al-Wahhābīyya الوهابية) or Wahabism is a conservative 18th century reform movement of Sunni Islam founded by Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab, after whom the movement is named. ... The Republic of Dagestan IPA: (Russian: ; Avar: , ), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ...

It was alleged that Alexander Voloshin, a key figure in the Yeltsin administration, paid Basayev to stage the Dagestan War.^{[10] [11]} and that Basayev was working for the Russian GRU at the time. ^{[12] [13] [14]} Alexander Staliyevich Voloshin (Russian: Александр Стальевич Волошин) (b. ... For other uses, see GRU (disambiguation). ...

In early September, a series of bombings of Russian apartment blocks took place, killing 293 people. The attacks were blamed on terrorists with Chechen links, although this attribution remains controversial. Robert Young Pelton, who was with the rebels in Grozny during the siege, interviewed a captured GRU agent named Aleksey Galkin. Galkin claimed that the government had sponsored the destruction of the apartments (he said that the bombing in Buynaksk was organized by GRU detachments under the general command of senior officers Valentin Korabelnikov and Kostechko).^[15] After escaping from his captors, Galkin retracted the story and claimed to have been tortured. ^{[citation needed]} The Russian apartment bombings were a series of bombings in Russia that killed nearly 300 people and led the country into the Second Chechen War. ... For other uses of Grozny, see Grozny (disambiguation). ... Aleksey Viktorovich Galkin is a former GRU officer who became well known in connection with Russian apartment bombings controversy. ... Buynaksk, known as Temir-Khan-Shura before 1922 (Russian: Буйнакск, Темир-Хан-Шура), is a town in Dagestan, Russia, located at the foothills of the Greater Caucasus on the Shura-Ozen River. ... Valentin Vladimirovich Korabelnikov (in Russian: , b. ...

Although Basayev and Khattab denied responsibility, the Russian government blamed the Chechen government for allowing Basayev to use Chechnya as a base. Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov denied any involvement in the attacks, but at the same time took no actions to stop Basayev or Khattab. The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, promised a harsh crackdown on Chechen terrorists: "We'll get them anywhere. If we find terrorists in the shithouse, then we'll waste them in the shithouse. That's all there is to it." By the end of September the Second Chechen War was underway. Aslan Maskhadov Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov (Russian: Аслан Алиевич Масхадов) (September 21, 1951 – March 8, 2005) was a leader of the separatist movement in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ... Combatants Russian Federation Pro-Russian Chechens Republic of Ichkeria Caucasian insurgents and foreign fighters Commanders Vladimir Putin Akhmad Kadyrov† Ramzan Kadyrov Aslan Maskhadov† Abdul Halim Sadulayev† Doku Umarov Shamil Basayev† Strength At least 93,000 in Chechnya in 1999. ...

Second Chechen War

2000

Wounded Basayev on a stretchers near Grozny

During the rebel withdrawal from Grozny in January 2000 Basayev lost a foot after stepping on a landmine while leading his men through a minefield. The operation to amputate his foot was videotaped by Adam Tepsurgayev and later televised by Russia's NTV network and Reuters, showing his foot being removed by doctors using a local anaesthetic while the shaven-headed Basayev watched impassively. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Combatants Russian Federation Ichkeria Commanders Viktor Kazantsev Mikhail Malofayev† Valentin Astaviyev Chechen loyalist militia: Beslan Gantamirov Aslan Maskhadov Aslambek Ismailov† Shamil Basayev Ruslan Gelayev Khunkarpasha Israpilov† Strength About 50,000 [1] Russian estimates [2] of 3,000[3] to 6,000[4] Casualties Official losses in Grozny: 368 killed (157... “Minefield” redirects here. ... Adam Tepsurgayev was a 24-year-old Chechen freelance cameraman murdered in the village of Alkhan-Kala on November 21, 2000. ... NTV, a Russian television channel (HTB in Cyrillic) was a pioneer in the post-Soviet independent television media. ... Reuters Group plc (LSE: RTR and NASDAQ: RTRSY); pronounced is known as a financial market data provider and a news service that provides reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. ... Anesthesia (AE), also anaesthesia (BE), is the process of blocking the perception of pain and other sensations. ...

