List of Russian assassinations

This is a list of people suspected or confirmed to have been assassinated by the government of the Russian Federation.^[1][2] Some of the assassinations or targeted killings took place overseas.

Russian assassinations

Target	Position	Date	City	Country	Killed	Injured	Perpe­trators	Method
Akhmadov brothers[3]	Chechen generals and high-ranking military commanders	1999-2002 (7 brothers killed)		Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	7 Targets	Unknown	FSB
Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev	Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	2000-05-17	Shali		1 (target)	0		Forcibly disappeared, possibly tortured to death.
Apti Abitayev[4]	Prime suspect in the 1998 kidnapping incident	2001-05-06	Somewhere in Russia	Russia	1 (target)	0
Dzhokhar Dudayev	President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	1996-04-21	Chechnya	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	1 (target)	0	Russian Air Force	Attack by two laser-guided missiles.
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev		2004-02-13	Doha	Qatar	1 (target) 2 unconfirmed	1	SVR / GRU	Explosive placed on private SUV.[5]
Aslan Maskhadov		2005-03-08	Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya	Russia	1 (target)		FSB	FSB special forces raid. Grenade thrown in hiding bunker.
Abdul-Halim Sadulayev		2006-06-17	Argun, Chechnya		9 (including target)	5		FSB police raid. Hand grenade thrown through window (disputed).[6][7]
Arbi Barayev	Leader of Special Purpose Islamic Regiment	2001-06-22	Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya		18 (including target)	Unknown		FSB special forces raid. Possibly tortured to death.[8]
Ibn al-Khattab	Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya	2002-03-20	Chechnya		1 (target)	0		Poisoning with poisoned letter.[9]
Abu al-Walid		2004-04-16	Chechnya		1 (target)	0		Ambushed by FSB snipers.[10]
Abu Hafs al-Urduni		2006-11-26	Chechnya		5 (including target)	Unknown		FSB Special forces raid.[11]
Muhannad		2011-04-21	Chechnya		2 (including target)	Unknown		FSB search & destroy operation.
Abdulla Kurd		2011-05-03	Chechnya		2 (including target)	Unknown		Shot during FSB scout operation.
Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev	Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister of Chechnya	2002-08-18	Yekaterinburg		1 (target)	0	Unknown Russian agents	Possibly tortured to death.[12]
Salman Raduyev	Chechen separatist warlord and rebel commander	2002-12-14	Solikamsk		1 (target)	0		Possibly executed in prison.[12]
Ruslan Gelayev	Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya	2004-02-28	Bezhta [ru], Dagestan		35-40 (including target)	Unknown	Border Security Service	Shot by rifle during gunfight, died from exsangui­nation after cutting off his hand.
Abu Umar Mohammed Al-Sayyaf [ru]	Senior leader of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya and Ibn al-Khattab's deputy	2001-07-11	Mayrtup, Chechnya		1 (Target)	Unknown
Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev	Field commander of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and deputy of Shamil Basayev	2002-08-26	Shali		1 (Target)	0
Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi[13]	One of the founders of EIJ and Al-Qaeda affiliate	2005-??-??	Chechnya		1 (Target)	0	FSB special forces raid.[14]
Magomedzagir Akayev	Senior commander of Shariat Jamaat	2005-01-15	Kaspiysk, Dagestan		1 (Target)	Unknown
Abu Omar al-Kuwaiti	Al-Qaeda agent and involved in Beslan school siege	2005-02-16	Ingushetia		1 (Target)	Unknown	FSB special forces raid.[15]
Rizvan Chitigov	Senior Chechen intelligence chief and alleged CIA agent	2005-03-23	Shali, Chechnya		1 (Target)	Unknown	FSB special forces raid.[16]
