June 18, 2001

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At about one in the morning, up to 15 Russian military men entered the house on Lenin Street in the city of Shali. They lifted Muslim Rashidov out of bed, who returned from Stavropol only two weeks ago.

During the previous 10 months, on suspicion of participation in the armed formations of the CRI, this man was kept in a pre-trial detention center both on the territory of the republic and outside it. However, by a court decision, all charges against him were dropped. Therefore, to the military men who broke into his house, along with his passport, he also showed the decision of the court. The military said that they had other papers and that "to clarify the situation" he needed to go with them.

Muslim Rashidov was advised to dress "better" and take the necessary medicines with him. Under the pretext that the area around the house was mined, the relatives were forbidden to see the detainee. A neighbor tried to prevent him from being taken away, but he was beaten and thrown face down into a ditch by the military.

The next morning, the remains of Muslim Rashidov were found on the outskirts of the city. According to eyewitnesses, he was blown up, most likely already dead. Residents of outlying houses heard shots at night, and then a strong explosion.

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From June 18 to June 21, at night, from the place of deployment of the 205th motorized rifle brigade of the RF Ministry of Defense at the entrance to the Argun Gorge, artillery shells fired at the village of Starye Atagi, Grozny region. Five houses were destroyed. On June 20 and 21, residents of the settlement gathered near the village police department and demanded an end to unmotivated nighttime shelling.

Khasan Belkhaev, born in 1972, a resident of the village of Alkhan-Yurt, Urus-Martan District, died of a gunshot wound in Grozny Hospital No. 9. In one of the micro-districts of Grozny, Timur Saydayev, born in 1969, came under fire and was wounded.

Media reports:

In the village of Gekhi, Urus-Martan district, 45-year-old Nikayeva was killed. According to the head of the district administration Shirvani Yasaev, the incident took place in the market in the center of the village. Passenger passing by KamAZ opened fire from a machine gun. Nikayeva received bullet wounds, the doctors could not save her life. She became the 21st victim in the last 10 days in the area.

In the Zavodskoy district of Grozny, 60-year-old Khasambek Isaev was wounded. His lower limbs are seriously injured. In the Leninsky district, Zelimkhan Dachaev suffered when he got into a "stretching line".

From the book "People Live Here", Usam Baisaev, Dmitry Grushkin, 2006