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This summer marks 11 years since Russian "terrorist number 1" Shamil Basayev was eliminated. All the details of the secret operation have not been previously disclosed. It was only noted that a truck with ammunition, which was accompanied by Basayev, was blown up. Because of this, a version was born that a bomb was planted in the car. It turned out that this is not the case. The truck was sent "on the air" in a different way.

As a source in the special services told Rosbalt, by the summer of 2006 it was known that Basayev had chosen Ingushetia as his headquarters, where he had "got everything under control." He often moved in cars, accompanied by local policemen, any activation of federal special forces in this region immediately became known to Basayev. Because of this long time he remained invulnerable.

In the summer of 2006, the special services learned that Basayev had decided to purchase a batch of unguided rockets (URS). Terrorist # 1 loved the idea that they could be launched easily with regular slate used as roofing material. And his craftsmen learned how to make triggers with an alarm clock, which made it possible to launch rockets even when no one was around. And although the cargo with the NURS was at one time monitored by the special services, according to a Rosbalt source, there was neither the possibility nor the need to plant a bomb in it. Firstly, the cargo was overloaded many times - the "hellish machine" would certainly have been found. Secondly, it was not fully known whether Basayev would personally be next to the NURS party.

"Nord-Ost": ten years without the right to answer

It was only at the last moment that it became known that Basayev could personally deliver ammunition to the militants, and at the same time hold a meeting with field commanders, including on the possibility of preparing terrorist attacks during the G8 summit. However, it was not possible to establish which route he will take, how the event will take place, for various reasons. As a result, more than a dozen search and ambush groups were sent to the likely locations of the caravan.

One of them, operating near Ekazhevo, at about 5 am on July 10, noticed a KAMAZ with a load on the road, which was accompanied by a convoy of vehicles. A police car was driving ahead. It was he who confused the fighters of the group. It was not clear whether the militants were moving or it was a military convoy. Decisions had to be made on the fly.

In an open group, consisting of 10 fighters, could not act, since at least 40 people were traveling in the caravan. It was also dangerous to start fire to kill - the vehicles could end up with servicemen or Ingush security forces. The soldiers knew that Basayev's truck was packed with shells, so even a small impact on it was enough for a powerful explosion. Based on these data, a decision was made. The group ambushed the intersection, and the sniper fired only one shot at the truck from a large-caliber sniper rifle (12.7 mm). This was enough for the shells to work: a powerful explosion occurred, which covered most of the vehicles from the convoy. However, two of them, driving behind, did not suffer so much, they turned around and left.

"Terrorism as Advertising"

The soldiers of the search and ambush group, having completed the task, did not approach the scene of the incident, but left through the forest. The information was transmitted to the units of the internal troops located nearby (in Troitsk), which moved to the scene of the explosion early in the morning. By that time, information had already begun to arrive that Shamil Basayev might be among the dead. Indeed, among the bodies of the militants, remains were found in one of the cars, which were identified as belonging to Shamil Basayev. This is how the Russian "terrorist number 1" ended his life.

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The head of the FSB noted that the event to liquidate Basayev "became possible due to the fact that an operational preparatory base was created, primarily in those countries where weapons were assembled, which were subsequently shipped to the militants in Russia."
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In Ingushetia, on the night of July 10, as a result of a special operation, Shamil Basayev and a number of bandits were killed, FSB Director Nikolai Patrushev reported on Monday to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Patrushev said that these bandits "were preparing for a terrorist act in Ingushetia." The FSB director emphasized that the bandits "were going to use this sabotage and terrorist act in order to put pressure on the Russian leadership during the period when the G8 summit was planned," Interfax reports.

Meanwhile, the Ingush security officials say that there could have been a self-detonation. However, they might not have known about the FSB's special operation, which, according to Patrushev, was being prepared ahead of time, at the stage of making weapons sold to the militants.

According to the head of the FSB, the event to liquidate Basayev "became possible due to the fact that an operational preparatory base was created, primarily in those countries where weapons were assembled, which were subsequently shipped to the militants in Russia."

Chechen separatists confirm the death of Shamil Basayev. A message appeared on the militants' website in which Abu Umar, a representative of the military committee, said that "Shamil and our other brothers became martyrs," of course, "by the will of Allah."

At the same time, the separatists claim that "there was no special operation": Basayev "died as a result of an accidental spontaneous explosion of a truck with explosives" (i.e., as follows from this version, Basayev was blown up by Allah himself - approx. site). The report also confirms the deaths of three more militants.

For his part, Vladimir Putin congratulated "all the employees of the special forces who prepared and carried out this operation." "This is a well-deserved retribution for the bandits for our children in Beslan, in Budennovsk, for all the terrorist attacks they committed in Moscow, in other regions of Russia, including Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic," Putin said.

He instructed Patrushev to prepare a proposal for nominating those intelligence officers who prepared and carried out this operation for awards.

At the same time, the President stressed: "We are well aware that the terrorist threat is still very great, and attention to this area should not be weakened, it is necessary to strengthen and increase the effectiveness of activities in this area."

Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika told Interfax that the criminal case against the terrorist Shamil Basayev would be dropped on non-rehabilitating grounds in connection with his death. "After the completion of all research: forensic medicine, as well as personal identification, a procedural decision will be made - to terminate the criminal case in connection with the death of the accused for non-rehabilitating circumstances," Chaika said on Monday in Rostov-on-Don.

Basayev was on the wanted list of Russian law enforcement agencies after the attack on Budennovsk by a bandit group headed by him. Since 1999, he has been included in the international wanted list by Interpol as one of the most famous Russian terrorists. Later, he was also charged in absentia with organizing a series of the most bloody terrorist attacks, including the attack on the Beslan school, the hostage-taking in the theater center on Dubrovka, the explosions of apartment buildings in Moscow and Volgodonsk, and a number of others.

The fact of the destruction of Shamil Basayev will be confirmed by a genetic examination, a high-ranking source in the security forces of the Southern Federal District told RIA Novosti by telephone. "Although the special services have one hundred percent confidence that Basayev was killed, his destruction will be confirmed. The remains of the terrorist will be delivered to one of the medical laboratories, where an appropriate examination will be carried out," the source said. According to him, the genetic examination will take about a week.

Basayev's body was identified by fragments. He died in a violent explosion. He was identified by his head. "The body of the terrorist was decapitated by the explosion, however, according to the characteristic signs, it was assumed that it was none other than Shamil Basayev," a source told RIA Novosti.

Basayev died in the explosion of a KamAZ car, which occurred early Monday morning. “It was next to this KamAZ that there were several cars in which there were militants, including Basayev,” Deputy Prime Minister of Ingushetia Bashir Aushev, who is in charge of the power unit, said today. He noted that it took a long time to prepare the operation to liquidate Basayev.

Earlier it was reported that in the vicinity of the village of Ekazhevo, Nazran district of Ingushetia, during a special operation to eliminate the militants, a KamAZ filled with explosives spontaneously exploded. According to the FSB, the militants were heading to one of the regions of Ingushetia to commit a major terrorist act, namely, to detonate a car filled with explosives. Chechen separatists have confirmed the deaths of four militants through their website.

Basayev's body was found by FSB officers after a truck was blown up. The column was accompanied by three cars, one of which was Basayev.

As noted by Aushev, experts knew Basayev's distinctive features - a characteristic beard and a prosthesis instead of one leg. "All the characteristic features were found," Aushev emphasized.

The force of this explosion was such that only a few fragments of the body remained from the truck. Passenger cars can be identified as Zhiguli vehicles.

Apparently, the Russian special services have begun preparations for this operation abroad. This version is also confirmed by the head of the FSB, who said that the event to liquidate Basayev "became possible due to the fact that an operational preparatory base was created, primarily in those countries where weapons were assembled, which were subsequently shipped to the militants in Russia." It is possible that a certain device was installed in advance in the weapon that the militants were transporting, which, on command, was detonated.

Meanwhile, according to the FSB of Ingushetia, the explosives in the car could detonate as a result of careless handling, ITAR-TASS reports. The explosion power was equal to 100 kg in TNT equivalent. According to local security officials, the explosion killed three to five more people in addition to Basayev.

According to the Russian First Channel, the death of the famous terrorist Shamil Basayev could have been a pinpoint missile strike. "According to our information, Shamil Basayev was destroyed by a precision missile strike, like Dzhokhar Dudayev," the channel's correspondent said.

According to the information given in the TV report, the militants were killed in a powerful explosion. This explosion also caused the destruction of part brick house... In addition, from the truck, which was in the zone of the explosion, "only the chassis remained and from the cars - the hulls." At the scene of the explosion, four bodies and many fragments of bodies were found, according to the TV channel.

According to him, at about 01:00 on Monday, a convoy of three cars, led by a truck loaded with explosives, stopped on the outskirts of the village of Ekazhevo in Ingushetia. "As soon as the bandits got out of the car to reload their weapons, there was an explosion. The bandits were killed on the spot," the TV report said.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister of Ingushetia Bashir Aushev, together with Basayev, five more militants were killed during the special operation. "All those killed are the very top of the terrorists who were preparing sabotage. The most odious figures in the bandit formations," he said.

According to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, Beslan Khamkhoyev, during a special operation to eliminate the leader of the militants, Shamil Basayev, about 10 militants were killed. "There was a powerful explosion. Everyone who was within the radius of the explosion was smeared. There are already four bodies of militants in the morgue. According to operational data, the total number of killed militants can reach 10 people," Khamkhoev said.

Thus, three main scenarios for Basayev's death took shape in the media. Two of them are based on FSB reports, according to which it was a special operation by the Russian special services. However, its details were not disclosed, so the media began to build versions: either a microchip with a detonator somewhere in a truck with a weapon, or targeted elimination by a missile strike - by analogy with the elimination of Dzhokhar Dudayev. The third option is the banal carelessness of handling weapons, it was announced by the security forces in Ingushetia, after which the separatists themselves picked it up.

