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| 25 years have passed since the invasion of Basayev's militants into Dagestan | |
| 2024-08-08 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Today marks a quarter of a century since the attack of Basayev and Khattab's militants on Dagestan. A memorial rally and re-enactment of the events of 1999 took place in the Botlikh District. As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, in 2019, Vladimir Putin signed a law granting militiamen from Dagestan who fought militants in 1999 the status of combat veterans, the right to monthly payments and material benefits. The list of applicants included about 28,000 people, but only 520 people received certificates, and most of those who actually fought were not included in their number, members of veterans' organizations said in December 2020 On August 7, 1999, more than 1,000 armed fighters led by Shamil Basayev  and Jordanian Amir Khattab
A rally dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the militant invasion was held in Botlikh today, the Botlikh District Administration reported on its Telegram channel. "At the memorial […] they remember the tragic events of those days, their victims and heroes. […] The event is attended by the head of the district, Ruslan Gamzatov, Hero of Russia Dibirgadzhi Magomedov, militiamen, Afghans, SVO participants and local residents," the publication says. Those who gathered for the memorial rally in Botlikh were shown a re-enactment of events that took place 25 years ago and were "reminded of the history of 1999," RIA Dagestan reports. Let us recall that even decades later, investigators periodically report the detention of alleged participants in the militant attack on Dagestan. Thus, on November 2, 2022, security forces detained Stavropol residents Eduard Taushev and Temirali Zarakaev, who, according to investigators, participated in the attack. In April 2024, the case was transferred to court. Cases of participation in the gangs of Basayev and Khattab are similar and often falsified, lawyer Narine Ayrapetyan told the "Caucasian Knot" earlier. "The witnesses are the same everywhere. Five witnesses are usually taken - three secret witnesses and two open ones," she said. Ayrapetyan emphasized that cases are also fabricated against innocent people. "When people did not participate, but under threat, including torture, other people are forced to testify against them. For example, one of my clients, who is serving a sentence in the Ulyanovsk region, told me that he is being pressured to testify about the events of 1999 against people he did not know before," the lawyer said. Related: Khattab 07/13/2024 Human rights activists linked Alkhanov's transfer from Rostov pretrial detention center to an attempt to extract testimony Khattab 06/26/2024 Terrorist attacks in Dagestan: battered ISIS returns to the Caucasus Khattab 05/21/2024 Black flags over the Dark Continent. Who is the Russian Afrika Korps fighting with? Related: Shamil Basayev 07/13/2024 Human rights activists linked Alkhanov's transfer from Rostov pretrial detention center to an attempt to extract testimony Shamil Basayev 04/16/2024 The court sides with a convict from Chechnya in a dispute with the colony administration Shamil Basayev 03/23/2024 Two people charged in the case of Basayev's raid on Dagestan Related: Dagestan: 2024-08-07 Good Morning Dagestan: 2024-08-07 Three young men suspected of preparing terrorist attack in Dagestan Dagestan: 2024-08-06 Makhachkala prison chief convicted of torture disappears in Ukraine | |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 When the Russians attacked the Dagestan rebels in force, the rebels responded by a series of bombing attacks within Russia. In the fighting 10,000 Russian conscripts died and 400,000 Chechens fled and were numbered in neighboring Ingushetia. |
| Posted by: IS 2024-08-08 08:55 |