The 2012 Nozhay-Yurtovsky District clashes involving
Russian Interior Ministry special forces supported by heavy weapons and military aircraft
[ and Islamist militants occurred between February 13 and 17, 2012, reportedly leaving at least 24 people dead on both sides.][ The Nozhay-Yurtovsky District is a part of the ]Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
n republic of Chechnya bordering Dagestan. According to the Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov
Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov ce, КъадаргӀеран Ахьмат-кӏант Рамзан, translit= (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician who currently serves as the Head of the Chechen Republic. He was formerly affiliated to the ...
, mountains were being cleared of rebels because of a planned construction of a tourist complex in the area.
Results
Initially, Kadyrov claimed that a group of 20 fighters led by Magarbi Timiraliyev ("Abudar") have been destroyed in a special operation, including 13 killed "earlier", and that 13 government troops were killed and 20 injured.[ However, in an official report for Russian president Dmitry Medvedev (as cited by the state agency ]ITAR-TASS
The Russian News Agency TASS (russian: Информацио́нное аге́нтство Росси́и ТАСС, translit=Informatsionnoye agentstvo Rossii, or Information agency of Russia), abbreviated TASS (russian: ТАСС, label=none) ...
), Russia's interior minister Rashid Nurgaliyev
Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev (russian: Рашид Гумарович Нургалиев tt-Cyrl, Рәшит Гомәр улы Нургалиев) (born 1956) is a Russian general and politician who served as Russia's interior minister from 2003 ...
said that 17 troops have been killed and 24 wounded, and there are only seven confirmed killed members of an armed group; Nurgaliyev also said that the government forces had been ambushed.[Число спецназовцев, убитых в Чечне, выросло до 21]
LifeNews There is also actually no information about the fate of Timiraliyev himself.[ Kavkazcenter confirmed five rebel deaths, citing the number of bodies shown on TV.Attempts to camouflage heavy losses of the minions with lies]
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