DSP FSB reported that as a result of a special operation in Ingushetia, in addition to Basayev, 12 more militants were killed. Ali Taziev, known under the nickname "Magas", was identified among the killed militants.

"Some of them have already been identified. These are well-known members of illegal armed groups Tarkhan Ganizhev, Isa Kushtov and Ali Taziev, known under the nickname" Magas ", - quotes the message of the Russian FSB ITAR-TASS.

"Magas", also known by the name of Yevloyev, according to the testimony of witnesses, participated in the seizure of the school in Beslan, but the investigation declared him dead. The militant "resurrected" after he claimed responsibility for the murder of Dzhabrail Kostoyev, deputy head of the Ingush Interior Ministry. 6 more people also became victims of the terrorist attack in Nazran on May 17.

On the eve it became known that Shamil Basayev officially thanked the Iraqi militants for the destruction of the staff of the Russian embassy in Baghdad. Earlier, the leadership of the Chechen separatists in every possible way distanced themselves from the murder of Russians in Iraq. In particular, the head of the Foreign Ministry of the so-called Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Akhmed Zakayev, called the ultimatum of the Iraqi al-Qaeda "a provocation of the Russian special services."

As indicated on the Kavkaz Center website, Basayev points out in a telegram for the media: “The mujahideen of the Caucasus express their deep gratitude to those who killed Russian spy diplomats in Iraq. -President of CRI Zelimkhan Yandarbiev ".

Chechen separatists have not yet confirmed the death of Basayev, but they also cannot refute these reports - so Akhmet Zakayev, emissary of the Chechen separatists in London, told Echo of Moscow. In his opinion, if Basayev is destroyed, this will not affect the situation in Chechnya and the North Caucasus as a whole.

"As long as the Chechen people exist, until mutually acceptable relations between Russia and Chechnya are normally determined, this cannot lead to a long-term and promising peace," Zakayev said.

"This conflict initially began as a purely political conflict, which turned into violence," he noted. According to him, "the prerogative to end and start wars has always remained with Russia, and now nothing has changed. Neither the death of Basayev, nor the death of Maskhadov, Dudayev, Saydulaev and other Chechens and Russians who die in vain in this senseless massacre cannot solve this problem ".

As for the information about Basayev’s death, Zakayev said that he didn’t know anything about it for certain. He said that he learned about everything from the media. "I do not believe in any operation carried out by Patrushev and his colleagues," he said, "I think it was a fatal accident."

Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov is convinced that the terrorist leader Shamil Basayev, who was killed in Ingushetia, was "never a Muslim or a believer." "It was a jackal, and he died like a jackal, and his body was collected in pieces," Kadyrov said.

He again expressed regret that it was others, not him, who succeeded in destroying Shamil Basayev. "Basayev was not only terrorist number 1, but also my personal enemy, through whose fault 420 of my closest associates, relatives and friends were killed," Kadyrov told reporters in Gudermes.

He noted that "Basayev was the only person in the world who took responsibility for the death of Akhmad Kadyrov." “It never occurred to anyone else to declare that he organized and carried out a terrorist attack against President Kadyrov. the monster did not go to the next world with my help, "the Chechen prime minister said, noting that he dreamed of" strangling him with his own hands. "

At the same time, Kadyrov believes that "the destruction of Sh.Basayev will not have any effect on the situation in Chechnya." "The Chechen people have long forgotten about Basayev and are busy building a peaceful life. Basayev had absolutely no influence on the situation in Chechnya, even being alive, since he was running outside Chechnya, and we talked about it," said the head of the Chechen government.

Kadyrov stressed that he was not aware of the specific details of the operation, although "he was informed about Basayev's destruction in the afternoon."

Speaking about Basayev's role, he stressed that Basayev and Abdulkhalim Saidulaev "were strong and main recruiters of youth in illegal armed groups." "They fraudulently involved young people in illegal armed groups, and they killed those who tried to return home if they succeeded," Kadyrov said.

“I wanted to find him for five years, I ran after him through the mountains and in the forest, but knowing this, he was afraid to appear in Chechnya, but the end for the terrorists, no matter where they hide - in Chechnya, Russia or abroad, will similar, and no one will mourn them, "Kadyrov said.

According to the President of the Chechen Republic Alu Alkhanova, the elimination of Basayev puts an end to the counter-terrorist operation on the territory of Chechnya. "I believe that today can be considered a date logical conclusion the hardest fight against illegal armed groups, which was carried out by special services, federal forces and law enforcement agencies, "Alkhanov emphasized.

He noted that Basayev got what he deserved over the past 15 years, committing one bloody terrorist attack after another. Alkhanov noted that today's operation should once again sober the heads of those who are plotting evil. "They were taught a lesson that clearly shows that not a single terrorist will be able to escape retaliation," Alkhanov emphasized.

