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| CONCLUSIONS: While Basayev is a skilled commander and symbol for the Chechen resistance, his death at the hands of the Russians will not bring a halt to the Chechen guerrilla warfare. Killing Basayev will only make a "shahid" (martyr) out of the Chechens' most famous fighter. Russia's only hopes for ending its increasingly costly war of attrition in Chechnya involves negotiating with moderate Chechen president Aslan Mashkadov and, in the process, sidelining such anti-Russian militants as Basayev. While Mashkadov does not have control over the various field commanders, he does have the ability to negotiate a face saving deal with the Russians that would allow for a gradual withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya. |
| Shamil Basayev |
| Russia's most wanted man |
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| Profile: Shamil Basaev Date of Birth: 1965 Place of Birth: Village Vedeno, Vedeno District, Chechen Republic |
| Family: Has three brothers. One was killed during the fighting in Vedeno at the beginning of 1995. Older brother - Shirvani Basaev was a commandant of the city of Bamut |
| Marriage status: Married |
| Life path: 1987 got enrolled to Moscow Institute of Land-Tenure Regulations Engineers. August, 1991 took action in the defence of the White House in Moscow, Russia.1991 returned to Chechnya from Russia and joined the trrops of the Confederation of the People of the Cacasus (KHK). 1992 became a commander of the troops of the Confederation of the People of the Cacasus (KHK). August of 1992 participated in war actions in Abkhaziya. From April until July of 1994 he was in Afganistan in province of Host where he went through the training. Summer of 1994 he particpated in military activities during civil war on Djovkhar Dudaev's side. 14 June, 1995 he took hospital in the city of Budenovsk, Russia in order to bring attention of the World community to the situation in Chechnya. April of 1996 he was elected as Commander of the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic. December of 1996 left the post of the Commander in order to be a candidate for the President of the Chechen Republic in forthcoming elections. 27th of January, 1997 got second place, getting 23,5% of the voters loosing the Presidential seat to Aslan Maskhadov |
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