Social:List of Russian assassinations

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This is a list of people suspected or confirmed to have been assassinated by the government of the Russian Federation.[1][2] Some of the assassinations or targeted killings took place overseas.

Russian assassinations

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Target Position Date City Country Killed Injured Perpe­trators Method
Akhmadov brothers[3] Chechen generals and high-ranking military commanders 1999-2002 (7 brothers killed) Template:Country data Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 7 Targets Unknown FSB
Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 2000-05-17 Shali 1 (target) 0 Forcibly disappeared, possibly tortured to death.
Apti Abitayev[4] Prime suspect in the 1998 kidnapping incident 2001-05-06 Somewhere in Russia  Russia 1 (target) 0
Dzhokhar Dudayev President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 1996-04-21 Chechnya Template:Country data Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 1 (target) 0 Russian Air Force Attack by two laser-guided missiles.
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev 2004-02-13 Doha  Qatar 1 (target) 2 unconfirmed 1 SVR / GRU Explosive placed on private SUV.[5]
Aslan Maskhadov 2005-03-08 Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya  Russia 1 (target) FSB FSB special forces raid. Grenade thrown in hiding bunker.
Abdul-Halim Sadulayev 2006-06-17 Argun, Chechnya 9 (including target) 5 FSB police raid. Hand grenade thrown through window (disputed).[6][7]
Arbi Barayev Leader of Special Purpose Islamic Regiment 2001-06-22 Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya 18 (including target) Unknown FSB special forces raid. Possibly tortured to death.[8]
Ibn al-Khattab Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya 2002-03-20 Chechnya 1 (target) 0 Poisoning with poisoned letter.[9]
Abu al-Walid 2004-04-16 Chechnya 1 (target) 0 Ambushed by FSB snipers.[10]
Abu Hafs al-Urduni 2006-11-26 Chechnya 5 (including target) Unknown FSB Special forces raid.[11]
Muhannad 2011-04-21 Chechnya 2 (including target) Unknown FSB search & destroy operation.
Abdulla Kurd 2011-05-03 Chechnya 2 (including target) Unknown Shot during FSB scout operation.
Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister of Chechnya 2002-08-18 Yekaterinburg 1 (target) 0 Unknown Russian agents Possibly tortured to death.[12]
Salman Raduyev Chechen separatist warlord and rebel commander 2002-12-14 Solikamsk 1 (target) 0 Possibly executed in prison.[12]
Ruslan Gelayev Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya 2004-02-28 Bezhta, Dagestan (ru), Dagestan 35-40 (including target) Unknown Border Security Service Shot by rifle during gunfight, died from exsangui­nation after cutting off his hand.
Абу Умар Мухаммед ас-Сайяф (ru) Senior leader of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya and Ibn al-Khattab's deputy 2001-07-11 Mayrtup, Chechnya 1 (Target) Unknown
Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev Field commander of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and deputy of Shamil Basayev 2002-08-26 Shali 1 (Target) 0
Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi[13] One of the founders of EIJ and Al-Qaeda affiliate 2005-??-?? Chechnya 1 (Target) 0 FSB special forces raid.[14]
Magomedzagir Akayev Senior commander of Shariat Jamaat 2005-01-15 Kaspiysk, Dagestan 1 (Target) Unknown
Abu Omar al-Kuwaiti Al-Qaeda agent and involved in Beslan school siege 2005-02-16 Ingushetia 1 (Target) Unknown FSB special forces raid.[15]