Akhmed Avdorkhanov	Head of security for President Aslan Maskhadov	2005-09-19	Somewhere in Chechnya		1 (Target)	Unknown	FBS special forces raid.
Abu Omar al-Saif[17]	Mufti of Arab fighters in Chechnya and Al-Qaeda affiliate	2005-12-10	Dagestan		1 (Target)	Unknown
Shamil Basayev	Senior Chechen military commander	2006-07-10	Ingushetia		1 (Target)	Unknown		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		1 (Target)	Unknown
Khura-Magomed Ramazanov	Senior Islamic cleric	2007-07-26	Makhachkala, Dagestan		1 (Target)	Unknown
Ratmir Shameyev[19]	Senior Chechen militants	2011-04-29	Progress, Stavropol Krai		9 (including 7 targets)	Unknown		Killed in gunfight.[20]
Aslanbek Khamurzov[19]					1 (Target)	Unknown
Alexander Litvinenko	Defected lieutenant colonel of FSB	2006-11-23	London	United Kingdom	1 (Target)	0	SVR	Poisoning with radionuclide polonium-210.[21]
Umar Israilov	Ex bodyguard of Ramzan Kadyrov / Critic of the Chechen government	2009-01-13	Vienna	Austria	1 (Target)	0		Shot twice in the head after trying to flee.[22]
Movladi Baisarov	Ex commander of the Special Battalion Vostok	2006-11-18	Moscow	Russia	1 (Target)	0	Kadyrovtsy	Shot by automatic weapons.
Sulim Yamadayev	Lieutenant Colonel of Special Battalion Vostok	2009-03-28 (Died 03–30)	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	1 (target)	1		Shot in the neck.
Said Buryatsky	Commander of Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs's suicide bombers brigade	2010-03-02	Ekazhevo, Ingushetia	Russia	1 (Target)	0	FSB / MVD
Yassir al-Sudani	Commander of Caucasus Emirate	2010-06-08	Vedeno, Chechnya		8 (including target)	Unknown
Eldar Magatov[23]	Senior Islamist militant	2014-01-21	likely Dagestan		1 (Target)	Unknown	Russian police and pro-government militia
Vakha Arsanov	Vice president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	2005-05-15	Ivanovo		4 (including target)	Unknown		Either shot during gunfight or tortured to death in private prison.
Supyan Abdullayev		2011-03-28	Ingushetia		1 (Target)	Unknown	Russian Air Force	Targeted airstrike.
Zaurbek Avdorkhanov[24]	Field commander of Caucasus Emirate	2012-07-31	Galashki, Ingushetia		1 (Target)	Unknown	FSB
Ibragim Avdorkhanov[24]	Chechen separatists and part of 2010 Tsentoroy attack				1 (Target)	Unknown
Ayub Khaladov[24]					1 (Target)	Unknown
Dokka Umarov	Emir of the Caucasus Emirate	2013-09-07	Ingushetia		1 (Target)	Unknown		Poisoning.
Aliaskhab Kebekov		2015-04-19	Buynaksk, Dagestan		1 (Target)	0		FSB security forces raid.[25]
Magomed Suleimanov		2015-08-11	Gimry, Dagestan		1 (Target)	0		FSB security forces raid.[26]
Zalim Shebzukhov		2016-08-17	Saint Petersburg		3 (including target)	0		FSB security forces raid.[27]
Rasul Makasharipov	Emir of Vilayat Dagestan	2005-07-06	Makhachkala, Dagestan		1 (Target)	0		FSB special forces raid.[28]
Anna Politkovskaya		2006	Russia		1 (Target)	0
Rappani Khalilov		2007-09-17	Novy Sulak, Dagestan		3 (including target)	12		FSB special forces raid. Killed by gunfight and/or collapse of residence by tanks.[29]
Abdul Madzhid		2008-09-07	Magaram­kentsky, Dagestan		2 (including target)	Unknown		Ambushed by FSB special forces.
Omar Sheikhulayev		2009-02-05	outside Makhachkala, Dagestan		1 (Target)	0		Killed in gunfight with FSB security forces.
Umalat Magomedov		2009-12-31	Khasavyurt, Dagestan		1 (Target)	Unknown		FSB security forces raid.
Magomed Vagabov		2010-08-21	Gunib, Dagestan		5 (including target)	0		FSB special forces raid.
Israpil Velijanov		2011-04-18	Dagestan		1 (Target)	0		FSB security forces raid.
Ibragimkhalil Daudov		2012-02-14	Dagestan		2 (including target)	0		Died from wounds and exposure after fleeing from FSB security forces raid.
