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This is a list of people confirmed to have been [[Assassination|assassinated]] by the government of the [[Russian Federation]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Filipov |first=David |date=2017-03-23 |title=Here are 10 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/23/here-are-ten-critics-of-vladimir-putin-who-died-violently-or-in-suspicious-ways/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323235912/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/23/here-are-ten-critics-of-vladimir-putin-who-died-violently-or-in-suspicious-ways/ |archive-date=2017-03-23}}</ref> Some of the assassinations or [[targeted killing]]s took place overseas.

==Russian assassinations==
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! Target
! Position
! Date
! City
! Country
! Killed
! Injured
! Perpe{{shy}}trators
! Method 
|- 
|[[Akhmadov brothers]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Узел |first=Кавказский |date=2011-10-15 |title=In Turkey, police releases Uvais Akhmadov |url=https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/18681/ |accessdate=2022-09-13 |work=[[Caucasian Knot]] |language=en}}</ref>
|Chechen generals and high-ranking military commanders
|1999-2002 (7 brothers killed)
|
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}}
|7 Targets
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" |[[Federal Security Service|FSB]]
|
|-
|[[Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev]]
|Chairman of the Parliament of the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]
|2000-05-17
|[[Shali, Chechen Republic|Shali]]
|1 (target)
|0
|Forcibly disappeared, possibly tortured to death.
|-
|Apti Abitayev<ref>{{Cite news |last=Warren |first=Marcus |date=2001-05-14 |title=Britons' kidnap suspect killed by Russians |language=en-GB |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1330225/News-in-brief.html |url-status=live |accessdate=2022-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109131902/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1330225/News-in-brief.html |archive-date=2012-11-09}}</ref>
|Prime suspect in the [[1998 abduction of foreign engineers in Chechnya|1998 kidnapping incident]]
|2001-05-06 
|Somewhere in Russia
|{{flag|Russia}}
|1 (target)
|0
|
|-
|[[Dzhokhar Dudayev]]
| rowspan="4"|[[President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]
|1996-04-21
|[[Chechnya]]
|{{flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}}
|1 (target)
|0
|[[Russian Air Force]]
|Attack by two laser-guided missiles.
|-
|[[Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev]]
|2004-02-13
|[[Doha]]
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|1 (target) 2 unconfirmed
|1
|[[Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)|SVR]] / [[Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation|GRU]]
|Explosive placed on private SUV.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-02-13 |title=Ex-Chechen president dies in blast |language=en-US |work=[[NBC News]] |agency=[[The Associated Press]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4261459#.XpbYYsgzbDc}}</ref>
|-
|[[Aslan Maskhadov]]
|2005-03-08 
|[[Tolstoy-Yurt]], [[Chechnya]]
| rowspan="24" |{{flag|Russia}}
|1 (target)
|
| rowspan="8" |[[Federal Security Service|FSB]]
|FSB special forces raid. Grenade thrown in hiding bunker.