Head of the Government of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov regrets that he himself did not participate in the operation to destroy Shamil Basayev. “The elimination of Basayev is undoubtedly the success of the security forces,” he said, commenting on the information about the destruction of one of the leaders of the terrorists in the North Caucasus. “There is a lot of blood on him, he brought a lot of grief and suffering to both the Chechen people and other peoples of Russia. success of power structures ".

The Chechen prime minister said in an interview to Interfax about Basayev: "It was a jackal, and he died like a jackal, and his body was collected in pieces." According to Kadyrov, Basayev "was never a Muslim or a believer." "Basayev was not only terrorist number 1, but also my personal enemy, through whose fault 420 of my closest associates, relatives and friends were killed," the prime minister said.

Kadyrov recalled that Basayev was known for his connections with international terrorists, including Al-Qaeda and other international terrorist organizations. He expressed satisfaction with the fact that society "has lost one of the perpetrators of the events that have taken place on the territory of Chechnya in recent years."

Former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Director of the FSB Sergey Stepashin, now head of the RF Audit Chamber, believes that the destruction of the terrorist Shamil Basayev means a new qualitative stage in the work of the Russian special services.

"For me, Basayev, one might say, was a bloodline. What he did in Budennovsk was a strong blow to the country. The destruction of Basayev is a fundamental turning point in the fight against terrorism in general," Stepashin told Interfax on Monday.

"The destruction of Basayev also means a new qualitative stage in the work of the Russian special services, and as a former director of the FSB, I want to sincerely congratulate my colleagues on their success," he stressed.

The elimination of one of the most famous terrorists, Shamil Basayev, is the most significant result of the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya, according to the majority of the State Duma deputies polled on Monday. First Vice Speaker State Duma Love Slisk stressed that the news of the destruction of Basayev and other Chechen militants "is of particular importance also because this impressive victory in the fight against terrorism was achieved on the eve of the G8 summit."

As the head of the security committee said Vladimir Vasiliev, "the destruction of Basayev is a vivid example of the fact that terrorism should be punished by the methods that the state has at its disposal." "The special services work systematically, effectively solving their tasks," the deputy stressed.

The committee of the chamber on international affairs regards Basayev's liquidation "as one of the most outstanding successes of the Russian special services." "The exact formulation of the activities of this terrorist was given by Ramzan Kadyrov. Basayev could only be cured by a bullet," said the first deputy chairman of the committee. Leonid Slutsky... "This is one of the most significant results in the conduct of the counter-terrorist operation," he said.

Slutsky believes that with the death of the leader of the Chechen militants, the bandit formations in the republic will be disoriented, which will have a positive effect on the settlement of the situation in the entire North Caucasus region. "The actions of our special services will be approved by the international community. The G8 summit in St. Petersburg will now be held in a calm atmosphere," the deputy head of the committee is sure.

The first deputy chairman of the security committee called the news of the elimination of Basayev a strong blow to the terrorist underground Mikhail Grishankov... He believes that the elimination of Basayev, in particular, will undermine the financing of militants in Chechnya, as well as "undermine the chain of ties with international terrorism." "There is no doubt that such a great victory for the Russian special services will play a huge role in stabilizing the situation in Chechnya. After Basayev's destruction, the situation in the republic cannot but stabilize," Grishankov said.

The elimination of the leader of the militants, Shamil Basayev, is greeted by the leaders of the democratic parties. "If Basayev is really destroyed, this is undoubtedly a plus for our special services, this is their merit and victory," the chairman of the Federal Political Council of the Union of Right Forces told Interfax on Monday Nikita Belykh.

In turn, the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party gave a similar assessment. "Of course, this is the success of the special services, and we need to talk about it directly," he said. Sergey Ivanenko.

Leader of the Free Russia Party Alexander Ryavkin believes that "this operation shows that our special services are slowly but surely moving towards the final completion of the anti-terrorist operation in Chechnya." "Of course, the elimination of the ringleader inflicts a serious blow on the entire organization, although some field commanders are still trying to continue their activities," Ryavkin said.

At the same time, Belykh and Ivanenko expressed the opinion that with the destruction of Basayev, one can hardly say that the situation in Chechnya will immediately improve. "The question of personalities is very important, but it is not the only one. Therefore, it is hardly worth predicting that everything will work out in the republic," Belykh said.

"The problems of Chechnya have too deep roots, and it will not be possible to get out of this situation in this way. We need to deal with economic and social issues, create a round table of all leading Chechen politicians and try to wash away the blood that has been shed there in recent years," - said Ivanenko.

Speaker of the Federation Council Sergey Mironov I am sure that the elimination of the terrorist Shamil Basayev by the special services will help improve the situation in the North Caucasus in general and in Chechnya and Ingushetia in particular.

"I congratulate our special services on this success. Basayev was perceived as a kind of banner by various terrorists and terrorist groups, and this murderer of children suffered a well-deserved and just punishment," Mironov told reporters.

