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...vast majority of Chechens oppose Basayev's murderous tactics, even while they share his goal of independence from Russia. But the fact that Basayev can roam around Vedeno with impunity and seemingly unleash strikes at will in Russia perfectly illustrates how the Chechen conflict has degenerated from a struggle for self-determination into a vicious war of terror in which Russian and Chechen civilians have become the targets. As the traditional 40-day mourning period in Beslan came to an end last week, people across Russia were left worrying where Basayev will strike next. Basayev, a short, wiry 39-year...
Shamil Basayev's home village of Dyshne-Vedeno stretches for a kilometer or two along a dusty road in the mountainous Vedeno district of Chechnya, 55 km southeast of the capital, Grozny. Cattle and sheep graze around the village, and the local cream is fresh and delicious. If the villagers are right, Russia's most-wanted man is hiding only a few kilometers away. Perhaps in the hamlet of Dargo, about 10 km to the east; or in Ersanoi, just up the road; or even right here in Dyshne-Vedeno itself, within sight of the ruins of his once sumptuous...
...thing they ever did. The very same person who took the call would phone Basayev straight away. The informant would be a dead man." Basayev maintains his protective bubble through fear, but also by infiltrating the Russian security services. According to Supyan Taramov, a Moscow-based property developer from Vedeno, Basayev has all the Russian military and intelligence installations in the region under surveillance. "Some of his relatives are in the police here," says Taramov, who once employed Basayev but in 2000 formed a pro-Russian military unit to hunt him down. Taramov claims Basayev's men routinely buy weapons...
...feel this is a good time for martyrdom. He lost a leg in early 2000, leading his men through a minefield, and many of his family and most of his comrades are dead. Alpha will now hunt Basayev on his home turf, the districts of Nozhai-Yurt and particularly Vedeno, about 50 km southeast of Grozny, the base for resistance to the Russians for nearly two centuries. Basayev reportedly moves between the two areas, but usually keeps close to Vedeno, his home village. The village still has the remains of a fort built by another Shamil, the great rebel...
...Five Home to Home Base: Quinn-Judge meets Russian soldiers stationed near the Vedeno Gorge...
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