|-
|[[Abdul-Halim Sadulayev]]
|2006-06-17
|[[Argun, Chechen Republic|Argun]], [[Chechnya]]
|9 (including target)
|5
|FSB police raid. [[Hand grenade]] thrown through window (disputed).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-06-17 |title=Report: Chechen Rebel chief killed |language=en |work=[[CNN World]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/17/chechnya.rebel/index.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2022-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218161629/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/17/chechnya.rebel/index.html |archive-date=2007-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Smirnov |first=Andrei |date=2006-06-22 |title=Sadulaev Death Result Of Good Luck, Not Good Planning |language=en |work=[[Eurasia Daily Monitor]] |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |url=https://jamestown.org/program/sadulaev-death-result-of-good-luck-not-good-planning/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918223211/http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=414&issue_id=3774&article_id=2371208 |archive-date=2008-09-18}}</ref>
|-
|[[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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kullberg |first=Anssi |date=2003-10-06 |title=The Background of Chechen Independence Movement VI: From the Dubrovka Theatre to "Black Widows" |url=http://users.jyu.fi/~aphamala/pe/2003/tsets-6.htm |website=The Eurasian Politician |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ibn al-Khattab]]
| rowspan="5"|Emir of the [[Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya]]
|2002-03-20
|[[Chechnya]]
|1 (target)
|0
|Poisoning with poisoned letter.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kramer |first1=Andrew E. |date=2016-08-20 |title=More of Kremlin's Opponents Are Ending up Dead |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/world/europe/moscow-kremlin-silence-critics-poison.html}}</ref>
|-
|[[Abu al-Walid]]
|2004-04-16
|Chechnya
|1 (target)
|0
|Ambushed by FSB snipers.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=McGregor |first1=Andrew |date=2005-02-01 |title=Abu Hafs Al-urdani: The Quiet Mujahid |language=en |volume=6 |work=[[North Caucasus Weekly]] |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |issue=5 |url=https://jamestown.org/program/abu-hafs-al-urdani-the-quiet-mujahid/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929041300/http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=27481#.VgoP1HrP3IU |archive-date=2015-09-29}}</ref>
|-
|[[Abu Hafs al-Urduni]]
|2006-11-26
|Chechnya
|5 (including target)
|Unknown
|FSB Special forces raid.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Andrew McGregor |title=Death of a Jordanian Mujahid: Abu Hafs al-Urdani |volume=7 |work=[[North Caucasus Weekly]] |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |issue=46 |url=https://jamestown.org/program/death-of-a-jordanian-mujahid-abu-hafs-al-urdani-2/}}</ref>
|-
|[[Muhannad (jihadist)|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
| rowspan="2" |Unknown Russian agents
|Possibly tortured to death.<ref name="RFE2008">{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1101688.html|title=Russia: Relatives, Chechen Leaders Question Official Version Of Raduev's Death|newspaper=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=2008-04-09 |accessdate=2022-09-13 |last1=Peuch |first1=Jean-Christophe }}</ref>
|-
|[[Salman Raduyev]]
|Chechen separatist warlord and rebel commander
|2002-12-14
|[[Solikamsk]]
|1 (target)
|0
|Possibly executed in prison.<ref name="RFE2008"/>
|-
|[[Ruslan Gelayev]]
|Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya
|2004-02-28
|{{ill|Bezhta, Dagestan|lt=Bezhta|ru|Бежта}}, [[Dagestan]]
|35-40 (including target)
|Unknown
|[[Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation|Border Security Service]] 
|Shot by rifle during gunfight, died from [[exsanguination|exsangui{{shy}}nation]] after cutting off his hand.
|-
|{{ill|Абу Умар Мухаммед ас-Сайяф|lt=Abu Umar Mohammed Al-Sayyaf|ru|Абу Умар Мухаммед ас-Сайяф}}
|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, Chechen Republic|Shali]]
|1 (Target)
|0
|
|
|-
|[[Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi]]<ref name="GlobalTerrorAlert">{{Cite report|work=Global Terror Alert|url=http://www.globalterroralert.com/pdf/0505/chechnya0505.pdf|title=Death of Senior EIJ Member Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi Reported in the Caucasus|date=May 2005}}</ref>
|One of the founders of [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad|EIJ]] and [[Al-Qaeda]] affiliate
|2005-??-??
