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| FSB arrests those involved in the attack on paratroopers in Chechnya in 2000 |
| 2025-12-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The FSB released footage of the arrest of members of the gang of Shamil Basayev and Amir Khattab, who took part in the attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya in 2000. The corresponding video was released on December 4 by the FSB Public Relations Center (PRC). On December 2, in cooperation with the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian National Guard, three men were detained at their residences in Karachay-Cherkessia, Tatarstan, and the Smolensk region. They have been charged with banditry, armed rebellion, and attempted murder of a service member. Those detained are 49-year-old Russians Rustam Murzagishiev and Ilkhom Shukurov, as well as Ukrainian citizen and serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Chingiz Savchenko. On December 3, the Southern District Military Court found a member of the Basayev and Khattab gang guilty of attacking Russian troops in Dagestan in 1999 and sentenced him to nine years in prison. The defendant was Albert Elakayev, a resident of the village of Kara-Tyube in Stavropol Krai (he is listed as an extremist and terrorist by Rosfinmonitoring). Militants attacked soldiers of the 6th Company, 104th Regiment, 76th Pskov Airborne Division on February 29, 2000. The attack took place in a mountainous, wooded area near the village of Ulus-Kert in the Shatoi District of Chechnya and lasted until the morning of March 1. Eighty-four soldiers were killed and four more were wounded. Related: Shamil Basayev 08/09/2025 'Basically a Turkish organization.' Why Damir Mukhetdinov was fined Shamil Basayev 08/01/2025 Stavropol resident gets long sentence in case of Basayev's attack on Dagestan Shamil Basayev 07/31/2025 Two participants in the attack on Pskov paratroopers were given 17 and 14 years in prison |
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