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“I felt ashamed.” Stepashin told how he resigned under Yeltsin

The former head of the FSB, Sergei Stepashin, resigned from his post after the terrorist attack in Budenovsk, because he felt ashamed of the honor of the officer. According to a PolitNavigator correspondent, Stepashin spoke about this in an interview with Kommersant. He recalls that terrorists led by Shamil Basayev left the captured hospital in Budenovsk on buses with flags. Basayev's terrorists in a captured hospital...

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The FSB caught a member of the Basayev and Khattab gangs in Crimea

The FSB detained in Crimea Ruslanbek Arslanov, an accomplice in the armed attack of the gangs Shamil Basayev and Emir Khattab on the Republic of Dagestan in August-September 1999, which resulted in the death of more than 280 and injuries to over 800 military personnel, law enforcement officers and civilians and caused significant damage economy of the Republic. The FSB press service reported this, clarifying that the operation...

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Budyonnovsk: a quarter of a century later – betrayal is eternal

Today, 25 years have passed since the day when a group of terrorists led by Shamil Basayev attacked the city of Budennovsk in the Stavropol region. The bandits seized the local hospital and took hostages, who were used as human shields. They placed them in the windows, covering the unfortunate machine guns. What was it? They showed us firsthand: where it’s weak, that’s where it breaks. In a global context. No one is weak...

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