He stressed that the special services, having eliminated Basayev, thereby implemented one of the essential principles- the inevitability of punishment. "Any crime against Russian citizens, against the state must be punished, and this is a signal to all those who try to encroach on it," Mironov stressed.

At the same time, in his opinion, it is too early to calm down in connection with the elimination of Basayev, and it is necessary to continue the fight against terrorism, including against its ideologists and organizers. "The elimination of Basayev is evidence of the coordination of the activities of our special services and their coordinated work," concluded Mironov.

President of the Politics Foundation Vyacheslav Nikonov predicts that the elimination of the leader of the militants Shamil Basayev will lead to the strengthening of power in Chechnya. "In fact, the situation has already been largely normalized, but with the destruction of this odious figure (Basayev), the position of the authorities in the region will further strengthen," Nikonov told Interfax.

He believes that the heads of seven leading countries of the world will congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin on this event. "The only influence this news can have on the G8 summit is that the leaders of the world's leading countries will congratulate Vladimir Putin on the destruction of the major international terrorist and terrorist number one in Russia, Shamil Basayev," the political scientist said.

At the same time, the political scientist stressed that Basayev was not only a symbol, but also a real figure, "who is responsible for a large number of terrorist attacks throughout our country, the death of thousands of people."

The destruction of Shamil Basayev "puts an end to the organized resistance of bandit formations not only in Chechnya, but throughout the North Caucasus," said the head of the analytical department of the Institute of Political and Military Analysis Alexander Khramchikhin... "The destruction of Basayev is a heavy blow to the terrorist resistance. There is no need to talk about any organized resistance of the bandit formations," Khramchikhin said.

At the same time, the expert expressed the opinion that the elimination of Basayev on the eve of the G8 meeting may indicate that the Russian special services kept the movement of this odious militant under control. “Apparently, the special services knew where Basayev was, monitored his movements and destroyed him at the right moment, from a political point of view,” Khramchikhin said.

In turn, Vice President of the Academy of Geopolitical Problems Konstantin Sivkov stated that "with the elimination of Shamil Basayev, radical extremism in the North Caucasus has lost its spiritual banner and a talented military leader." According to the expert, the militants are unlikely to be able to compensate for this loss. "They will, of course, look for a replacement for him, but it will be difficult for the militants to make up for this loss," Sivkov said.

The destruction of Basayev will lead to the destruction of almost the entire control system of the remnants of bandit formations in the North Caucasus, said in turn the head of the Center for Military Forecasting Anatoly Tsyganok on Monday. "Basayev was in control of many operations carried out by Chechen bandit groups. If we take into account his leading role in planning and coordinating most terrorist sabotage operations, then we can say that the control over the actions of the remnants of bandit formations in Chechnya is practically destroyed," Tsyganok said.

The penultimate so-called president of Ichkeria Abdul-Halim Saidulaev liquidated in the Chechen city of Argun. When working out operational information, police officers special purpose No. 2 named after Akhmad Kadyrov and the Argun ROVD established Saydulaev's whereabouts and, meeting armed resistance, destroyed him. Saidulaev's place was taken by Doku Umarov.

Their predecessor Aslan Maskhadov destroyed as a result of a special operation by the Russian FSB in the Chechen village of Tolstoy-Yurt on March 8, 2005. Maskhadov was involved in many terrorist attacks against the civilian population and servicemen of the Russian troops, in particular, the seizure of the Theater Center on Dubrovka in October 2002. In addition, he claimed responsibility for the Mi-26 military transport helicopter shot down on August 19, 2002 (more than 120 servicemen were killed). He was also charged with an armed attack on Ingushetia and Grozny in the summer of 2004, including a hostage-taking in Beslan.

One of the leaders of the Chechen militants Ruslan Gelaev was destroyed in 2004. During the conduct of hostilities in Chechnya, he was the commander of the Shatoevsky garrison, the commander of the "Abkhazian battalion". In January 1996, Gelayev was appointed commander of the so-called South-Western zone of militant resistance.

One of the leaders of the Chechen separatists Zelimkhan Yandarbiev, who lived in Qatar, died in a car bomb explosion on 13 February 2004. On suspicion of the murder of Yandarbiev, two Russian intelligence officers, Anatoly Belashkov and Vasily Bogachev, were arrested. Russian intelligence services have denied allegations of involvement in the assassination attempt.

Emir Ibn Al Khattab destroyed on March 20, 2002 as a result of a special operation by the FSB. Khattab was directly involved in the preparation and attack on Grozny in August 1996, in the terrorist attack in Buinaksk on December 22, 1997. The militants of his detachment took part in the terrorist attack in Budennovsk.

Deputy Shamil Basayev for intelligence and sabotage work Aslanbek Abdukhadzhiev destroyed in August 2002. As part of the gangs of Basayev and Raduev, he took part in armed attacks on the cities of Budennovsk and Kizlyar. He personally developed plans for sabotage and terrorist activities.

