List of deaths related to the 1999 Russian apartment bombings explained

Many people have been allegedly killed in connection with the Russian apartment bombings.

List of related deaths

Authors

• Alexander Litvinenko, an author of two books about the events, was assassinated in London.^[1] In a book he co-authored with Yuri Felshtinsky, Mr. Litvinenko claimed that FSB was behind the bombings.^[2]

Journalists

• Artyom Borovik investigated the Moscow apartment bombings and prepared a series of publications about them, according to Grigory Yavlinsky.^[3] He received numerous death threats and died in an airplane crash in March 2000.^[4]
• Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in 2006. She asked 2004 presidential nominees about the bombings.^[5]

Diplomats

• Igor Ponomarev died in London shortly before his scheduled meeting with Mario Scaramella, Mr. Litvinenko's associate.^{[6] [7]}

Politicians

• Sergei Yushenkov, a Russian lawmaker and vice-chairmen of unofficial Sergei Kovalev commission created to investigate the bombings was assassinated in April 2003
• Yuri Shchekochikhin, a Russian lawmaker and member of Kovalev commission was apparently poisoned on July 3, 2003 ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}
• Otto Lacis, another member of Kovalev commission, was assaulted in November 2003.^[12] He died two years later after a car accident.^[13]

Members of the FSB

• FSB General German Ugryumov who, at the time during which he was allegedly supervising the 1999 attacks; was a key figure in the FSB's counterterrorism section. Is alleged by some to have committed suicide following his receiving of a package the day prior to his death on May 31, 2001. This package may have contained kompromat from the FSB, alongside a confirmed notification that he was being promoted to Admiral.^{[14] [15] [16]}
• Maxim Lazovsky, an FSB officer who was allegedly involved in staging of bombings in Moscow in 1994.
• Vladimir Romanovich, an FSB officer who was identified by Mikhail Trepashkin as the man who rented basement of one of the bombed buildings, died in a hit and run accident in Cyprus^[17]

Official suspects of the case

• Arab-born Mujahid Ibn al-Khattab was poisoned by the FSB in 2002.
• Denis Saitakov, an ethnic Tatar from Uzbekistan,^[18] was killed in Georgia in 1999-2000^{[19] [20]})
• Khakim Abayev, an ethnic Karachai, was killed by FSB special forces in May 2004 in Ingushetia^[21]
• Ravil Akhmyarov,^[22] an ethnic Tatar, was killed in Chechnya in 1999-2000
• Timur Batchayev, an ethnic Karachai,^[23] was killed in Georgia in the clash with police during which Krymshakhalov was arrested
• Zaur Batchayev, an ethnic Karachai,^[24] was killed in Chechnya in 1999-2000

People who disappeared

• Achemez Gochiyayev who rented basements of the bombed buildings under request from Dyshenkov and later reported about other mined buildings to police, according to his tape that Chechen middle men passed to Sergei Kovalev Commission.
• Three FSB agents (two men and a woman) who conducted the "training exercise" in the city of Ryazan. Their identities and fate remains unknown although their photos were advertised on Russian television.

Notes and References

1. https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-12-06-poisoned-spy_x.htm U.K. officially views ex-spy's poisoning as murder case
2. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2987000.ece Agents 'asked me to betray Litvinenko'
3. Grigory Yavlinsky's interview, TV6 Russia, March 11, 2000. (computer translation)
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/672849.stm Russian crash: search for terrorist link
5. Presidential election is our last chance to learn the truth, Anna Politkovskaya, Novaya Gazeta, № 2, January 15, 2004 (computer translation)
6. http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/2007-6-3.cfm British Detectives Focus on Lugovoi, Kovtun
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20070118113811/http://www.imo.org/About/mainframe.asp?topic_id=1320&doc_id=7293 Mr. Igor Ponomarev
8. News: Russia's poisoning 'without a poison' . BBC News . February 6, 2007 . May 8, 2010.
9. Web site: АГЕНТ НЕИЗВЕСТЕН "Новая газета" настаивает на возобновлении официального расследования обстоятельств гибели Юрия Щекочихина . . 2006-10-30 . 2007-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160225184153/http://2006.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2006/82n/n82n-s05.shtml . 2016-02-25 . dead .
10. http://www.nupi.no/cgi-win/Russland/krono.exe?6200 Chronology of events. State Duma Deputy Yushenkov shot dead
11. http://www.eng.terror99.ru/publications/118.htm Worries Linger as Schekochikhin's Laid to Rest
12. В Москве жестоко избит Отто Лацис, NewsRU, 11 November 2003
13. Скончался известный российский журналист Отто Лацис, November 3, 2005
14. Web site: Адмирал ФСБ - Дух воинский - Православное воинство - РУССКОЕ ВОСКРЕСЕНИЕ; ?>. www.voskres.ru.
15. Web site: Center for Defense Information. https://web.archive.org/web/20070214174016/http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/5054.html. dead. Feb 14, 2007. Project On Government Oversight.
16. Web site: ГЕРМАН УГРЮМОВ ЗАСТРЕЛИЛСЯ, А КОМАНДУЮЩИЙ ОГВ В ЧЕЧНЕ ВАЛЕРИЙ БАРАНОВ ДАЕТ ПОКАЗАНИЯ?. stringer-news.com.
17. http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engEUR460132006 Russian Federation: Amnesty International calls for Mikhail Trepashkin to be released pending a full review of his case
18. Russia: Grasping the Reality of Nuclear Terror. Simon. Saradzhyan. Sep 14, 2006. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 607. 1. 64–77. 10.1177/0002716206290964. 145500667.
19. Web site: Putin's defense sector appointees.
20. http://kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?docsid=355437 Only one explosions suspect still free
21. https://archive.today/20130113172243/http://kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?docsid=481392 Karachayev terrorists found in the morgue
22. Web site: Грани.Ру: Процесс о взрывах жилых домов: адвокат Адама Деккушева просит его полного оправдания. graniru.org.
23. Web site: ПРИЧАСТНЫЕ К ВЗРЫВАМ В МОСКВЕ УСТАНОВЛЕНЫ. https://web.archive.org/web/20061004033636/http://www.fsb.ru/smi/smifsb/periodik/soldatenko.html. dead. Oct 4, 2006.
24. http://www.india.mid.ru/nfr2003/nf18.html NEWS FROM RUSSIA",Vol.VI, Issue No.18, dated 1st May 2003