|[[Chechnya]]
|1 (Target)
|0
|FSB special forces raid.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kohlmann |first=Evan |date=2005-04-17 |title=Death of Senior Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) Member Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi Reported in the Caucasus |url=http://www.globalterroralert.com/pdf/0505/chechnya0505.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210150010/http://www.globalterroralert.com/pdf/0505/chechnya0505.pdf |archive-date=2009-02-10 |access-date=2022-01-22 |website=Global Terroralert |language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
|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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chivers |first=C.j. |date=2005-02-22 |title=World Briefing &#124; Europe: Russia: Suspected Qaeda Operative Dead |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/22/world/world-briefing-europe-russia-suspected-qaeda-operative-dead.html}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Rizvan Chitigov]]
|Senior Chechen intelligence chief and alleged [[CIA]] agent
|2005-03-23
|[[Shali, Chechen Republic|Shali]], Chechnya
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|FSB special forces raid.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Several Major Rebel Commanders Reportedly Killed |language=en |volume=6 |work=[[North Caucasus Weekly]] |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |issue=13 |url=https://jamestown.org/program/several-major-rebel-commanders-reportedly-killed-2/ |accessdate=2022-09-13}}</ref>
|
|- 
|[[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]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Abu Omar Reportedly Killed |language=en |volume=6 |work=[[North Caucasus Weekly]] |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |issue=47 |url=https://jamestown.org/program/abu-omar-reportedly-killed-2/ |access-date=2019-10-20}}</ref>
|[[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).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-07-12 |title=Шамиля Басаева узнают по рукам и ноге |language=ru |page=1 |work=[[Kommersant]] |issue=125 |url=http://kommersant.ru/doc/689415 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809082924/http://kommersant.ru/doc/689415 |archive-date=2011-08-09}}</ref>
|-
|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 religious leaders|Islamic cleric]]
|2007-07-26
|[[Makhachkala]], Dagestan
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|
|
|-
|[[Ratmir Shameyev]]<ref name="Reuters2011">{{Cite news|url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE73S5IQ20110429|title=Clashes in Russia's Caucasus Kill 10 Rebels|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525062648/http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE73S5IQ20110429 |archive-date=2012-05-25|work=[[Reuters]]|date=2011-04-29}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"|Senior Chechen militants
| rowspan="2"|2011-04-29
| rowspan="2"|Progress, [[Stavropol Krai]]
|9 (including 7 targets)
|Unknown
|
|Killed in gunfight.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Balkar, Kabardian Insurgent Leaders Reported Killed |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/balkar_kabardian_insurgent_leaders_reported_killed/16797920.html |work=[[RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty]] |access-date=2022-03-14 |date=2011-04-29}}</ref>
|-
|Aslanbek Khamurzov<ref name="Reuters2011"/>
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|
|
|-
|[[Alexander Litvinenko]]
|Defected lieutenant colonel of [[Federal Security Service|FSB]]
|2006-11-23
|[[London]]
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|1 (Target)
|0
| rowspan="2" |[[Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)|SVR]]
|Poisoning with [[radionuclide]] [[polonium-210]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-07-28 |title=Litvinenko: A deadly trail of polonium |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33678717}}</ref>
|-
|[[Umar Israilov]]
|Ex [[bodyguard]] of [[Ramzan Kadyrov]] / Critic of the [[Chechnya|Chechen]] government
|2009-01-13
|[[Vienna]]
|{{flag|Austria}}
|1 (Target)
|0
|Shot twice in the head after trying to flee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-22 |title=A Killing in Vienna and the Chechen Connection |url=https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/killing-vienna-and-chechen-connection |url-access=registration |website=[[Stratfor]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Movladi Baisarov]]
|Ex commander of the [[Special Battalion Vostok]]
|2006-11-18
|[[Moscow]]
|{{flag|Russia}}
|1 (Target)
|0
| rowspan="2" |[[Kadyrovtsy]]
|Shot by automatic weapons.
