15 years ago, militants seized a Moscow theater and staged one of the worst terrorist attacks in


Facts About Moscow's 2002 Hostage Crisis At The Dubrovka Theater YouTube

The Moscow theater hostage crisis (also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege) was the seizure of the crowded Dubrovka Theater by 40 to 50 armed Chechen terrorist.


Russia ends theater siege / Troops attack when rebels start killing hostages SFGate

The Moscow theater hostage crisis was a catastrophe that was played off as a success. Rather than attempting to free almost 1,000 hostages held captive by Chechen-led militants, Russian authorities decided to instead flood the venue chambers with a gas to render everyone unconscious.


The Moscow theater hostage crisis, also known as the 2002 NordOst siege, was the seizure of

Hostage crisis in Moscow theater This Day in History: 10/23/2002 - Moscow Hostage Crisis On October 23, 2002, about 50 Chechen rebels storm a Moscow theater, taking up to 800 people.


BBC World Service Witness History, The Moscow Theatre Siege

Svetlana Gubareva, from the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, was caught up in the siege along with her daughter Sasha, 13, and her US fiance, Sandy Booker. She spoke to the BBC World Service.


Moscow Theatre Hostage Crisis. 2326 Oct 2002 Special forces, Peace and love

A few hundred people gathered near a Moscow theater to commemorate victims of a deadly hostage crisis in 2002, with some still-grieving relatives bitterly criticizing the state over a botched.


No Closure for Victims of Theater Hostage Crisis, 12 Years On (Video)

A Moscow court extended on Tuesday the pre-trial detention of a theatre director and a playwright, who has been held since May 2023 under charges of justifying terrorism. The court ordered Russian.


Moscow theatre hostages seek justice News Al Jazeera

On October 23, 2002, in the middle of an evening performance at a Moscow music theater, some 50 Chechen terrorists equipped with firearms as well as large quantities of explosives suddenly seized the venue and the 800 people inside. The terrorists threatened to kill everyone inside unless Russia ended the war in Chechnya.


The Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis (2002) Goregrish

Russia See all related content → Moscow theatre hostage crisis of 2002, hostage taking by Chechen militants at the Dubrovka Theatre in Moscow, Russia, that lasted from October 23 to October 26, 2002. It ended when Russian forces filled the theatre with a gas.


Hostage Crisis in Moscow Theater

Forty Chechen guerrillas wearing masks and camouflage and firing automatic rifles storm into crowded theater in Moscow and take up to 600 hostages, threatening to blow up building; witnesses say.


15 years ago, militants seized a Moscow theater and staged one of the worst terrorist attacks in

In October 2002, after Chechen rebels stormed a Moscow theater and trapped more than 800 people for 57 hours, it seemed like it couldn't get much worse. Then Russian troops released a.


The Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis (2002) Goregrish

And for three days, Moscow agonized about the theater, now surrounded by troops and armored vehicles. The faraway war in Chechnya, which the new President Putin had promised would prove a quick victory, had arrived in the Russian capital. It was ugly and deadly.


15 years ago, militants seized a Moscow theater and staged one of the worst terrorist attacks in

Milovidov was not in the Dubrovka theater on the fateful evening of October 23, 2002, when some 50 armed militants barged onto the stage during a performance of the Nord-Ost musical and took the.


Dubrovka Theatre Siege Victims Remain Haunted 20 Years On The Moscow Times

24 October 2012 By Artem Krechetnikov BBC Russian, Moscow Ten years ago Russia and the world held their breath as Russian special forces surrounded a theatre where nearly 1,000 people were held.


The Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis (2002) Goregrish

The Moscow theater hostage crisis (also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege) was the seizure of the crowded Dubrovka Theater by Chechen terrorists on 23 October 2002, which involved 850 hostages and ended with Russian security services killing or causing the death of 172 people.


Russians mark deadly Moscow theatre hostage crisis 10 years later CTV News

The Moscow theater hostage crisis (also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege) was the seizure of the crowded Dubrovka Theater by 40 to 50 armed Chechen terrorists on 23 October 2002, which involved 850 hostages and ended with the death of at least 170 people.


Russia mourns victims of deadly NordOst theater attack — RT Russian Politics News

The chemical agent used in the Moscow theatre hostage crisis of 26 October 2002 has never been definitively revealed by the Russian authorities, though many possible identities have been speculated.

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