This is a list of people confirmed to have been assassinated by the government of the Russian Federation[1] Some of the assassinations or targeted killings took place overseas.
Target | Position | Date | City | Country | Killer | Method |
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Akhmadov brothers[2] | Chechen generals and high-ranking military commanders | 1999-2002 (7 brothers killed) | Chechnya | FSB | ||
Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev | Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 2000-05-17 | Shali | Chechnya | Forcibly disappeared, possibly tortured to death. | |
Apti Abitayev[3] | Prime suspect in the 1998 kidnapping incident | 2001-05-06 | Somewhere in Russia | |||
Dzhokhar Dudayev | President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 1996-04-21 | Chechnya | Russian Air Force | Attack by two laser-guided missiles. | |
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev | 2004-02-13 | Doha | Qatar | SVR / GRU | Explosive placed on private SUV.[4] | |
Aslan Maskhadov | 2005-03-08 | Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya | Russia | FSB | FSB special forces raid. Grenade thrown in hiding bunker. | |
Abdul-Halim Sadulayev | 2006-06-17 | Argun, Chechnya | FSB police raid. Hand grenade thrown through window (disputed).[5][6] | |||
Arbi Barayev | Leader of Special Purpose Islamic Regiment | 2001-06-22 | Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya | FSB special forces raid. Possibly tortured to death.[7] | ||
Ibn al-Khattab | Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya | 2002-03-20 | Chechnya | Poisoning with poisoned letter.[8] | ||
Abu al-Walid | 2004-04-16 | Chechnya | Ambushed by FSB snipers.[9] | |||
Abu Hafs al-Urduni | 2006-11-26 | Chechnya | FSB Special forces raid.[10] | |||
Muhannad | 2011-04-21 | Chechnya | FSB search & destroy operation. | |||
Abdulla Kurd | 2011-05-03 | Chechnya | Shot during FSB scout operation. | |||
Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev | Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister of Chechnya | 2002-08-18 | Yekaterinburg | Unknown Russian agents | Possibly tortured to death.[11] | |
Salman Raduyev | Chechen separatist warlord and rebel commander | 2002-12-14 | Solikamsk | Possibly executed in prison.[11][12] | ||
Ruslan Gelayev | Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya | 2004-02-28 | BezhtaDagestan | ,Border Security Service | Shot by rifle during gunfight, died from exsanguination after cutting off his hand. | |
Abu Umar Mohammed Al-Sayyaf | Senior leader of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya and Ibn al-Khattab's deputy | 2001-07-11 | Mayrtup, Chechnya | |||
Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev | Field commander of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and deputy of Shamil Basayev | 2002-08-26 | Shali | |||
Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi[13] | One of the founders of EIJ and Al-Qaeda affiliate | 2005-??-?? | Chechnya | FSB special forces raid.[14] | ||
Magomedzagir Akayev | Senior commander of Shariat Jamaat | 2005-01-15 | Kaspiysk, Dagestan | |||
Abu Omar al-Kuwaiti | Al-Qaeda agent and involved in Beslan school siege | 2005-02-16 | Ingushetia | FSB special forces raid.[15] | ||
Rizvan Chitigov | Senior Chechen intelligence chief and alleged CIA agent | 2005-03-23 | Shali, Chechnya | FSB special forces raid.[16] | ||
Akhmed Avdorkhanov | Head of security for President Aslan Maskhadov | 2005-09-19 | Somewhere in Chechnya | FBS special forces raid. | ||
Abu Omar al-Saif[17] | Mufti of Arab fighters in Chechnya and Al-Qaeda affiliate | 2005-12-10 | Dagestan | |||
Shamil Basayev | Senior Chechen military commander | 2006-07-10 | Ingushetia | 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 | |||
Khura-Magomed Ramazanov | Senior Islamic cleric | 2007-07-26 | Makhachkala, Dagestan | |||
Ratmir Shameyev[19] | Senior Chechen militants | 2011-04-29 | Progress, Stavropol Krai | Killed in gunfight.[20] | ||
Aslanbek Khamurzov[19] | ||||||
Alexander Litvinenko | Defected lieutenant colonel of FSB | 2006-11-23 | London | United Kingdom | SVR | Poisoning with radionuclide polonium-210.[21] |
Umar Israilov | Ex bodyguard of Ramzan Kadyrov / Critic of the Chechen government | 2009-01-13 | Vienna | Austria | Shot twice in the head after trying to flee.[22] | |
Movladi Baisarov | Ex commander of the Special Battalion Vostok | 2006-11-18 | Moscow | Russia | Kadyrovtsy | Shot by automatic weapons. |
Sulim Yamadayev | Lieutenant Colonel of Special Battalion Vostok | 2009-03-28 (Died 03–30) | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Shot in the neck. | |
