Two members of the Shamil Basayev gang have been sentenced for the… (басаев · участник · банда)
Two members of the Shamil Basayev gang have been sentenced for the attack on Pskov special forces in 2000. The Southern Military District Court handed down verdicts to the two gang members involved in the assault on the Pskov paratroopers.
Consensus
- The attack occurred in February-March 2000 near the village of Ulus-Kert in Shatoi district of Chechnya
- The attack was carried out by members of Shamil Basaev's gang and Emir Khattab's group
- The attack resulted in significant Russian military casualties
- The perpetrators were arrested in August 2020
- Both defendants were sentenced to 23 and 24 years in prison
- The defendants were sentenced for banditry, armed rebellion, and assault on military personnel
Points of divergence
- The attack resulted in 379 military personnel, law enforcement officers, and officials killed and 800 wounded according to FSB data — kommersant
- The attack resulted in 84 Russian military personnel killed and 400-500 casualties among the attackers according to different sources — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Two members of the Basayev gang sentenced for attack on Pskov paratroopers — Коммерсантъ
- Military Court Sentenced Two More Members of the Basayev and Khattab Gang — Вести