|-
|[[Sulim Yamadayev]]
|Lieutenant Colonel of [[Special Battalion Vostok]]
|2009-03-28 (Died 03–30)
|[[Dubai]]
|{{flag|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]]
| rowspan="35" |{{flag|Russia}}
|1 (Target)
|0
| rowspan="2" |[[Federal Security Service|FSB]] / [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)|MVD]]
|
|-
|[[Yassir al-Sudani]]
|Commander of [[Caucasus Emirate]]
|2010-06-08
|[[Vedeno]], [[Chechnya]]
|8 (including target)
|Unknown
|
|-
|Eldar Magatov<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-01-21 |title=Russian police kill Islamist militant leader before Olympics |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-militant/russian-police-kill-islamist-militant-leader-before-olympics-idUSBREA0L00K20140122 |accessdate=2020-03-14}}</ref>
|Senior Islamist militant
|2014-01-21
|likely [[Dagestan]]
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
| rowspan="2" |[[Police of Russia|Russian police and pro-government militia]]
|
|-
|[[Vakha Arsanov]]
|rowspan="2"|[[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<ref name="RFE2012">{{Cite news |date=2012-08-02 |title=Chechen Republic Head Announces Killing Of Three Veteran Insurgents |work=[[RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty]] |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/chechen-republic-head-announces-killing-of-three-veteran-insurgents/24664629.html |access-date=2022-03-14}}</ref>
|Field commander of [[Caucasus Emirate]]
|rowspan="3"|2012-07-31
|rowspan="3"|[[Galashki]], [[Ingushetia]]
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
| rowspan="30" |[[Federal Security Service|FSB]]
|
|-
|Ibragim Avdorkhanov<ref name="RFE2012"/>
|rowspan="2"|Chechen separatists and part of [[2010 Tsentoroy attack]]
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|
|-
|Ayub Khaladov<ref name="RFE2012"/>
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|
|-
|[[Dokka Umarov]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Caucasus Emirate|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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Joscelyn |first=Thomas |last2=Roggio |first2=Bill |date=2015-04-19 |title=Russian troops kill leader of Islamic Caucasus Emirate |language=en-US |work=[[FDD's Long War Journal]] |url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/04/russian-troops-kill-leader-of-islamic-caucasus-emirate.php}}</ref>
|-
|[[Magomed Suleimanov]]
|2015-08-11
|[[Gimry]], [[Dagestan]]
|1 (Target)
|0
|FSB security forces raid.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/caucasus-emirate-leader-killed-daghestan/27183272.html|title=Leader Of 'Caucasus Emirate' Killed|newspaper=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|date=2015-08-12 |accessdate=2022-09-13}}</ref>
|-
|[[Zalim Shebzukhov]]
|2016-08-17
|[[Saint Petersburg]]
|3 (including target)
|0
|FSB security forces raid.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Узел |first=Кавказский |date=2016-08-17 |title=NAC: Zalim Shebzukhov killed in special operation in Saint Petersburg |url=https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/36587/ |accessdate=2022-09-13 |work=[[Caucasian Knot]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Rasul Makasharipov]]
| rowspan="11" |Emir of [[Vilayat Dagestan]]
|2005-07-06
|[[Makhachkala]], [[Dagestan]]
|1 (Target)
|0
|FSB special forces raid.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-07-14 |title=Sharia Jamaat Confirms Death Of Its "Emir" |language=en |volume=6 |work=[[North Caucasus Weekly]] |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |issue=27 |url=https://jamestown.org/program/sharia-jamaat-confirms-death-of-its-emir/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921145529/http://www.jamestown.org/publications_details.php?volume_id=409&issue_id=3401 |archive-date=2008-09-21}}</ref>
|-
|[[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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-02-02 |title=Russian Authorities Claim Top Militant Killed In Daghestan |language=en |newspaper=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1078721.html |accessdate=2022-09-13}}</ref>
|-
|[[Abdul Madzhid (Dagestan rebel)|Abdul Madzhid]]
|2008-09-07 
|[[Magaramkentsky District|Magaram{{shy}}kentsky]], 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]]
|rowspan="4"|Emir of [[United Vilayat of Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachay|Vilayat KBK]]