Said Buryatsky | Commander of Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs's suicide bombers brigade | 2010-03-02 | Ekazhevo, Ingushetia | Russia | FSB / MVD | |
Yassir al-Sudani | Commander of Caucasus Emirate | 2010-06-08 | Vedeno, Chechnya | |||
Eldar Magatov[23] | Senior Islamist militant | 2014-01-21 | likely Dagestan | Russian police and pro-government militia | ||
Vakha Arsanov | Vice president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 2005-05-15 | Ivanovo | Either shot during gunfight or tortured to death in private prison. | ||
Supyan Abdullayev | 2011-03-28 | Ingushetia | Russian Air Force | Targeted airstrike. | ||
Zaurbek Avdorkhanov[24] | Field commander of Caucasus Emirate | 2012-07-31 | Galashki, Ingushetia | FSB | ||
Ibragim Avdorkhanov[24] | Chechen separatists and part of 2010 Tsentoroy attack | |||||
Ayub Khaladov[24] | ||||||
Dokka Umarov | Emir of the Caucasus Emirate | 2013-09-07 | Ingushetia | Poisoning. | ||
Aliaskhab Kebekov | 2015-04-19 | Buynaksk, Dagestan | FSB security forces raid.[25] | |||
Magomed Suleimanov | 2015-08-11 | Gimry, Dagestan | FSB security forces raid.[26] | |||
Zalim Shebzukhov | 2016-08-17 | Saint Petersburg | FSB security forces raid.[27] | |||
Rasul Makasharipov | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2005-07-06 | Makhachkala, Dagestan | FSB special forces raid.[28] | ||
Rappani Khalilov | 2007-09-17 | Novy Sulak, Dagestan | FSB special forces raid. Killed by gunfight and/or collapse of residence by tanks.[29] | |||
Abdul Madzhid | 2008-09-07 | Magaramkentsky, Dagestan | Ambushed by FSB special forces. | |||
Omar Sheikhulayev | 2009-02-05 | outside Makhachkala, Dagestan | Killed in gunfight with FSB security forces. | |||
Umalat Magomedov | 2009-12-31 | Khasavyurt, Dagestan | FSB security forces raid. | |||
Magomed Vagabov | 2010-08-21 | Gunib, Dagestan | FSB special forces raid. | |||
Israpil Velijanov | 2011-04-18 | Dagestan | FSB security forces raid. | |||
Ibragimkhalil Daudov | 2012-02-14 | Dagestan | Died from wounds and exposure after fleeing from FSB security forces raid. | |||
Rustam Asildarov | 2016-12-03 | near Makhachkala, Dagestan | FSB special forces raid. | |||
Said Kharakansky | 2017-02-07 | Dagestan | ||||
Muslim Atayev | Emir of Vilayat KBK | 2005-01-27 | Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria | Cornered and killed by FSB police force. | ||
Anzor Astemirov | 2010-03-24 | Killed in gunfight with FSB officers after routine identity check. | ||||
Asker Dzhappuyev | 2011-04-29 | Progress Stavropol Krai | ||||
Alim Zankishiev | 2012-03-27 | Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria | FSB security forces raid.[30] | |||
Khuseyn Gakayev | Commander of Vilayat Nokhchicho (Eastern Sector) | 2013-01-24 | Vedeno, Chechnya | Killed in gunfight after FSB scout operation. | ||
Dzhamaleyl Mutaliyev[31] | Emir of Vilayat Galgayche | 2013-05-21 | Nazran | |||
Arthur Getagazhev | 2014-05-24 | Sagopshi, Ingushetia | FSB security forces raid. | |||
Beslan Makhauri[32] | 2015-10-31 | Nazran | ||||
Ilyas Vedzizhev[32] | Insurgent of Vilayat Galgayche | |||||
Zaur Prokopchuk | Senior Caucasus Emirate militant | 2015-04-16 | Nalchik | |||
Robert Zankishiev | Head of Kabardino-Balkaria's terrorist organization | 2015-11-10 | Unknown | |||
Ali Osaev[33] | Istanbul representative of the Caucasus Emirate | 2009-02-26 | Istanbul | Turkey | SVR | |
Berg-Hadj Musayev[33] | Senior chechen separatists | 2011-09-16 | Shot.[34] | |||
Zaurbek Amriyev[33] | ||||||
Rustam Altemirov[33] | ||||||
Abdullah Bukhari[35] | Usbek-chechen Islamic cleric | 2014-12-10 | Shot with a handgun.[34] | |||
Abdulvahid Edelgiriev[34] | Chechen commander during the Chechen-Russian conflict | 2015-11-01 | Başakşehir, İstanbul Province | 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 | Shot in the head, neck and heart.[34] | ||
Oleksandr Kharaberiush | SBU colonel | 2017-03-31 | Mariupol | Ukraine | SVR / FSB | |
Yurii Vitalyevich Voznyi (Yuri Vozny) | 2017-06-27 | Kostiantynivka | ||||
Maksym Shapoval | HUR MOU colonel | Kyiv | Explosive placed underneath private car. | |||
Timur Makhauri (aka Ali Timaiev)[36][37] | Chechen battalion commander / fighter | 2017-09-08 | Explosive placed on car.[38][39] | |||
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili | Military commander of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and Western intelligence agent | 2019-08-23 | Berlin | Germany | GRU[40] | Shot twice in the head with a Glock 26 by a Russian contract killer. |
Anna Politkovskaya | Journalist | 2006-10-07 | Moscow | Russia | FSB | Shot |
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 | Killed in plane crash after likely bomb exploded on board.[41] [42] [43] |
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