Rustam Asildarov		2016-12-03	near Makhachkala, Dagestan		5 (including target)	0		FSB special forces raid.
Said Kharakansky		2017-02-07	Dagestan		1 (Target)	0
Muslim Atayev	Emir of Vilayat KBK	2005-01-27	Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria		2+ (including target)	0		Cornered and killed by FSB police force.
Anzor Astemirov		2010-03-24			4 (including target)	0		Killed in gunfight with FSB officers after routine identity check.
Asker Dzhappuyev		2011-04-29	Progress Stavropol Krai		10 (including target)	0
Alim Zankishiev		2012-03-27	Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria		1 (Target)	0		FSB security forces raid.[30]
Khuseyn Gakayev	Commander of Vilayat Nokhchicho (Eastern Sector)	2013-01-24	Vedeno, Chechnya		11 (including target)	0		Killed in gunfight after FSB scout operation.
Dzhamaleyl Mutaliyev[31]	Emir of Vilayat Galgayche	2013-05-21	Nazran		1 (Target)	Unknown
Arthur Getagazhev		2014-05-24	Sagopshi, Ingushetia		7 (including taget)	0		FSB security forces raid.
Beslan Makhauri[32]		2015-10-31	Nazran		1 (Target)	Unknown
Ilyas Vedzizhev[32]	Insurgent of Vilayat Galgayche				1 (Target)	Unknown
Zaur Prokopchuk	Senior Caucasus Emirate militant	2015-04-16	Nalchik		1 (Target)	Unknown
Ali Osaev[33]	Istanbul represen­tative of the Caucasus Emirate	2009-02-26			1 (Target)	Unknown
Robert Zankishiev	Head of Kabardino-Balkaria's terrorist organization	2015-11-10	Unknown		1 (Target)	Unknown
Berg-Hadj Musayev[33]	Senior chechen separatists	2011-09-16	Istanbul	Turkey	1 (Target)	Unknown	SVR	Shot.[34]
Zaurbek Amriyev[33]					1 (Target)	Unknown
Rustam Altemirov[33]					1 (Target)	Unknown
Abdullah Bukhari[34]	Usbek-chechen Islamic cleric	2014-12-10			1 (Target)	Unknown		Shot with a handgun.[34]
Abdulvahid Edelgiriev[34]	Chechen commander during the Chechen-Russian conflict	2015-11-01	Başakşehir, İstanbul Province		1 (Target)	Unknown		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		1 (Target)	Unknown		Shot in the head, neck and heart.[34]
Oleksandr Kharaberiush	SBU colonel	2017-03-31	Mariupol	Ukraine	1 (Target)	Unknown	SVR / FSB
Yurii Vitalyevich Voznyi (Yuri Vozny)		2017-06-27	Kostian­tynivka		1 (Target)	Unknown
Maksym Shapoval	HUR MOU colonel		Kyiv		1 (Target)	2		Explosive placed underneath private car.
Timur Makhauri (aka Ali Timaiev)[35][36]	Chechen battalion commander / fighter	2017-09-08			1 (Target)	Unknown		Explosive placed on car.[35][36]
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili	Military commander of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria	2019-08-23	Berlin	Germany	1 (Target)	0	GRU[37]	Shot twice in the head with a Glock 26 by a Russian contract killer.
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	10 (including 7 targets)	0		Killed in plane crash after likely bomb exploded on board.[38][39][40] Putin's right-hand man Nikolai Patrushev is believed to have orchestrated the assassination of Prigozhin.[41]
Alexander Perepilichny	Russian businessman	2012-11-10	London	United Kingdom	1 (Target)	0		Poisoned with a biological poison shortly before court testimony on Putin's financial network.[2]
Alexander Bednov	Russian military commander	2015-01-05	Luhansk	Ukraine	1 (Target)	Unknown	GRU	Killed during an arrest by "Luhansk People's Republic" police.[2]

See also

• List of assassinations in Europe § Russia
• List of deaths during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• List of Soviet assassinations
• List of assassinations by the United States
• List of Israeli assassinations
• List of journalists killed in Russia
• List of Second Chechen War assassinations
• Operations conducted by the Mossad
• Operation Condor

• Suspicious Russia-related deaths since 2022