Despite this injury, Basayev eluded Russian capture together with other rebels by hiding in forests and mountains. He welcomed assistance from foreign fighters from Afghanistan and other Islamic countries, encouraging them to join the Chechen cause. He also personally executed nine Russian OMON prisoners on April 4, 2000; the men were shot because the Russians had refused to swap them for Yuri Budanov, a recently arrested army officer accused of raping and killing an 18-year-old Chechen woman.^[16] The OMON insignia OMON (Russian: Отряд милиции особого назначения; Otryad Militsii Osobogo Naznacheniya, Special Purpose Detachment of Militsiya) is a generic name for the system of special units of militsiya (state police) within the Russian and earlier the Soviet, Ministerstvo Vnutrennih Del (MVD; Ministry of Internal Affairs). ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... In December of 2002, a Russian court tried Russian Colonel Yuri Budanov on war crimes charges. ...

2001

In May, the Russian side declared Basayev "dead".^[17] The Russian military has also made several claims about Basayev's alleged death in the past. On June 2, 2001 it was reported General Gennady Troshev, then-commander-in-chief of Russian forces in Chechnya, had offered a bounty of one million dollars to anyone who would bring him the head of Basayev. is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Gennday Torshev is a general in the Russian military and was a formerly the commander of the North Caucasus Military District, covering the Chechnya region. ...

In August, Basayev commanded a large-scale raid on the Vedensky District. A deputy commander of Russian forces in Chechnya claimed Basayev was wounded in a firefight.^[18] Combatants Russia Ichkeria Commanders N/A Shamil Basayev The 2001 battle for Vedeno was a struggle between Russian federal and Chechen separatist forces for the control of Vedensky District in the Chechnyas mountains. ... Chechnya map, Vedensky District is numbered 13 Vedensky District (Russian: ) is a raion (district) of the Chechen Republic, Russia. ...

2002

In January 2002, Basayev's father, Salman, was reputedly killed by Russian forces.^[19] This has not been independently confirmed. Shamil's younger brother, Shirvani, was reported dead by the Russians in 2000, but is, according to numerous accounts, actually living in exile in Turkey where he is involved in coordination of the activities of the diaspora. ^{[citation needed]} Also see: 2002 (number). ... Exile (band) may refer to: Exile - The American country music band Exile - The Japanese pop music band Category: ... For other uses, see Diaspora (disambiguation). ...

Around November 2, 2002, Basayev said on a rebel website that he was responsible for the Moscow theatre siege in which 50 Chechen rebels held about 800 people hostage; Russian forces later stormed the building using gas, killing most of the rebels and more than 100 hostages. Basayev also tendered his resignation from all posts in Maskhadov's government apart from the reconnaissance and sabotage battalion. He defended the operation but asked Maskhadov for forgiveness for not informing him of it. ^{[citation needed]} is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 40 Chechen terrorists seized a crowded Moscow theatre, taking over 700 hostages and demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya. ...

Government House bombing

On December 27, 2002, Chechen suicide bombers rammed vehicles into the republic's government headquarters in Grozny, bringing down the four-story building and killing about 80 people. Basayev claimed responsibility, published the video of the attack, and said he personally triggered the bombs by remote control. Image File history File links Photo09. ... Image File history File links Photo09. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Remote control (disambiguation). ...

2003

On May 12, 2003, suicide bombers rammed a truck loaded with explosives into a Russian government compound in Znamenskoye , northern Chechnya, killing 59 people. Two days later a woman got within six feet of Akhmad Kadyrov, the head of the Moscow-appointed Chechen administration, and blew herself up killing herself and 14 people; Kadyrov was unhurt. Basayev claimed responsibility for both attacks; Maskhadov denounced them. is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Znamenskoye is a village in northern Chechnya, in Russia. ... Akhmat Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov (Russian: Ахмат Абдулхамидович Кадыров (August 23, 1951 – May 9, 2004) was the president of the Chechen Republic (elected on October 5, 2003). ...

From June until August 2003 Basayev lived in the town of Baksan in nearby Kabardino-Balkaria. Eventually, a skirmish took place between the rebels and policemen from Baksan, who came to check what turned out to be Basayev's safehouse. Basayev escaped, killing a local police official. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Baksan (Russian: ) is a town in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, located 24 km north-west of Nalchik on the left bank of the Baksan River (Tereks basin) at . Population: 35,805 (2002 Census). ... Capital Nalchik Area - total - % water Ranked 83rd - 12,500 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 60th - est. ... A safe house is a location placed in the neighbourhood where a trusted adult or family or charity organisation has agreed to provide a safe place for battered wives and abused children to go to, when they feel that their life is threatened by domestic abuse. ...

On August 8, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell designated Shamil Basayev a threat to U.S. security and citizens. is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ... General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret. ...

In late 2003, Basayev claimed responsibility for terrorist bombings in both Moscow and Yessentuki. He said both attacks were carried out by the group operating under his command.^[20] Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Essentuki or Yessentuki (Russian: Ессентуки) is a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia at the base of the Caucasus Mountains. ...