|2005-01-27
|rowspan="2"|[[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, Russia|Progress]] [[Stavropol Krai]]
|10 (including target)
|0
|
|-
|[[Alim Zankishiev]]
|2012-03-27
|[[Nalchik]], [[Kabardino-Balkaria]]
|1 (Target)
|0
|FSB security forces raid.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-03-27 |title=Russia Insurgent Leader Said Killed |language=en |newspaper=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia_north_caucasus_insurgent_leader/24528765.html}}</ref>
|-
|[[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<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-08-01 |title=Ingush Insurgency Commander Affirms Support for Embattled Cleric |language=en |newspaper=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/caucasus-report-ingushetia-insurgency/25063622.html |access-date=2019-09-01}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|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<ref name="EurasiaDailyMonitor2015">{{Cite news |last=Vatchagaev |first=Mairbek |date=2015-11-12 |title=Ingush Jamaat Loses Another Amir |language=en |volume=12 |work=[[Eurasia Daily Monitor]] |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |issue=206 |url=https://jamestown.org/program/ingush-jamaat-loses-another-amir-2/ |accessdate=2022-09-13}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|2015-10-31
|rowspan="2"|[[Nazran]]
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|
|-
|Ilyas Vedzizhev<ref name="EurasiaDailyMonitor2015"/>
|Insurgent of Vilayat Galgayche
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|
|-
|Zaur Prokopchuk
|Senior [[Caucasus Emirate]] militant
|2015-04-16
|[[Nalchik]]
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|
|-
|Ali Osaev<ref name="HürriyetDailyNews2014">{{Cite news |date=2014-02-19 |title=Chechens killed in Istanbul in the name of Russian intel, prosecutor claims |work=[[Hürriyet Daily News]] |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/chechens-killed-in-istanbul-in-the-name-of-russian-intel-prosecutor-claims-62656 |access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>
|Istanbul represen{{shy}}tative 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<ref name="HürriyetDailyNews2014" />
| rowspan="3" |Senior chechen separatists
| rowspan="3" |2011-09-16
| rowspan="4" |[[Istanbul]]
| rowspan="6" |{{flag|Turkey}}
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
| rowspan="6" |[[Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)|SVR]]
| rowspan="3" |Shot.<ref name="BBCNews2016">{{Cite news |date=2016-12-13 |title=Have Russian hitmen been killing with impunity in Turkey? |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38294204 |access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>
|-
|Zaurbek Amriyev<ref name="HürriyetDailyNews2014"/> 
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|-
|Rustam Altemirov<ref name="HürriyetDailyNews2014"/>
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|-
|Abdullah Bukhari<ref name="BBCNews2016" />
|Usbek-chechen [[Islamic religious leaders|Islamic cleric]]
|2014-12-10
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|Shot with a handgun.<ref name="BBCNews2016"/>
|-
|Abdulvahid Edelgiriev<ref name="BBCNews2016"/>
|Chechen commander during the [[Chechen-Russian conflict]]
|2015-11-01
|[[Başakşehir]], [[İstanbul Province]]
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|Shot while fleeing and stabbed in the neck.<ref name="BBCNews2016"/>
|-
|Ruslan Israpilov<ref name="BBCNews2016"/>
|Chechen fighter during the Chechen-Russian conflict
|2016-05-11
|[[Kocaeli Province]], [[Turkey]]
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|Shot in the head, neck and heart.<ref name="BBCNews2016"/>
|-
|Oleksandr Kharaberiush
|rowspan="2"|[[Security Service of Ukraine|SBU]] colonel
|2017-03-31
|[[Mariupol]]
|rowspan="4" |{{flag|Ukraine}}
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
| rowspan="4" |[[Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)|SVR]] / [[Federal Security Service (Russia)|FSB]]
|
|-
|Yurii Vitalyevich Voznyi (Yuri Vozny)
| rowspan="2"|2017-06-27
|[[Kostiantynivka|Kostian{{shy}}tynivka]]
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|
|-
|[[Maksym Shapoval]]
|[[Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine|HUR MOU]] colonel
|rowspan="2"|[[Kyiv]]
|1 (Target)
|2
|Explosive placed underneath private car.
