Movsar Baraev is a member of the Chechen terrorist movement. He took part in several major terrorist attacks. He was the commander of the Islamic regiment. He became known to the public after participating in the hostage-taking in Moscow in 2002.
Biography of Movsar Baraev
Movsar was born on October 26, 1979 in the Chechen-Ingush Republic in the city of Arguna. The boy was intended for military operations, because his uncle was Arbi Baraev, who was the commander of the Islamic Special Purpose Regiment. Movsar's father is Suleymanov Bukhari Akhmedovich, and his mother is Larisa Baraeva. The family of Movsar Barayev had three more children - a boy Movsan and two girls: Fatima and Raisa.
Participation in terrorist organizations
When Movsar Baraev was eighteen years old, he became a member of the Islamic Regiment, took part in armed separatist formations. Movsar later became the bodyguard of Arbi Barayev.
In 1998, the young Barayev took part in an armed clash in Gudermes, where he was seriously injured. In this clash, Movsar participated on the side of the Shariah guard of Mezhidov.
The second Chechen campaign did not pass Movsar Baraev. He took an active part in it, fought against the federal troops. In 2001, he became a representative of the jamaat in one of the Chechen villages. Movsar is the organizer of several attacks on Russian military colonies. The bombings in Urus-Martan, Gudermes and Grozny were also organized by Barayev.
In 2002, he became the leader of the Islamic Special Purpose Regiment, taking the place of the deceased Murad Yusuphadzhiev. After the death of Arbi Baraev, part of the troops of the Islamic regiment went to Movsar "by inheritance."
The Federal Security Service mistakenly considered Barayev dead in August 2001. Evidence of his death was cited. After some time, videos appeared in which Movsar Baraev spoke. The special services had to admit that their statement was erroneous. Barayev again ranked among the living.
In October 2002, the intelligence services again declared the death of Movsar, but did not show evidence. They refused to show the public the body of the deceased. In fact, Barayev was alive. By order of Basayev Shamil, he arrived in Moscow as part of a sabotage group.
On October 23, 2002, Movsar Bukharievich Baraev, together with a terrorist group, captured civilians in the building of the Moscow House of Culture. He put forward demands for a cessation of hostilities in Ichkeria and demanded negotiations.
The date of death of Movsar Barayev is October 26 of the same year. He died during the storming of the building of the House of Culture.
Nord-Ost
October 23, 2002 became a fateful date for many Russian families. People who came to the Moscow House of Culture planned to watch the musical, relax, relax and have a good time. But the Chechen terrorist organization made a different decision. The theater was captured, the audience was taken hostage. The participation of Movsar Baraev in the terrorist attack on Dubrovka became immediately clear. He began to make demands. The capture lasted three days.
On October 26, 2002, on the third day after the capture, an operation began to free the hostages and neutralize the terrorist group. Almost all the invaders were destroyed. The hostages were released, but still a large number of people who were not related to the conflict died. Each person left close and dear people.
How was the development of a major terrorist attack plan
Movsar Bukharievich Baraev was directly involved in the development of a large-scale terrorist act. Development was carried out in 2002 at the headquarters of the ichker president Aslan Maskhadov. The plan of the criminal group, in addition to seizing a building with a large number of civilians, included a series of explosions. The explosions were supposed to happen in crowded places. Where you can discreetly leave a car filled with explosives. Movsar Baraev was entrusted with commanding the sabotage group.
Weapon
Weapons and explosives were imported into the Russian Federation in cars. The criminals covered them with apples. They transported prohibited items in small quantities and on different vehicles.
The members of the terrorist organization themselves traveled to Russia in different ways. The special services later found out that most of the group members arrived in Moscow by bus, the other part - by train, arrived at the Kazan station. A few people flew by plane.
It was planned that 50 people will take part in the commission of a large-scale terrorist attack, most of them were women. Barayev himself arrived in Moscow by train.