2004

Shamil Basayev (left) and Aslan Maskhadov (right), during Ramadan 2004

On May 9, 2004 the pro-Russian Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov was killed in Grozny in a bomb attack for which Basayev later claimed responsibility. That explosion killed six people and wounded nearly 60, including the top Russian military commander in Chechnya, who lost his leg; Basayev called it a "small but important victory". Image File history File links Shamil_Basayev_and_Aslan_Maschadov. ... Image File history File links Shamil_Basayev_and_Aslan_Maschadov. ... Aslan Maskhadov Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov (Russian: Аслан Алиевич Масхадов) (September 21, 1951 – March 8, 2005) was a leader of the separatist movement in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Akhmat Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov (Russian: Ахмат Абдулхамидович Кадыров (August 23, 1951 – May 9, 2004) was the president of the Chechen Republic (elected on October 5, 2003). ...

Basayev was accused of commanding the June 21 raid on Nazran in the Russian republic of Ingushetia. In fact, he was shown in a video made of the raid, in which he led a large group of militants. Around 90 people died in this attack, mostly local servicemen and officials of the Russian security forces including the republic's acting Interior Minister. The Ministry building was burned down. Combatants Russian Federation Caucasus Front Commanders Abukar Kostoyev † Zyaudin Kotiyev † Shamil Basayev Magomet Yevloyev Doku Umarov Strength 50-600 (probably more than 200) Casualties At least 60 killed At least 6 killed Nazran raid was carried out a large-scale raid on Republic of Ingushetia, Russian Federation, on the night... Nazran (Russian: Назра́нь) is a town in Russia. ... The Republic of Ingushetia (Russian: ; Ingush: ГӀалгӀай Мохк) is a federal subject of Russia. ... The Interior Minister is a member of a Cabinet in a Government. ...

In September 2004 Basayev claimed responsibility for the Beslan school siege in which over 350 people, most of them children, were killed and hundreds more injured.^[21] The Russian government put up a bounty of 300m rubles ($10m) for information leading to his capture.^[22] Basayev himself did not participate in the seizure of the school, but claimed to have organized and financed the attack, boasting that the whole operation cost only 8,000 euros. Newspaper reports also linked his Ingush deputy, Magomet Yevloyev, to the Beslan attack. On September 17, 2004, Basayev issued a statement claiming responsibility for the school siege, saying his Riyadus-Salikhin "Martyr Battalion" had carried out this and other attacks. In his message, Basayev described the Beslan massacre as a "terrible tragedy" and blamed it on Russian President Vladimir Putin.^[23][24] Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republic of North Ossetia in Russia The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to by the media as the Beslan school siege) began when armed multinational terrorists took hundreds of schoolchildren and adults hostage on September 1, 2004 at School Number One in the Russian town of Beslan in... Bounty can refer to different things: The Bounty a 1984 film with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins A bounty is an amount of money or other reward offered by an organization for the capture of a person or thing Bounty is a brand of paper towel manufactured by Procter & Gamble... ISO 4217 Code RUB User(s) Russia and self-proclaimed Abkhazia and South Ossetia Inflation 7% Source Rosstat, 2007 Subunit 1/100 kopek (копейка) Symbol руб kopek (копейка) к Plural The language(s) of this currency is of the Slavic languages. ... The Greek name for the rainy, stormy southeast wind. ... Magomet Yevloyev is the Ingushetia-based deputy of the Chechnian warlord Shamil Basayev. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shamil Salmanovich Basayev (born January 14, 1965) is a Chechen separatist leading an armed group acting in the north Caucasus region of Russia, principally in Chechnya. ...

Basayev also claimed responsibility for the attacks against civilians during the previous week, in which a metro station in Moscow was bombed (killing 10 people), and two airliners were blown up by suicide bombers (killing 89 people).^[21] Basayev dubbed these attacks "Operation Boomerang". He also said that during the Beslan crisis he offered Putin "independence in exchange for security". ^{[citation needed]} A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway — usually in an urban area — with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... The Russian aircraft bombings of August 2004 was a terrorist attack on two domestic Russian passenger aircraft at around 23:00 on August 24, 2004. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...

2005

On February 3, 2005, UK's Channel 4 announced that it would air Basayev's interview. In response, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the broadcast could aid terrorists in achieving their goals and demanded that the British Government call off the broadcast. The British Foreign Office replied that it could not intervene in the affairs of a private TV channel and the interview was aired as scheduled.^[25] The same day, Russian media reported that Shamil Basayev had been killed;^[26] it was the sixth such report about Basayev's demise since 1999.^[26] is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the British television station. ... The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is the United Kingdom abroad. ...

