List of Russian assassinations

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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.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Akhmed Avdorkhanov</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">United Vilayat of Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachay</span> North Caucasian jihadist organization

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anzor Astemirov</span> Kabardino-Balkarian militant (1976–2010)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caucasus Emirate</span> Former jihadist organisation

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vilayat Galgayche</span> Islamist militant organization

Vilayat Galgayche, formerly known as Ingush Jamaat, was an Islamist militant organization connected to numerous attacks against the local and federal security forces in the Russian regions of Ingushetia and Chechnya in the North Caucasus. Since 2007 it has been a part of the Caucasus Emirate and takes part in the Insurgency in the North Caucasus. The group is thought to be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people, mostly policemen, military personnel and officials.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Insurgency in Ingushetia</span> 2007–2015 armed conflict in Ingushetia, Russia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Insurgency in the North Caucasus</span> 2009–2017 low-level armed conflict in Russia

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Tarkhan Ismailovich Gaziyev, also known as Emir Tarkhan, is a Chechen militant commander who has fought in the Insurgency in the North Caucasus. The United States Department of State added Gaziyev to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on 29 September 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Tsentoroy attack</span>

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Aslan Avgazarovich Byutukayev, also known as Emir Khamzat and Abubakar, was a Chechen field commander in the Islamic State (IS) Wilayah al-Qawqaz, the commander of the Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs and a close associate of the deceased Caucasus Emirate leader Dokka Umarov. Byutukayev was listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States on 13 July 2016. He was killed by Russian special operatives in January 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chechen–Russian conflict</span> Centuries-long conflict in the North Caucasus

The Chechen–Russian conflict was the centuries-long ethnic and political conflict, often armed, between the Russian, Soviet and Imperial Russian governments and various Chechen forces. The recent phase of the conflict started after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 and ended with the oppression of Chechen separatist leaders and crushing of the separatist movement in the republic proper in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vilayat Nokhchicho</span> Separatist military group active during Chechen wars

The Province of Nokhchicho was the Chechen-based wing of the Caucasus Emirate organisation. It was created in 2007 as one of the Emirate's six vilayats, replacing the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Islamic State – Caucasus Province</span> Branch of Islamic State active in the Caucasus region

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Insurgency in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia</span> Conflict in Russia, 1997 to 2007

The Insurgency in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia was a protracted conflict between Russian security forces and militant groups operating in the regions of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, located in the North Caucasus region of Russia. The conflict was part of the broader insurgency in the North Caucasus, which emerged following the end of the First Chechen War in 1996.

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