Army General Alexander Ivanovich Baranov (russian: Александр Иванович Баранов; born 13 May 1946) is a
Russian general, and was the Commander of the
North Caucasus Military District from July 2004 to May 2008. He is a recipient of the
Hero of Russia
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award.
Yandiev case
In July 2006 the
European Court of Human Rights
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found the government of Russia guilty of the failure to protect from ill-treatment and a violation of the "right to life" of an alleged Chechen
rebel
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* Rebel (given name)
* Rebel (surname)
* Patriot (American Revolution), during the American Revolution
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fighter,
Khadzhi-Murat Yandiev. Key
evidence
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in the case, according to court documents, was
video
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footage filmed by a
reporter
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for
NTV and
CNN
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television
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showing an
army officer, later identified as Alexander Baranov, ordering soldiers to "finish off" and "shoot" Yandiev after an argument between the two. Yandiev was then separated from the other prisoners and has not been seen since.
Baranov, who has been questioned twice over the matter, has denied he sent Yandiev to his death. He argues that his "intervention" was meant to calm Yandiev down, and that the soldiers were not his direct
subordinates and therefore could not have taken orders from hi
See also
*
Second Chechen War
The Second Chechen War (russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́, ) took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russia, Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from Augus ...
Honours and awards
*
Hero of the Russian Federation
Hero of the Russian Federation (russian: Герой Российской Федерации, Geroy Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also unofficially Hero of Russia (russian: link=no, Герой России, Geroy Rossii), is the highest honorary title ...
(5 May 2000)
*
Order of the Red Star
The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...
*
Order of Military Merit
*
Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class
External links
European Court Sides With Chechen Mother Moscow Times
European Court Orders Russia to Compensate Chechen Mother for Loss of Son*
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1946 births
Heroes of the Russian Federation
Recipients of the Order of Military Merit (Russia)
Living people
Generals of the army (Russia)
People of the Chechen wars
Recipients of the Order of the Red Star