The choice of crowded places
The terrorists chose the Theater Center on Dubrovka to capture people. Other options were considered, but the first seemed more convenient. The complex is located away from the city center. It had few utility rooms and a large concert hall. Theater on Dubrovka was subjected to restoration specifically for the musical “Nord-Ost”.
Capture
At the time of the capture of civilians in the main hall of the theater were 800 people. On October 23, at 21:15, 3 cars (minibuses) drove up to the theater, from which armed invaders got out and burst into the hall. In a short time, people in the back rooms of the theater were driven into the main hall. According to official figures, 912 people were held hostage. Other sources claim that there were more people in the theater - 916. Citizens of not only the Russian Federation, but also several foreign states were taken hostage.
Terrorists placed bombs around the perimeter of the concert hall, and in the center on the balcony they planted a cylinder containing a high-explosive fragmentation shell. Between the walls of the cylinder and the projectile were located special striking parts. Women suicide bombers took a chess position. They wore explosive belts. If the explosions started, there would not be a single surviving site.
For their safety, members of the terrorist group gave the hostages a means of communication and forced them to call their relatives. They informed the captured people about the need to convey to the authorities the fact that 10 civilians would die for one killed terrorist.
It took the intelligence services less than an hour to gather all their strength. At 10 pm, the theater on Dubrovka was surrounded by special forces, armored vehicles, police outfits, etc. But it was impossible to start the assault.
Of course, as with other terrorist acts that take place on the planet, some people managed to escape. Actors who were behind the scenes, and some technical workers, realizing the seriousness of the situation in the first minutes of the capture, were able to escape from the building through the windows. Some of the hostages (17 people) were released by the terrorists without any explanation late at night. The day after the hostage-taking, two people managed to enter the building. They did not receive any opposition. Yet, as it turned out later, they were killed by militants. One of these people was the military Vasiliev.
Russian authorities tried to establish contact with the invaders. The first attempt was made on the night of October 24th. A Chechen, a deputy of the State Duma Aslakhanov, entered the building. Invader Nord-Ost Movsar Barayev demanded a meeting with the authorities. After that, celebrities (Alla Pugacheva, Joseph Kobzon), doctors, the former president of Ingushetia, and journalists (including representatives of the NTV channel) went to the theater as negotiators. Negotiations were conducted until the morning of October 26.
The negotiators managed to achieve certain results; more than 20 hostages were withdrawn from the theater.
The authorities, who received the appeal of the leader of the terrorist detachment Movsar, could not give permission for the assault. Vladimir Putin, in consultation with the head of the FSB, decided that the members of the criminal group would be saved if all the hostages were left alive. The invaders did not want to make concessions. They threatened that the first victims would appear on the morning of the 26th.
Storm
The Russian authorities did not wait for the terrorists to start killing. The assault began on the night of October 26. The first group of special forces entered the building at night. The first floor was not under the control of the invaders, fearing snipers. I managed to make holes in the walls and get to the ventilation pipes. The decision to use gas that causes paralysis was inevitable.
At half past six in the morning on October 26, explosions and an automatic rifle were heard in the theater building. The terrorists kept their promises. The assault began at 6 a.m. Half an hour later, a message came that most of the militants, along with their head, were destroyed. And at 7:25 the operation was completed.
Consequences of a terrorist act
The media reported that 750 hostages were released. 67 people died. Almost 650 people were taken to medical facilities due to poisoning of varying degrees. Not everyone was saved. As a result of the attack killed 130 civilians.
Special services destroyed 40 militants, found more than 30 bombs and a large number of weapons.
Movsar Baraev is a Chechen terrorist who is known for participating in the capture of the Nord-Ost. The tragedy that happened in 2002 affected many Russian families. Every Russian remembers this brutal terrorist act. A year after the tragedy, a monument to the victims of the Nord-Ost was erected near the theater. The memory of this cruel act of terrorism will remain in the hearts of people for many years.