Action movie Turpal-Ali Atgeriev- a former employee of the 21st company of the traffic police in Grozny - during the hostilities he was the commander of the Novogrozny regiment, which, together with Salman Raduyev, participated in the Kizlyar and May Day events. On December 25, 2002, the Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced Atgeriev to 15 years in prison for participating in the attack on the Dagestani city of Kizlyar in January 1996. Died on August 18, 2002.

Nephew of the Chechen field commander Arbi Barayev Movsar Baraev accused of organizing attacks on federal columns and a series of explosions in Grozny, Urus-Martan and Gudermes. In October 2002, terrorists led by Movsar Barayev seized the building of the House of Culture of the State Bearing Plant on Melnikov Street (Theater Center on Dubrovka) during the 'Nord-Ost' musical. Spectators and actors (up to 1000 people) were taken hostage. On October 26, the hostages were released, Movsar Barayev and 43 terrorists were killed.

Salman Raduev in 1996-1997 he repeatedly took responsibility for the terrorist acts committed on the territory of Russia and made threats against Russia. In 1998 he claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt on Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze. He also took responsibility for the explosions at the stations in Armavir and Pyatigorsk. On March 12, 2000, he was captured in the village of Novogroznensky during a special operation by FSB officers. Died on December 14, 2002.

Chechen field commander Arbi Baraev destroyed in June 2001 in the ancestral village of Alkhan-Kala and Kulary by a special combined detachment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB. Baraev was suspected of organizing the abductions of FSB officers Gribov and Lebedinsky, the plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in Chechnya Vlasov, employees of the Red Cross, as well as the murder of four citizens of Great Britain and New Zealand (Peter Kennedy, Darren Hickey, Rudolf Pestchi and Stanley Shaw). The Interior Ministry has put Barayev on the federal wanted list in a criminal case on the abduction in Chechnya of NTV TV journalists - Masyuk, Mordyukov, Olchev and OPT TV journalists - Bogatyrev and Chernyaev. In total, on his personal account, the death of about two hundred Russians - military personnel and civilians.

Native of saudi arabia Abu Umar- one of the most famous assistants of Khattab, killed on July 11, 2001 in the village of Mayrup of the Shali region during a special operation by the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. He mined the approaches to Grozny in 1995, took part in organizing the explosions in Buinaksk in 1998. Organized an explosion in Volgograd on May 31, 2000, in which two people died and 12 were wounded.

One of the leaders of the Chechen gangs Magomad Tsagaraev was the deputy of Movzan Akhmadov and directly supervised military operations; was the closest confidant of Khattab. Killed on July 23, 2001.

On August 13, 2001, during a special operation in the Vedeno region of Chechnya, field commanders were killed Malik Abdula and Salam Abdula.

Field commander Shamil Iriskhanov destroyed on November 3, 2001 in Chechnya during a special operation. Together with Basayev, he took part in the raid on Budenovsk and the taking of hostages there in the city hospital in 1995. He led a detachment of about a hundred militants in the summer of 2001, after his elder brother, the so-called Brigadier General Khizir Iriskhanov, Basayev's first deputy, was killed in a special operation. "For the operation" in Budennovsk of the Iriskhanov brothers, Dzhokhar Dudayev awarded them "the highest order of" Ichkeria "-" the honor of the nation. "

Ruslan Khaikharoev- a well-known Chechen field commander, a former employee of Dudaev's personal security. It is assumed that he was involved in the disappearance of the journalists of the newspaper "Nevskoe Vremya" Maxim Shablin and Felix Titov, and was also the customer of two explosions in Moscow trolleybuses on July 11 and 12, 1996. Charged with organizing the explosion of an intercity passenger bus in Nalchik. Organizer of the kidnapping on May 1, 1998 of the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in Chechnya Valentin Vlasov. He died in September 1999 in a regional hospital in the city of Urus-Martan, Chechen Republic.

In April 1996, the president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria was tracked by radiotelephone and destroyed by a targeted missile strike Dzhokhar Dudaev.

On Thursday, June 7, the domestic action movie "The Decision on Liquidation" will be released in Russia. The picture is based on real events: the special operations of the Federal Security Service for the search and destruction of the leader of the terrorists Shamil Basayev.

The antihero "Decision to liquidate" is called differently - Shamil Bazgaev. By this step, the creators of the picture emphasize: the film is not a documentary reconstruction of those events, but the truth and fiction in it are combined in about the same amount.

“We want as many viewers as possible to see this story. And simple operational work from the outside may seem boring in a sense. Moreover, this is just an everyday feat, an intellectual effort, the solution of unsolvable problems! .. I wanted to make it interesting. Therefore, the ratio of truth and fiction is 50 to 50, ”director Alexander Aravin explained the position of the film crew.

According to him, the image of the protagonist is collective, and in the events described there are elements of real operations that took place at that time in the Caucasus.

According to the plot the main character, FSB officer Yegor, comes to the Caucasus to find and eliminate terrorist leader Bazgaev. Lame, as the police officers call the militant among themselves, Yegor once saw live - at that meeting Bazgaev killed his young partner.

