Shamil Basayev - Chechnya

August 2005 He’s Russia’s most wanted man, responsible for Beslan and the Moscow theatre siege. In his first interview since Russian troops went back into Chechnya, Shamil Basayev gives his account. Wearing a T-shirt blazon with the words ’anti-terror’ and cradling a grenade launcher, Shamily Basayev speaks of his remorse for Beslan. “I didn’t expect such cruelty ... I never thought they’d do it.“ But he’s not talking about what his men did. He’s blaming the Russians for storming the school. I
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