Security forces detained four members of Basayev and Khattab's gangs.

Law enforcement agencies have detained four members of terrorist gangs Shamil Basayev and Emir Khattab, who participated in attacks on the Russian military in 1999 and 2000. This was reported on May 27 by the press service of the Federal Security Service (FSB).

The Ministry noted that evidence of their involvement in the attacks on the Russian military in Chechnya in October 1999 and February 2000 had been collected.

"In cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Rosgvardiya <...>, they were detained at the following residential addresses: Arsen Koldasov in the Stavropol Territory, Batyr Arsanov in the Republic of Ingushetia, Radjab Khasaev in the Republic of Dagestan, Rasul Takhtamirov in the Astrakhan region," the message says.

The defendants were taken to the preliminary investigation body. They were charged under articles on banditry, armed rebellion and an attempt on the life of law enforcement officers, she added.Газета.Ru ".

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The official representative of the Investigative Committee (IC) of the Russian Federation, Svetlana Petrenko, reported on December 16 last year that two defendants in the Basayev and Khattab detachments who participated in attacks on Russian military personnel had been detained. They were charged under Article 279 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Organization of an armed rebellion or active participation in it"), Part 2 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code ("Participation in a gang"), Article 317 of the Criminal Code ("Assault on the life of a law enforcement officer").