The operative does not plan to return to those places - on the contrary, he wants to forget what happened. But colleagues say: "It is necessary." After all, everything indicates that the militants are preparing another attack.

Indeed, terrorists use all sorts of resources to raise a large sum for the purchase military equipment, which would allow to shoot down the plane of the Russian president during the summit of leaders of states in St. Petersburg. It is these weapons that the special services must intercept.

Special services help

To make everything that happens on the screen look authentic, the filmmakers asked the FSB for help: the filmmakers were advised by real operatives who were directly involved in the operation to liquidate Basayev.

“We were helped by employees of the special services and, in fact, the very people who were involved in the operation. It was very useful and very important for the actors and the director, for everyone. Therefore, in my opinion, the film has that certainty that many films lack, ”said the film's producer Karen Shakhnazarov.

According to him, people associate the phrase "our special services" with something formidable, large and inanimate. However, the main advantage of this picture is precisely the demonstration of real, living people who sometimes perish while doing their duty.

“This picture is not based on motives. This film adaptation is perfect, in my opinion, extraordinary operation, which was carried out by our special services, "- said the producer.

"We go to work, and they go to the feat"

As Alexander Aravin told RT, it was Shakhnazarov who had the idea to make a film on such a topic. And the director was chosen, probably based on experience: in the filmography of Aravin, there are already several films related to intelligence officers.

“It was incredibly interesting to me. It was always interesting for me to tell about these people. You know, the better they work, the less we know about them. This does not negate their courage, heroism, and intellectual efforts. And I would like to tell about them and, in a sense, bow to them for our quiet life. These are the same people as we are, only ... we go to work, and they go to the feat, ”said the director.

• Shot from the film "The decision to liquidate"

Aravin admits that while working on the film, he made some discoveries regarding the life of special forces officers:

“They seem to be such people of“ cloak and dagger ”. So focused, somewhat invisible. We saw people, beautiful both externally and internally, who perceive and love this life. And you discover the story that only if you love life very much, then you can sacrifice something for it. Sometimes life itself. "

It was much more difficult for the creators of the picture to understand the motivation of the terrorists. Especially after visiting the school and the memorial cemetery in Beslan.

“Because it is somewhere beyond the bounds. This is something that is beyond human comprehension. In order to comprehend this, you need to become a beast yourself, ”the director explains. But he immediately adds: what happened in North Ossetia testifies to the fact that "the misanthropic philosophy of these fighters is not clear why" is not viable, and people who can bring pain to an entire people are doomed to lose.

Soslan Fidarov, who played the role of Bazgaev's closest assistant, emphasizes: he wanted to show the audience what should not be done and how not to live. While working for set it wasn't easy. Largely because Fidarov is a native of Ossetia, and he had to play a man who harmed his people.

“You see, every step you take you feel that you are a villain. He is also a scoundrel, whom everyone knows and who brought a lot of evil to the people. It's very difficult, ”said the actor.

• Shot from the film "The decision to liquidate"

Basayev organized a number of high-profile terrorist attacks on the territory of Russia. He claimed responsibility for the seizure of school No. 1 in Beslan, the hostage-taking at the Theater Center on Dubrovka, the explosion at the Dynamo stadium in Grozny, which killed the President of the Chechen Republic Akhmat Kadyrov, and about ten other high-profile terrorist attacks.

In 2006, a terrorist was killed in the Nazran region of Ingushetia: FSB officers organized the explosion of a truck with weapons and ammunition, which was accompanied by Basayev.

Basayev Shamil Salmanovich is a Chechen terrorist who died in July 2006. In the early 2000s, the name of Basayev thundered all over the world, he was one of the most dangerous wanted criminals.

Childhood and youth

Basaev Shamil Salmanovich (Abdallah Shamil Abu-Idris) was born on January 14, 1965. From birth he lived in the village of Dyshne-Vedeno, in the Vedensky region, the Chechen Republic. Since 1970, the family moved to the village of Ermolovskaya.

Parents - Salman Basayev and Nura Basaeva - raised four children. In 1999, the youngest of the boys, Islam, died of poisoning. Another, Shirvani, participated in the First Chechen war, was involved in hostilities against Russia, was present at negotiations between representatives of Chechnya and Russia.

After the defense of Grozny, information appeared about the serious injury of Shirvani Basayev, which led to a fatal outcome. Officially, this information has not been confirmed anywhere. Later, sources wrote that the wound was not fatal, and the Chechen himself lives in Turkey.

Shamil Basayev studied in high school until 1982, and then worked as a handyman, moving to the village of Aksayskoye (Volgograd region). In 1983, Shamil Salmanovich was drafted into the Soviet army and served for two years. After the army, Basayev came to Moscow to enter Moscow State University.

Three attempts to become a law student were unsuccessful. In 1987, Shamil was already a first-year student at the Moscow Institute of Land Management Engineers, but a year later he was expelled.

