2004 Nazran raid

Chechen–Ingush separatist attack on the former Ingush capital Nazran raid the Second Chechen War June 21–22, 2004 Nazran, Ingushetia Chechen victory Russia Russian Federation Ingushetia Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Flag of the Caucasian Front.png Caucasian Front Ingushetia Abukar KostoevIngushetia Zyaudin KotievRussia Sergei Koryakov Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Shamil BasaevChechen Republic of Ichkeria Dokka UmarovChechen Republic of Ichkeria Ali Taziev 88–120 killedFive Years After Nazran, Ingushetia Still Plagued By Militant Violence, RFE/RL, 19.06.20096 woundedDeath toll from Ingushetia rebel attacks revised down to 88, Agence France-Presse, 28 Jun 2004 At least 6 killed ~25–27 civilians killed Total casualties:92–98 killed106 wounded The Nazran raid was a large-scale raid carried out in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia on the night of June 21–22, 2004, by a group of Chechenhttp://old.novayagazeta.ru/politics/48427.html Новая газета № 100 от 9 сентября 2011 года Особое мнение Евкурова 2017-03-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20170327075311/http://old.novayagazeta.ru/politics/48427.html 2017-03-27 deadМеженков Владимир https://books.google.com/books?id=tbmBAQAAQBAJ&dq=%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C+%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8+%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8&pg=PT248 Русские: куда мы идем? 2022-01-29 Litres 978-5-457-03324-5 ruЗенькович Николай https://books.google.com/books?id=NIfXnsB9hLcC&dq=%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C&pg=PA170 Губернаторы новой России: энциклопедия карьер 2007 ОЛМА Медиа Групп 978-5-373-00599-9 ru2004-06-22 Нападение в Ингушетии: десятки погибших. - Чеченский след? https://iq.hse.ru/news/177733823.html 2022-12-02 Научно-образовательный портал IQ en 2022-12-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20221202231857/https://iq.hse.ru/news/177733823.html dead militants led by Chechen commanders Shamil Basaev and Dokka Umarov. Basaev's main goal, besides capturing a large cache of weapons, was a show of strength. The attack by Chechen fighters on the Ingush city of Nazran is associated with the bad attitude of the Ingush authorities towards Chechen refugees.https://books.google.com/books?id=AlTvAAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%92+%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5+%D1%81%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8E%D1%82+%D1%81+%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%B8+%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9+%D0%B2+%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B8+%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2+.+%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE+,+%D1%87%D1%82%D0%BE+%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2+%D0%B8%D0%B7+%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8+%D0%B2+%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8E+%D0%B1%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%BE Коммерсант, власть 2004 Издательский дом "[Твердый знак]" ru Attacks The overnight attacks targeted 15 government buildings in the former Ingush capital and the largest city, Nazran, and three settlements located on the Baku-Rostov highway that crosses the republic from east to west (Karabulak, Sleptsovskaya and Yandare). The attacking force had some Ingush militants.https://books.google.com/books?id=oSi1BwAAQBAJ&dq=%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C&pg=PA3 Ежедневная деловая газета РБК 227-2014 Редакция газеты Ежедневная Деловая Газета Рбк December 17, 2019 Litres 9785457744660 Google Bookshttps://books.google.com/books?id=zWN4EAAAQBAJ&dq=%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C+2004&pg=PT200 Кровь алая — 4. С лица воду не пить Горохов Евгений 30 June 2022 Litres 9785044505131 The targets of simultaneous attacks included the Interior Ministry (MVD) headquarters with an arms depot, an FSB border guard unit, the municipal police headquarters, barracks of the OMON special police, police stations and checkpoints. The attackers also tried but failed to free 50 prisoners from a temporary jail and dispersed at 3 a.m.,Dozens killed in raid by Chechen rebels on Ingushetia, The Guardian, June 23, 2004 before a column of federal army troops managed to reach Nazran just after dawn at 4 a.m.Rebels storm buildings on Russian border, The Age, June 22, 2004 One Russian military convoy was also ambushed en route from North Ossetia and suffered casualties.46 killed in attacks on Russia government, China Daily, 2004-06-22 The raid lasted nearly five hours, and the raiders withdrew almost unscathed and with two truckloads with 1,177 seized firearms. The Interior Ministry building and Nazran train station were burned down. Ingush officials said the rebels took some 20 hostages, mostly traffic police officers. The day before the attack, Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov, speaking for RFE/RL, claimed rebels are "going to switch to offensive warfare". In July 2004, Maskhadov publicly accepted responsibility for the attack and promised more similar attacks.Chechnya: From Past to Future Richard Sakwa Anthem Press 2005 79–115 Robert Bruce Ware: Mythology and Political Failure in Chechnya 978-1-84331-164-5 Casualties According to the official figures, 92 people were killed in the raid, including at least 47 police officials,Toll rises from Russia attack, CNN, June 23, 2004 a number later revised downward to 88. The final toll included 27 civilians, 26 policemen (24 Ingush and 2 Chechen), 10 special forces servicemen, 9 soldiers (6 Russian and 3 Ingush), 8 FSB agents, 5 employees of the local prosecutor's office, at least 2 guerrillas and 3 unidentified people. About 106 people were injured, including 51 members of government forces.John B. Dunlop Beslan - Russia's 9/11? https://web.archive.org/web/20070709013043/http://www.peaceinthecaucasus.org/reports/Beslan.pdf 2007-07-09 The largest group of the dead were local police and other law enforcement officials, whom the rebels said they killed for collaborating with Russian security services in kidnappings and killings of Ingush civilians suspected of sympathizing with the rebels. The killed officials included the republic's acting Interior Minister Abukar Kostoev, his deputy Zyaudin Kotiev,Five Years Later, Repercussions Of Nazran Attack Still Reverberate, RFERL, June 19, 2009 Nazran city prosecutor Mukharbek Buzurtanov, and Nazran district prosecutor Bilan Oziev. A number of civilians, including the Ingush health minister and a local UN worker, were killed in the crossfire. Only 2 dead rebels were found in the morning after attack, according to Kavkaz Center website, the attackers lost 6 men killed. The KC statement also said that over 120 "servants of Russia" were killed in the attack and 30 policemen were captured.March 2023 Aftermath Army General Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, the Russian Deputy Interior Minister and the commander of Russia's Internal Troops (VV), decided to resign after Federal Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev blamed them for the high number of deaths. After Tikhomirov's resignation, the VV remained without a head for a month.The Internal Corps - The Kremlin's Private Army Some 30 suspected rebels, mostly Ingush, were arrested in the next two months over their part in the Nazran raid. Several days after the September 2004 Beslan school siege, Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Vladimir Kolesnikov said 10 of the weapons stolen in Nazran were used in the Beslan attack. One of the demands of Beslan terrorists was also the release of the raid suspects. In 2005, 13 of them were convicted and sentenced to 8–25 years in prison. 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