October 12, 2001

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After 4 o'clock at night, on the western outskirts of the village of Kulary, military personnel shot at a trailer parked near a pond with automatic weapons. Of the seven people in it, one, Tanya (in other sources - Ruslan) Galaevich Abdulkadyrov, born in 1968, was killed, the rest received various types of injuries. Their names: Sharpudi Shedidovich Khasimikov, born in 1964, Isa (Magomed) Avaluevich Inderbiev, Adam Lechaevich Dubaev, Ramzan Sulumbekovich Satuev, Dzhamalov and Nazhmuddi Burkaev, born in 1967. Shots were heard in the village, but none of the local residents decided to go to the scene of events under the actual curfew.

Since the beginning of October, fishing has been going on in this reservoir, which belongs to a local farm. The wounded and dead were fishermen. The trailer was installed with the permission of the head of the local administration and the POM in order to protect the pond at night. The commanders of the military units stationed nearby were informed in advance that there would be people in it.

In the morning, the head of the village administration, Tabarik Isaeva, brought employees of the prosecutor's office and the military commandant's office of the district to the place where the fishermen were shot. However, this did not bother the military men who committed the crime. They responded laconically and briefly to the accusations made against them: “We are Putin’s people, what can you do to us?”

The unit, whose military personnel were allegedly involved in the execution of the fishermen, was stationed in Kulary temporarily for the period of the “special operation.”

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At about 7.30 in the city of Argun, Tamerlan Adanevich Chalaev, born in 1978, was taken from his home (Groznenskaya St., 23) in an unknown direction and subsequently disappeared without a trace.

According to the testimony of close relatives, the crime was committed by Russian military personnel (up to 40 people), who arrived in two armored personnel carriers without any identification marks or side numbers. Six of them went into the house of Tamerlan Chalaev, and another five went to his brother Aslan, who lived in the same yard, but in a separate building. Carelessly throwing things around, they carried out a search. At the same time, they did not explain to anyone what they were looking for and what they wanted. They were not interested in the residents' personal documents either. They behaved rudely, including towards children, used obscene language and insulted the residents.

The children in the house were scared and crying. The military took Tamerlan Chalaev out into the yard. His brother was also dragged there. They twisted their arms behind their backs, handcuffed them and dragged them to armored personnel carriers standing on the street. Unexpectedly, one of the military men said that they had ordered only the eldest to be taken away. A skirmish arose between him and the other participants in the seizure, and as a result, Aslan Chalaev was released. Having told the relatives that “if he is not guilty, he will return,” the military put Tamerlan in an armored personnel carrier and drove away.

About twenty minutes later, the same armored personnel carriers were seen on one of the nearby streets. Later, as a result of the searches undertaken, it was possible to establish that the military equipment belonged to the 34th brigade of the GRU of the Russian Defense Ministry, which was then stationed in Argun. As of April 28, 2007, the whereabouts of Tamerlan Chalaev could not be established. Memorial Human Rights Center does not have any other information.

The kidnapped person was engaged in the sale of spare parts and resale of cars. He was married and had two children. At the time of the abduction, the eldest of them was two years old, the youngest was only seven months old. He was an athlete and was fond of judo. According to relatives, he did not participate in hostilities against Russian troops.

In a conversation with Memorial employees at the end of April 2007, his mother, Khava Avkhadovna Chalaeva, said that she was sleeping when she heard the noise of stopped armored vehicles in front of the house. Looking out the window, I saw military men “jumping over the fence.” Having woken up her son, she went out into the yard. The woman concluded her story with the words: “Since childhood, I raised children without a father. Is it possible that now the same fate awaits the children of Tamerlane himself?

His relatives contacted the Human Rights Center "Memorial" twice about the abduction of Tamerlan Chalaev: at the beginning of April 2003 and at the end of April 2007. The statements indicated the ethnicity of the abductors - Russians, and also that they spoke Russian without an accent.

Witnesses to the abduction, in addition to his younger brother and mother, were Tamerlan Chalaev's sister and his wife.

Relatives contacted the authorities many times with a request to find him. They repeatedly submitted applications to the city police department, the local military commandant's office and the prosecutor's office. Appeals were transferred to higher authorities. In particular, to the chairman of the State Council of Chechnya, Kh.A. Isaev, to the military prosecutor’s office, located on the territory of the federal forces base in the village of Khankala, as well as to the Argun branch of the Bureau of Vladimir Kalamanov.

The result of all actions was the initiation of criminal case No. 78012 under Article 126, Part 2, paragraphs “a”, “d” (kidnapping) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. On March 9, 2002, it was suspended in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 195 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the RSFSR. After appeals to the prosecutor's office of the Chechen Republic, on November 19 of the same year, the decision to suspend the case was canceled; On November 30, the investigation into it was formally resumed. However, a month later, on December 30, 2002, it was suspended again with the same wording.
Relatives of Tamerlan Chalaev did not go to court regarding the inaction of the prosecutor's office. They also did not file a complaint with the ECHR.

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At about 11 p.m., in the village of Katayama on Yaltinskaya Street, near house No. 53, four local residents were killed: Lecha Mukaev, Sultan Kurmakhadov, Shaaman Dzeitov and Alexander Aliev.

After watching a television news broadcast at Lecha Mukaev's (Zavety Ilyich St., 38), Sultan Kurmakhadov and Shaaman Dzeitov decided to return to their place. In total, they had to walk 300 meters. The owner of the house was going to see the guests off. Between Yaltinskaya and Yaroslavskaya streets, all three were shot with automatic weapons.

At the sound of shots from the corner house on Yaroslavskaya, Alexander Aliev went out into the yard and, opening the outer gate, looked out onto the street. He also died. According to the mother's story, a machine gun was pointed at his stomach, after which a burst of fire was heard. The criminals escaped.

Residents of Katayama claim that from the location of OBRON (in the Solenaya Balka area between their village and the town of Ivanova) after the curfew, military personnel regularly arrive in armored personnel carriers and vehicles. Leaving the equipment, they disperse in small groups along the streets and alleys of residential areas. They set up ambushes, hide in the dark, watch for people who leave their houses for some business, and kill them.

One of those killed was Sultan Kurmakhadovich Kurmakhadov, born in 1949, a native of the village. Old Atagi.

From the beginning of the second war until mid-October 2001, at least 92 residents of this locality were killed.

From the book “People Live Here”, Usam Baysaev, Dmitry Grushkin, 2006.