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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

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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]

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