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Even though Basayev had a $10 million bounty on his head, he gave an interview to Russian journalist Andrei Babitsky in which he described himself as "a bad guy, a bandit, a terrorist ... but what would you call them?", referring to the Russians. Basayev stated each Russian had to feel war's impact before the Chechen war would stop. Basayev asked "Officially, over 40,000 of our children have been killed and tens of thousands mutilated. Is anyone saying anything about that? ... responsibility is with the whole Russian nation, which through its silent approval gives a 'yes'".^[28] This interview was broadcast on U.S. television network ABC's Nightline program, to the protest of the Russian Government; on August 2, 2005, Moscow banned journalists of the ABC network from working in Russia.^[29] Andrei Babitsky (Андрей Бабицкий : Moscow, 26 September 1964) is a Russian journalist and war correspondant for Radio Free Europe. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Nightline is a late-night hard and soft news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On August 23, 2005, Basayev rejoined the Chechen separatist government, taking the post of first deputy chairman.^[30] Later this year Basayev claimed responsibility for a raid on Nalchik, the capital of the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.^[31] The raid occurred on October 13, 2005; Basayev said that he and his "main units" were only in the city for two hours and then left. There were reports that he had died during the raid, but this was contradicted when the separatist website, Kavkaz Center, posted a letter from him.^[31] is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Combatants Russian security forces Mostly local Islamic militants Commanders N/A Ilias Gorchkhanov (killed) Strength several thousand 80 - 300 Casualties at least 33 at least 41 The October 2005 Nalchik attack was a raid by a large group of militants on Nalchik, in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic of southern Russia... is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Kavkaz Center is an Internet publication that claims to be a Chechen independent international Islamic internet agency. It was founded in March 1999 in the city of Grozny, by the National Center for Strategic Research and Political Technologies, headed by Movladi Udugov, former Minister for Information of the Chechen...

2006

In March 2006, Prime Minister of Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, claimed that upwards of 3,000 police officers were hunting for Basayev in the southern mountains.^[32] On June 15, 2006 Basayev repeated his claim of responsibility for the bombing that killed Akhmad Kadyrov, saying he had paid $50,000 to those who carried out the assassination. He also said he had put a $25,000 bounty on the head of Ramzan, mocking the young Kadyrov in offering the smaller bounty. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Capital Grozny Area - total - % water 79th - 15,500 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density 49th _ est. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Akhmat Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov (Russian: Ахмат Абдулхамидович Кадыров (August 23, 1951 – May 9, 2004) was the president of the Chechen Republic (elected on October 5, 2003). ...

On June 27, 2006 Shamil Basayev was made Ichkeria's Vice-President. On July 10, 2006, at 1.06 pm Moscow time, Kavkaz Center quoted him as thanking the Iraqi Mujahideen for eliminating the captured Russian diplomats in Iraq and calling it "a worthy answer to the murder by Russian terrorists from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation of the Chechen diplomat, ex-president of CRI, Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev". is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ... Zelimkhan Abdumuslimovich Yandarbiyev (Chechen: Яндарбин Абдулмуслиман кант Зелимха, Russian: Зелимхан Абдумуслимович Яндарбиев) (September 12, 1952 – February 13, 2004) was an acting president of the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1996-1997). ...

Death

On July 10, 2006, Shamil Basayev was killed in the village of Ekazhevo, in Ingushetia, a republic bordering Chechnya.^[33] According to Chechen sources Basayev was riding in one of the cars escorting a KamAZ truck filled with explosives in preparation for an attack when the truck, hitting a pothole, exploded, killing Basayev and three other rebels. Russian officials state that this explosion was the result of the planned special operation. is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republic of Ingushetia (Russian: ; Ingush: ГӀалгӀай Мохк) is a federal subject of Russia. ... Kamaz (Камский автомобильный завод - Камаз / Kamskiy avtomobilny zavod - Kama Automobile Zavod - Kamaz or KAMA Heavy-Duty Truck Production Plant) is a Tatar truck manufacturer located in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russian Federation. ...

On December 29, 2006, forensic experts positively identified Basayev's remains.^[34] is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Forensics or forensic science is the application of science to questions which are of interest to the legal system. ...

