Borozdinovskaya operation
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| Rampage in Borozdinovskaya | |
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| Location | Borozdinovskaya, Chechen-Dagestani border |
| Date | June 4, 2005 |
| Attack type | Pogrom |
| Deaths | 1 killed, 11 missing |
| Perpetrator(s) | Chechen GRU commandos |
The Borozdinovskaya operation was cleansing raid (zachiska, Russian: зачистка) by the ethnic Chechen unit battalion Vostok of the GRU Spetsnaz and the Chechen police on the ethnic minority Avar border village of Borozdinovskaya on 4 June 2005.
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[edit] Raid
The attack resulted in 11 civilians being "disappeared" and feared dead and a 77-year-old man was found burnt alive. Numerous civilians, rounded-up by the troops, were severely beaten and several homes were torched.
Colonel Sulim Yamadayev, commander of the Vostok battalion, denied that his subordinates were directly or indirectly involved in the raid.[1] The raid took place after "a series of murders and armed attacks" in and around the village in May-June of 2005, including few days after after an incident in which a father of a Vostok serviceman was shot and killed.[2]
[edit] Consequences
The raid prompted a mass exodus over the border to neighbouring Dagestan of the whole population of around 1,000-1,200 villagers[3] and led to a serious political standoff in both Chechnya and Dagestan.[4] Dmitri Kozak, the presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District, even called the raid "an act of sabotage against the Russian state" by "extremists".[5]
On October 27, 2005, Mukhadi Aziyev, company commander of the Vostok battalion, was convicted of "exceeding official authority", and given a three-year suspended sentence. The fate of the abducted people was not established.[6] A legal demand for compensation brought by villagers against the Russian Ministry of Defence was rejected.[7]
In 2006 and again in 2008, during the conflict between Kadyrov and the Yamadayev brothers, the government of Ramzan Kadyrov used the case as an example of the unit's crimes.[8][9]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Yamadayev denies involvement, The Jamestown Foundation, June 30, 2005
- ^ Memorial details events in Borozdinovskaya, The Jamestown Foundation, June 30, 2005
- ^ A Terrorized Village in Chechnya Crosses the Border, The St. Petersburg Times, June 28, 2005
- ^ Federal sweep in Borozdinovskaya creates serious crisis in Northern Caucasus, The Jamestown Foundation, June 30, 2005
- ^ Russia: Scandal Brews Over Raid In Chechnya, RFE/RL/GlobalSecurity.org, 23 June 2005
- ^ Sentence for Borozdinovskaia passed in Chechnya, Memorial society, 27/10/2005
- ^ Analysis: Russian Defense Ministry Postpones Ruling On Controversial Chechen Battalion, RFE/RL, April 25, 2008
- ^ Kadyrov (selectively) denounced disappearances, The Jamestown Foundation , April 20, 2006
- ^ Clanning Chechnya, Novaya Gazeta, 21.04.2008
[edit] External links
- Chechnya: Does Outrage Over Borozdinovskaya Sweep Presage Change Of Russian Tactics?, RFE/RL, June 24, 2005
- Borozdinovskaya refugees hold protest meeting in Dagestan, Memorial society, 26/6/2007
- Chechnya: Fleeing Villagers Protest, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 30 June 2005
- Kadyrov bribes refugees to return to Borozdinovskaya, National Endowment for Democracy, June 30th 2005
- Moscow places its bets on "state terrorists" in Chechnya, The Jamestown Foundation, July 14, 2005
- Borozdinovskaya residents flee once again, RFE/RL, July 27, 2005
- Russia: Officials Say Pro-Moscow Chechens Involved In Deadly Raid On Avar Village RFE/RL/GlobalSecurity.org, July 29 2005
- Borozdinovskaya and the role of revenge, The Jamestown Foundation, August 10, 2005
- Two policemen wounded in attack on post in minority village in Chechnya, Associated Press, August 25, 2005
- Whose side are you on?, The Guardian, September 16 2005