Rizvan Chitigov Senior Chechen intelligence chief and alleged CIA agent 2005-03-23 Shali, Chechnya 1 (Target) Unknown FSB special forces raid.[16]
Akhmed Avdorkhanov Head of security for President Aslan Maskhadov 2005-09-19 Somewhere in Chechnya 1 (Target) Unknown FBS special forces raid.
Abu Omar al-Saif[17] Mufti of Arab fighters in Chechnya and Al-Qaeda affiliate 2005-12-10 Dagestan 1 (Target) Unknown
Shamil Basayev Senior Chechen military commander 2006-07-10 Ingushetia 1 (Target) Unknown Mine-explosive (possibly remotely detonated).[18]
Amir Khayrullah (Suleiman Imurzayev) Senior Chechen commander and prime suspect of the 2004 Grozny stadium bombing 2007-04-05 Grozny, Chechnya 1 (Target) Unknown
Khura-Magomed Ramazanov Senior Islamic cleric 2007-07-26 Makhachkala, Dagestan 1 (Target) Unknown
Ratmir Shameyev[19] Senior Chechen militants 2011-04-29 Progress, Stavropol Krai 9 (including 7 targets) Unknown Killed in gunfight.[20]
Aslanbek Khamurzov[19] 1 (Target) Unknown
Alexander Litvinenko Defected lieutenant colonel of FSB 2006-11-23 London  United Kingdom 1 (Target) 0 SVR Poisoning with radionuclide polonium-210.[21]
Umar Israilov Ex bodyguard of Ramzan Kadyrov / Critic of the Chechen government 2009-01-13 Vienna  Austria 1 (Target) 0 Shot twice in the head after trying to flee.[22]
Movladi Baisarov Ex commander of the Special Battalion Vostok 2006-11-18 Moscow  Russia 1 (Target) 0 Kadyrovtsy Shot by automatic weapons.
Sulim Yamadayev Lieutenant Colonel of Special Battalion Vostok 2009-03-28 (Died 03–30) Dubai  United Arab Emirates 1 (target) 1 Shot in the neck.
Said Buryatsky Commander of Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs's suicide bombers brigade 2010-03-02 Ekazhevo, Ingushetia  Russia 1 (Target) 0 FSB / MVD
Yassir al-Sudani Commander of Caucasus Emirate 2010-06-08 Vedeno, Chechnya 8 (including target) Unknown
Eldar Magatov[23] Senior Islamist militant 2014-01-21 likely Dagestan 1 (Target) Unknown Russian police and pro-government militia
Vakha Arsanov Vice president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 2005-05-15 Ivanovo 4 (including target) Unknown Either shot during gunfight or tortured to death in private prison.
Supyan Abdullayev 2011-03-28 Ingushetia 1 (Target) Unknown Russian Air Force Targeted airstrike.
Zaurbek Avdorkhanov[24] Field commander of Caucasus Emirate 2012-07-31 Galashki, Ingushetia 1 (Target) Unknown FSB
Ibragim Avdorkhanov[24] Chechen separatists and part of 2010 Tsentoroy attack 1 (Target) Unknown
Ayub Khaladov[24] 1 (Target) Unknown
Dokka Umarov Emir of the Caucasus Emirate 2013-09-07 Ingushetia 1 (Target) Unknown Poisoning.
Aliaskhab Kebekov 2015-04-19 Buynaksk, Dagestan 1 (Target) 0 FSB security forces raid.[25]
Magomed Suleimanov 2015-08-11 Gimry, Dagestan 1 (Target) 0 FSB security forces raid.[26]
Zalim Shebzukhov 2016-08-17 Saint Petersburg 3 (including target) 0 FSB security forces raid.[27]
Rasul Makasharipov Emir of Vilayat Dagestan 2005-07-06 Makhachkala, Dagestan 1 (Target) 0 FSB special forces raid.[28]
Anna Politkovskaya 2006 Russia 1 (Target) 0
Rappani Khalilov 2007-09-17 Novy Sulak, Dagestan 3 (including target) 12 FSB special forces raid. Killed by gunfight and/or collapse of residence by tanks.[29]
Abdul Madzhid 2008-09-07 Magaram­kentsky, Dagestan 2 (including target) Unknown Ambushed by FSB special forces.
Omar Sheikhulayev 2009-02-05 outside Makhachkala, Dagestan 1 (Target) 0 Killed in gunfight with FSB security forces.
Umalat Magomedov 2009-12-31 Khasavyurt, Dagestan 1 (Target) Unknown FSB security forces raid.
Magomed Vagabov 2010-08-21 Gunib, Dagestan 5 (including target) 0 FSB special forces raid.