Controversy

According to the official version of Basayev's death, a detonator with a remote control hidden in one of the explosives was detonated by FSB agents, when they had spotted Basayev's car near the truck through UAV video surveillance. A Russian mole in Basayev's force reportedly planted the explosives and was reportedly paid £250,000 for his part in the assassination. ^{[citation needed]} Interfax, quoting Ingush Deputy Prime Minister Bashir Aushev, reported that the explosion was a result of a truck bomb detonated next to the convoy by Russian agents.^[35] In 2007, however, Moscow prosecutor's office wrote Basayev's death was caused by accidental "detonation of an explosive device while transporting it in an unidentified automobile". A detonator is a device used to trigger bombs, shaped charges and other forms of explosive material and explosive devices. ... Emblem of FSB The FSB (ФСБ) is a state security organization in Russia, and is the domestic successor organization to the KGB. Its name is an acronym from the Russian Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции) (Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti Rossiyskoi Federatsii). ... The £124 million Taranis UAV built by BAE Systems An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an aircraft with no onboard pilot. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

According to the Russian newspaper Kommersant^[36] an autopsy of Shamil Basayev proved that he was killed by an improvised explosive device stuffed with barbed wire ("The medical assessors discovered some 15 similar pieces of wire rod, 10-30 millimeters long and 3-4 millimeters in diameter, in the body.") such bombs are signature products of the Dagestan Islamic extremist group Shariat. The newspaper speculated that the FSB would never use a primitive hand-made bomb when it has advanced high-tech weapons at its disposal; instead the newspaper suspects that Rappani Khalilov (aka Rabbani), a rival separatist leader and a former subordinate of Basayev, was responsible for the attack. Kommersant (Cyrillic: Коммерса́нтъ) (which literally translates as The Businessman) is a commerce-oriented newspaper published in Russia. ... Post-mortem, postmortem and post mortem redirect here. ... Munitions rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad, November 2005. ... Typical modern agricultural barbed wire. ... For other uses, see Signature (disambiguation). ... The Republic of Dagestan IPA: (Russian: ; Avar: , ), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Shariat Jamaat, officially the Islamic Jamaat of Dagestan Shariat, is an Islamic terrorist organization involved in terror attacks against officers of the Russian Interior Ministry and the FSB (Federal Security Service), prosecutors, and court officials in Dagestan. ... Rappani Khalilov is the militant leader of the Shariat Jamaat Islamist group in the volatile Russian republic of Dagestan who are thought to be responsible for the death of over 200 policemen and high profile politicians over the past five years. ... A hierarchy (in Greek hieros = sacred, arkho = rule) is a system of ranking and organizing things. ...

According to Russian Newsweek edition,^[37] Basayev's death was a result of an FSB operation, whose primary aim was to prevent a planned terrorist attack in the days before the G8 summit in St Petersburg; citing unnamed sources within FSB, the magazine claims that although the explosion was planned and executed by FSB agents, they were not aware that Basayev himself was transporting the explosives. The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... Group of Eight redirects here. ... 32nd G8 summit The 32nd summit of the G8 group of industrialised nations took place from July 15 to July 17, 2006 outside Saint Petersburg, Russia. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and...

Separatist Chechen sources, however, continued to deny he was assassinated and claimed the truck exploded accidentally.^[38] On Channel 4 News interview, Akhmed Zakayev, the exiled separatist foreign minister, also denied Basayev was assassinated by Russian agents. The Channel 4 News logo after the headline stab. ... Vanessa Redgrave and Akhmed Zakayev Akhmed Zakayev (Ахмед Закаев; born April 26, 1956) is the Foreign Minister of Chechen republic government-in-exile, appointed by the President Aslan Maskhadov shortly after his 1997 election, and again in 2006 by Abdul Halim Sadulayev. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ...

Quotes

• "We did not arrive there (Karabakh) for personal gains but for jihad." (S. Basayev)

References

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Further reading

• Paul J. Murphy: The Wolves of Islam: Russia and the Faces of Chechen Terror. Potomac Books: Washington D.C., 2006, ISBN 1-57488-831-5

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External links

• Moscow's designs on Chechnya
• Beslan killer betrayed by mole
• New Government in Chechnya
• Chechnya premier's alleged millions
• Chechen PM's resignation accepted
• Warlord's warning to Russia
• Chechen rebel vows to fight on
• Chechen warlord claims theatre attack
• Chechen rebel claims Beslan siege
• Basayev claims Russian city raid
• Chechen Terrorist Killed
• Basayev's post-mortem identification
• Interview: Robert Bruce Ware on Basayev's playing with the American media
• Kavkaz Center Website
• A Face of Future Battle: Chechen Fighter Shamil Basayev
• Shamil Basaev thanks Iraqi Mujahideen for killing Russian diplomats
• Death of a Terrorist