August 20, 2001

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On the night of August 20, in the village of Duba-Yurt, unknown armed men in camouflage uniforms and masks broke into the house of Musa Yasadov and shot everyone who was there: the wife of the owner of the house, Kalisat Alkhazurovna Yasadova, born in 1961, and his daughter Masani Musaevna Yasadova, born in 1983 In the morning, local residents found their bodies in the bedroom. Near the corpse of Masani Yasadova, her 8-month-old daughter was crawling - the only one who survived.

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At 8 o'clock in the city of Argun on Gudermesskaya street, the Russian military broke into the house of the Abzotovs and, having detained, took away the son of the owner of the house in an unknown direction.

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At about 8 p.m. in the village of Dyshne-Vedeno, the Russian military, led by the commander of the 66th regiment, Colonel Nikolai Protos, traveling in three armored personnel carriers (the tail number of one of them is 534 or 334) and a blue UAZ car, were taken from their home (ul. .Ushaeva, 128) Rizvan Sharanievich Khasarov, born in 1977
The officer told the detainee's father, Sharani Khasarov, that nothing bad would happen to his son. Like, he will be released immediately after his identity is confirmed in the commandant's office of the district. But for what to take there, in the presence of a passport with a residence permit, he did not explain. Advised only to give him warm clothes.

On that day, four more people were detained in Dyshne-Vedeno: the Dosuev brothers, Dadaev and Batukaev. The military, together with the local residents they had detained, left for the location of the 66th regiment. The next day, the relatives of the abducted people turned to the "local" law enforcement agencies for clarification. District Prosecutor Latyshev told them that they were all alive and well and would be released in the evening of August 22.

On August 21, the Dosuev brothers were released in the evening, and the next day Dadaev and Batukaev were released. It was reported that Rizvan Khasarov was neither at the regiment's headquarters nor at the commandant's office. The parents applied to the prosecutor's office of the Vedensky district with a request to open a criminal case into his disappearance. On August 24, prosecutor Latyshev promised to do so.

On the same day, the same request was sent to the military commandant, Lieutenant Colonel Shevelev. But instead of an investigation, the official structures put forward three versions of the alleged release of Rizvan Khasarov: according to the first, he was released along with the Dosuevs; the second was that he was released on August 22 at the same time as Dadaev and Batukaev, and the third, most unexpected, was that he was released on August 24 at 11.00. That is, on the day parents apply with a statement to the prosecutor and the commandant of the district.

All versions of the parents rejected, considering them false and far-fetched. They link the kidnapping of their son with an incident that took place with his participation six months before. According to his mother, because of insulting a Chechen girl, he hit one of the employees of the GRU of the Russian Defense Ministry, stationed at that time in Vedeno. The woman believes that in this way he was avenged for this. Rizvan Khasarov, his mother said, had himself served under a contract in the Russian army and was preparing documents in order to get a job in the police. On the fact of his abduction (Article 126, part 3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the prosecutor's office of the Vedensky District on August 31, 2001 opened criminal case No. 37058. Two months later, allegedly “due to the impossibility of detecting persons to be brought in as defendants” (Article 195, paragraph 3 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation), it was suspended. But then it was transferred to the military prosecutor's office. The latter is a de facto admission that the crime was committed by the Russian military.

However, as of the end of December 2007, there was no reliable information about the fate of the abductee. Sharani Khasarov said that a mourning event was held, although Rizvan's body was not found. In addition, in his opinion, it is not safe to search for his son at the moment because of the negative attitude towards this on the part of the district law enforcement agencies. In addition, Colonel Nikolai Protos, mentioned above, continues to serve in Chechnya.

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In the town of Argun, on the road leading to the town of Shali, near the cemetery, the Russian military detonated a land mine. After that, they began to shell the surroundings. Among them was a man filming what was happening on a video camera.

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In the forest near the cemetery near the village of Novye Aldy in Grozny, local residents found two corpses of unknown young people. One of them was wearing black corduroy jeans and green swimming trunks, the other was wearing a leotard with a large red stripe and blue swimming trunks. There was nothing else on them. Local residents claim that on August 15 there were no corpses at this place. It was not possible to establish the identity of those killed. They were buried in the local cemetery.

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During the “cleansing” in the Leninsky district of Grozny, the Russian military took Salaudi Zilbuharovich Zubayrayev from his home to the Khankala military base. The reason for the detention was that a toy, a children's phone (it seemed like a walkie-talkie to the military) and a video cassette with cartoons were found in the house during a search. The military said they had to check what kind of toy it was and what was on the videotape. Salaudi Zubayrayev was kept at the base for three days and released after they found out that there was nothing reprehensible on the tape. He was beaten, but not very hard.

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Sultan Musaevich Tepsaev, born in 1936, a resident of the city of Grozny (Vozdvizhenskaya St., 61), since the autumn of 1999, together with his family, lived in a camp for forced migrants in Ingushetia. In early August 2001, succumbing to the propaganda campaign for the return of refugees to Chechnya, he returned home.

On the evening of August 21, relatives found his corpse with traces of abuse (pierced with a bayonet, both hands were torn off, pieces of meat were cut off his face), knife and bullet wounds. As the wife of the killed Lyuba Tepsaeva said, that day her husband left the house to visit relatives who live in the village of Michurin. Approaching the road, he saw that a man's corpse was tied to a passing APC. Outraged, he shouted to the military approximately the following words: “What are you doing? Shame on you? Fiends! The armored personnel carrier stopped, the military jumped off it and grabbed Sultan Tepsaev. Then they dragged him around the corner of the nearest house. The people who were watching this on the opposite side of the road fled in fear. No one dared to stand up for the elderly man.

Relatives turned to the police, the fact of the murder was registered, and a criminal case was opened. After this incident, the wife of the murdered man returned to the refugee camp in Ingushetia again.

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