Israpil Velijanov 2011-04-18 Dagestan 1 (Target) 0 FSB security forces raid.
Ibragimkhalil Daudov 2012-02-14 Dagestan 2 (including target) 0 Died from wounds and exposure after fleeing from FSB security forces raid.
Rustam Asildarov 2016-12-03 near Makhachkala, Dagestan 5 (including target) 0 FSB special forces raid.
Said Kharakansky 2017-02-07 Dagestan 1 (Target) 0
Muslim Atayev Emir of Vilayat KBK 2005-01-27 Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria 2+ (including target) 0 Cornered and killed by FSB police force.
Anzor Astemirov 2010-03-24 4 (including target) 0 Killed in gunfight with FSB officers after routine identity check.
Asker Dzhappuyev 2011-04-29 Progress Stavropol Krai 10 (including target) 0
Alim Zankishiev 2012-03-27 Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria 1 (Target) 0 FSB security forces raid.[30]
Khuseyn Gakayev Commander of Vilayat Nokhchicho (Eastern Sector) 2013-01-24 Vedeno, Chechnya 11 (including target) 0 Killed in gunfight after FSB scout operation.
Dzhamaleyl Mutaliyev[31] Emir of Vilayat Galgayche 2013-05-21 Nazran 1 (Target) Unknown
Arthur Getagazhev 2014-05-24 Sagopshi, Ingushetia 7 (including taget) 0 FSB security forces raid.
Beslan Makhauri[32] 2015-10-31 Nazran 1 (Target) Unknown
Ilyas Vedzizhev[32] Insurgent of Vilayat Galgayche 1 (Target) Unknown
Zaur Prokopchuk Senior Caucasus Emirate militant 2015-04-16 Nalchik 1 (Target) Unknown
Ali Osaev[33] Istanbul represen­tative of the Caucasus Emirate 2009-02-26 1 (Target) Unknown
Robert Zankishiev Head of Kabardino-Balkaria's terrorist organization 2015-11-10 Unknown 1 (Target) Unknown
Berg-Hadj Musayev[33] Senior chechen separatists 2011-09-16 Istanbul  Turkey 1 (Target) Unknown SVR Shot.[34]
Zaurbek Amriyev[33] 1 (Target) Unknown
Rustam Altemirov[33] 1 (Target) Unknown
Abdullah Bukhari[34] Usbek-chechen Islamic cleric 2014-12-10 1 (Target) Unknown Shot with a handgun.[34]
Abdulvahid Edelgiriev[34] Chechen commander during the Chechen-Russian conflict 2015-11-01 Başakşehir, İstanbul Province 1 (Target) Unknown Shot while fleeing and stabbed in the neck.[34]
Ruslan Israpilov[34] Chechen fighter during the Chechen-Russian conflict 2016-05-11 Kocaeli Province, Turkey 1 (Target) Unknown Shot in the head, neck and heart.[34]
Oleksandr Kharaberiush SBU colonel 2017-03-31 Mariupol  Ukraine 1 (Target) Unknown SVR / FSB
Yurii Vitalyevich Voznyi (Yuri Vozny) 2017-06-27 Kostian­tynivka 1 (Target) Unknown
Maksym Shapoval HUR MOU colonel Kyiv 1 (Target) 2 Explosive placed underneath private car.
Timur Makhauri (aka Ali Timaiev)[35][36] Chechen battalion commander / fighter 2017-09-08 1 (Target) Unknown Explosive placed on car.[35][36]
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili Military commander of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 2019-08-23 Berlin  Germany 1 (Target) 0 GRU[37] Shot twice in the head with a Glock 26 by a Russian contract killer.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin, Valery Chekalov, and seven others Russian oligarch and leader of Wagner Group, Wagner commanders, air crew 2023-08-24 Kuzhenkino, Tver Oblast  Russia 10 (including 7 targets) 0 Killed in plane crash after likely bomb exploded on board.[38][39][40] Putin's right-hand man Nikolai Patrushev is believed to have orchestrated the assassination of Prigozhin.[41]
Alexander Perepilichny Russian businessman 2012-11-10 London  United Kingdom 1 (Target) 0 Poisoned with a biological poison shortly before court testimony on Putin's financial network.[2]
Alexander Bednov Russian military commander 2015-01-05 Luhansk  Ukraine 1 (Target) Unknown GRU Killed during an arrest by "Luhansk People's Republic" police.[2]

