# List of Russian assassinations

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

## Russian assassinations

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