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FSB divulges details of Basayev's death

March 27, 2007
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In what appears to be an attempt to divert attention from damaging allegations of FSB involvement in the October 2006 killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya (see "RFE/RL Newsline," March 26, 2007), "Moskovsky komsomolets" on March 26 published an account of how the FSB allegedly infiltrated the retinue of radical Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev and planted the bomb that killed him in July 2006. The paper suggested that an FSB agent succeeded in drugging the driver of a truck in which Basayev planned to transport arms and explosives, after which an entire team of FSB agents photographed the arms in question, and planted a bomb in the truck that detonated early on July 10 in the Ingushetian village of Ekazhevo, killing Basayev and three other militants (see "RFE/RL Newsline," July 11, 2006). // Copyright (c) 2005. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. RFE/RL

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