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Shamil Salmanovich Basayev (Chechen: Салман ВоӀ Шамиль; Salman Voj Şamil; Russian: Шамиль Салманович Басаев; 14 January 1965 – 10 July 2006), also known by his kunya "Abu Idris", was a Chechen guerilla leader who served as a senior military commander in the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.
Jul 10, 2006 · A profile of the Chechen field commander who fought against Russian rule for over a decade and claimed responsibility for several terrorist acts. He was reported killed in 2006 after hijacking a passenger plane and attacking a police station.
Jul 20, 2006 · A profile of Shamil Basayev, the Chechen warlord who masterminded terrorist attacks in Russia and was a hero to many Chechens. Learn about his background, career, motives and death in this article by Institute for War and Peace Reporting.
Jul 13, 2006 · WHEN Shamil Basayev was told that he was Russia's most wanted man, he laughed. All right, he admitted, he was a “bad guy, a bandit, a terrorist”. But he was hunting terrorists himself, he ...
Jul 10, 2006 · Shamil Basayev, who has died at the age of 41, was wanted by Russian authorities in connection with bloody attacks in Russia. These include the Beslan school hostage siege in 2004 that left...
Jun 13, 2020 · Chechen militants led by Shamil Basayev on June 14, 1995, took about 1,500 people hostage and seized a hospital in Budyonnovsk, in Russia's southern Stavropol region.
Sep 15, 2004 · Shamil Basayev, the man accused of plotting the attacks that have terrorized Russia this summer and killed hundreds, including more than 170 children in a school in the town of Beslan, has...