See also

  • Suspicious Russia-related deaths since 2022

References

  1. ↑ Filipov, David (2017-03-23). "Here are 10 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways" (in en-US). The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/23/here-are-ten-critics-of-vladimir-putin-who-died-violently-or-in-suspicious-ways/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Putin’s Assassination Targets Revealed in Declassified Memo" (in en). Bloomberg.com. 2024-11-22. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-22/putin-s-assassination-targets-revealed-in-declassified-memo. 
  3. ↑ "In Turkey, police releases Uvais Akhmadov" (in en). Caucasian Knot. 2011-10-15. https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/18681/. Retrieved 2022-09-13. 
  4. ↑ Warren, Marcus (2001-05-14). "Britons' kidnap suspect killed by Russians" (in en-GB). The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1330225/News-in-brief.html. Retrieved 2022-09-13. 
  5. ↑ "Ex-Chechen president dies in blast" (in en-US). NBC News. The Associated Press. 2004-02-13. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4261459#.XpbYYsgzbDc. 
  6. ↑ "Report: Chechen Rebel chief killed" (in en). CNN World. Associated Press. 2006-06-17. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/17/chechnya.rebel/index.html. 
  7. ↑ Smirnov, Andrei (2006-06-22). "Sadulaev Death Result Of Good Luck, Not Good Planning" (in en). Eurasia Daily Monitor (The Jamestown Foundation). https://jamestown.org/program/sadulaev-death-result-of-good-luck-not-good-planning/. 
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  10. ↑ McGregor, Andrew (2005-02-01). "Abu Hafs Al-urdani: The Quiet Mujahid" (in en). North Caucasus Weekly (The Jamestown Foundation) 6 (5). https://jamestown.org/program/abu-hafs-al-urdani-the-quiet-mujahid/. 
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  21. ↑ "Litvinenko: A deadly trail of polonium" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2015-07-28. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33678717. 
  22. ↑ "A Killing in Vienna and the Chechen Connection". 2009-01-22. https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/killing-vienna-and-chechen-connection. 
  23. ↑ "Russian police kill Islamist militant leader before Olympics". Reuters. 2014-01-21. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-militant/russian-police-kill-islamist-militant-leader-before-olympics-idUSBREA0L00K20140122. Retrieved 2020-03-14. 
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  27. ↑ "NAC: Zalim Shebzukhov killed in special operation in Saint Petersburg" (in en). Caucasian Knot. 2016-08-17. https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/36587/. Retrieved 2022-09-13. 
  28. ↑ "Sharia Jamaat Confirms Death Of Its "Emir"" (in en). North Caucasus Weekly (The Jamestown Foundation) 6 (27). 2005-07-14. https://jamestown.org/program/sharia-jamaat-confirms-death-of-its-emir/. 
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  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 "A Chechen Fighter Was Killed In A Kyiv Car Bombing. Who Was He?" (in en). Hromadske. 2017-09-08. https://en.hromadske.ua/posts/a-chechen-fighter-was-killed-in-a-kyiv-car-bombing-who-was-he. Retrieved 2022-09-13. 
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Mukhina, Helen (2017-09-09). "Interior Ministry: Georgian citizen Timur Makhauri killed, his wife injured in car blast in central Kyiv (update)" (in en). Kyiv Post. Interfax-Ukraine. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/interior-ministry-georgian-citizen-timur-makhauri-killed-wife-injured-car-blast-central-kyiv-update.html. Retrieved 2022-09-13. 
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  38. ↑ Porter, Justin (2023-08-24). "Friday Briefing: U.S. Believes Prigozhin Was Killed". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/briefing/prigozhin-brics-membership-thailand.html. 
  39. ↑ Masih, Niha (2023-08-24). "Prigozhin most likely dead, and an explosion may have downed his plane, U.S. officials say". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/24/prigozhin-plane-crash-wagner-russia-live-updates/. 
  40. ↑ Smith, Alexander (2023-08-24). "Prigozhin plane debris points to sabotage". NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prigozhin-plane-crash-sabotage-explosion-evidence-rcna101756. 
  41. ↑ "Prigozhin Killing Ordered by Putin's Security Council Chief – WSJ". The Moscow Times. 22 December 2023. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/22/prigozhin-killing-ordered-by-putins-security-council-chief-wsj-a83526. 



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