In the capital, Basayev moonlighted as a controller and a security guard. He headed a department at the Vostok-Alpha firm. According to some reports, since 1989, Shamil has been a student at the Istanbul Islamic University. In 1991, he was seen in an operation to protect the White House in support of the GKChP coup. Later he returned to Chechnya.

Terrorism

Since 1991, Basayev was listed in the troops of the KNK (Conference of the Peoples of the Caucasus). In the summer of the same year, he became the founder of the Vedeno armed group, which guarded the buildings during meetings of the congresses of the Confederation of the Peoples of the Caucasus. Later, Shamil Salmanovich added his name to the list of candidates for the presidency of Chechnya. In 1991 he became the first president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI).

After the announcement of the election results, under the leadership of Shamil Basayev, a group was functioning to defend the interests of the new head of the CRI. In November 1991, the name of Shamil Salmanovich Basayev appeared in the case of the hijacking of a Tu-154 passenger plane. The device was transported to Turkey from the airport of Mineralnye Vody.

In 1992, as the commander of the National Guard company, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Basayev's views on the independence of Chechnya were being formed. It is known that Shamil Salmanovich did not agree with the position of the president, taking the neutral side.

The war in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict between Basayev and an army of 5 thousand people went through with particular cruelty and a large number of victims. However, the world recognized the name of Shamil Basayev in 1995 in connection with the events in Budennovsk.

A terrorist with an armed detachment seized a hospital building in Budennovsk (Stavropol Territory), and 1,600 people were taken prisoner. Basayev got the decision to release the group from the city. At that time, 415 people were injured, 129 died.

In 1999, Shamil's detachment visited Dagestan, which marked the beginning of the Second Chechen Campaign. The biography of a terrorist could have been cut short in the early 2000s during the passage of the group through a mined field from the city of Grozny. Basayev's leg was amputated and was able to save his life. This incident was followed by a series of new terrorist acts already on the territory of Russia.

Shamil Salmanovich's group was involved in taking hostages at the Theater Center on Dubrovka (2002), organized an explosion at the Dynamo stadium in Grozny. Then, on May 9, 2004, during a terrorist act, the acting president of the Chechen Republic died.

The loudest terrorist act, the involvement in the organization of which Shamil Basayev did not deny, was the tragedy in Beslan. In 2004, on September 1, terrorists attacked the first school. The death toll is 333 people.

In 2005, the Basayev group tried to seize the city of Nalchik. Fierce battles led to losses and defeat of Basayev's detachment, which immediately began to prepare a new sabotage.

Personal life

There is no reliable information about the wives of Basayev Shamil Salmanovich. According to Wikipedia, it is known that the terrorist had five wives and five children. The first time Basayev married an Abkhaz girl who gave birth to him a boy and a girl. Before the start of the Second Chechen campaign, the mother and two children left in an unknown direction. It was reported that the location could be in Turkey, Holland or Azerbaijan.

The second wife is Indira Dzhenia. In marriage, she gave birth to his daughter, and then also before the Second Chechen campaign left the house of Shamil Basayev, returning home to the village of Lykhny (Abkhazia). In 2000, the terrorist had a third wife. Five years later, information about two other wives became known: a Kuban Cossack woman and Elina Erseonoeva from Grozny.

Death of Shamil Basayev

Over the long period of the existence of terrorist groups under the leadership of Shamil Basayev, the media searched for information about their leader and more than once came across information about his death, but Basayev himself denied reports of death. From 2005 to 2006, employees of law enforcement agencies (FSB, Ministry of Internal Affairs) managed to find and neutralize the leaders of dangerous organizations and go on the trail of Basayev.

In 2006, FSB officers organized a special operation, as a result of which the militants and their leader Shamil Basayev were killed.

In 2010, excerpts from Basayev's letter to were made public, in which the terrorist denies the correctness of the ideology of the Russian people. Dmitry Babich, a RIA Novosti columnist who once had an interview with Basayev, believes that the terrorist's actions are aimed at expanding the territory of Chechnya in exchange for the safety of the Russian people.

A documentary about Shamil Basayev

The journalist believes that after numerous terrorist acts, Shamil Basayev no longer had complete control over his "co-religionists." This is due to the tragedy in Beslan. After the attack on the school building, many of Basayev's defenders recognized him as a terrorist.

For a long time after the death of Shamil Basayev, security officials were waiting for the next announcement that the terrorist had survived. However, the events of 2006 really put an end to the activities of the Basayev group.

Act of terrorism

• 1995 - Capture of the city of Buddenovsk
• 2001 - Kidnapping of Kenneth Gluck
• 2002 - Taking hostages at the Theater Center on Dubrovka
• 2002 - Explosion of a truck near the Government House in Grozny
• 2004 - Explosion of several transmission towers
• 2004 - Explosion at the Dynamo stadium in Grozny
• 2004 - Explosions of two passenger airliners "Tu-134" and "Tu-154"
• 2004 - Seizure of the school in Beslan