|-
|Timur Makhauri (aka Ali Timaiev)<ref name="Hromadske2017">{{Cite news |date=2017-09-08 |title=A Chechen Fighter Was Killed In A Kyiv Car Bombing. Who Was He? |url=https://en.hromadske.ua/posts/a-chechen-fighter-was-killed-in-a-kyiv-car-bombing-who-was-he |accessdate=2022-09-13 |work=[[Hromadske]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="KyivPost2017">{{Cite news |last=Mukhina |first=Helen |date=2017-09-09 |title=Interior Ministry: Georgian citizen Timur Makhauri killed, his wife injured in car blast in central Kyiv (update) |language=en |work=[[Kyiv Post]] |agency=[[Interfax-Ukraine]] |url=https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/interior-ministry-georgian-citizen-timur-makhauri-killed-wife-injured-car-blast-central-kyiv-update.html |accessdate=2022-09-13}}</ref>
|[[Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion|Chechen battalion]] commander / fighter
|2017-09-08
|1 (Target)
|Unknown
|Explosive placed on car.<ref name="Hromadske2017" /><ref name="KyivPost2017" />
|-
|[[Zelimkhan Khangoshvili]]
|Military commander of [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]
|2019-08-23
|[[Berlin]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
|1 (Target)
|0
|[[GRU (Russian Federation)|GRU]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-27 |title=New Evidence Links Russian State to Berlin Assassination |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/09/27/new-evidence-links-russian-state-to-berlin-assassination/ |accessdate=2022-09-13 |website=[[Bellingcat]] |language=en}}</ref>
|Shot twice in the head with a [[Glock]] 26 by a Russian contract killer.
|-
|[[Yevgeny Prigozhin]], [[Dmitry Utkin]], [[Valery Chekalov]], and [[2023 Wagner Group plane crash|seven others]]
|Russian oligarch and leader of [[Wagner Group]], Wagner commanders, air crew
|2023-08-24
|[[Kuzhenkino]], [[Tver Oblast]] 
|{{flag|Russia}}
|10 (including 7 targets)
|0
|
|Killed in plane crash after likely bomb exploded on board.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Porter|first1=Justin|title=Friday Briefing: U.S. Believes Prigozhin Was Killed|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2023-08-24|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/briefing/prigozhin-brics-membership-thailand.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Masih|first=Niha|title=Prigozhin most likely dead, and an explosion may have downed his plane, U.S. officials say|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/24/prigozhin-plane-crash-wagner-russia-live-updates/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Alexander|title=Prigozhin plane debris points to sabotage|work=[[NBC News]]|date=2023-08-24|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prigozhin-plane-crash-sabotage-explosion-evidence-rcna101756}}</ref> Putin's right-hand man [[Nikolai Patrushev]] is believed to have orchestrated the assassination of Prigozhin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prigozhin Killing Ordered by Putin's Security Council Chief – WSJ |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/22/prigozhin-killing-ordered-by-putins-security-council-chief-wsj-a83526 |access-date=23 December 2023 |work=The Moscow Times|date=22 December 2023 }}</ref>
|}

== See also ==
* {{section link|List of assassinations in Europe|Russia/Soviet Union}}
* [[Suspicious deaths of Russian businesspeople (2022–2024)]]
* [[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]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Cite news |last=Blake |first=Heidi |last2=Warren |first2=Tom |last3=Holmes |first3=Richard |last4=Leopold |first4=Jason |last5=Bradley |first5=Jane |last6=Campbell |first6=Alex |date=2017-06-15 |title=From Russia With Blood: 14 Suspected Hits On British Soil That The Government Ignored |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/heidiblake/from-russia-with-blood-14-suspected-hits-on-british-soil |work=[[BuzzFeed News]] |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite news |last=Groll |first=Elias |date=2023-12-27 |title=A Brief History of Attempted Russian Assassinations by Poison |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/09/a-brief-history-of-attempted-russian-assassinations-by-poison/ |work=[[Foreign Policy]] |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite news |last=Price |first=Rob |last2=Ghosh |first2=Shona |date=2018-03-06 |title=All the times Russia allegedly carried out assassinations on British soil |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/list-alleged-russian-assassinations-in-britain-litvinenko-2018-3 |work=[[Business Insider]] |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite news |last=Свобода |first=Радіо |date=2015-03-03 |title=Жертви політичної епохи Путіна |language=uk |work=[[Radio Svoboda]] |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/26879909.html}}

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