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Abalayeva, 211

Abashidze, Prince, 341

ABC, 387

Abdullayev, Yaragi, 54

Abdurakhmanov, Dukvakha, 144, 158

Abdurzakova, Zulai, 128, 130

Abkhazia, 275, 339, 340, 341

Ablayev, Said Mahomed, 131

Ablayev-Dautkhadziev family, 126–31

Aborigines, 371, 372, 373

Abramov, Sergey, 437

Abramovna, Galina, 21

Abu Dzeit, 268–9

Abu Ghraib, 409

Achkhoy Martan, 41, 287–8

Adigeya, 339

Adjara, 341

Akayev, Adlan, 30

Akhmadov, Demilkhan, 30

Akhmadov, Ilias, 222, 228

Akhmadov, Nasukha-hadji, 115

Akhmed (Head of Administration in Shali District), 143

Aksenenko, Nikolai, 422

Aldy, 27–8, 34–6

Alexeyeva, Ludmila, 286, 448

Alexiy II, Patriarch, 94, 137

Aliev, Timur, 53

Alkhanov, Alu, 63, 145, 152, 158, 164, 165, 253, 255, 256, 259, 393

Alkhanov, Ruslan, 168, 379

Alkhan-Yurt, 43

Alkhasty, 170–1, 172

Alleroy, 90–1

Alpha special operations troops, 244, 245

al-Qaeda, 47, 268, 332

Alsultanov, Islam, 90

Alsultanov, Khozhakhmed, 90

Alsultanov, Saidakhmet, 90

Altai, the, 342

Altunin, Alexander, 418

Amnesty International, 219, 396

award to AP, 447

Amur Province, 342, 343

Andreyev, Valeriy, 271

Andriyanovna, Anna, 230

Ani, (Danish prison warder), 298–300

Anisimov, Vladimir Gavrilovich, 270, 271, 273

Annan, Kofi, 79, 81, 82–3

Anna Politkovskaya Award, 449–50

Another Sky, 390–1

Anti-Terrorist Centre, 156, 163

Anti-Terrorist Commissions, 253–4

Arab mercenaries, 268

Arafat, Yasser, 427

Ardisson, Thiérry, 233

Armenia, 339

Arsanov, Vakha, 134, 239

Arsanukayev, Mahomed-Bashir-hadji, 115

Aslakhanov, Aslambek, 235

Aslan (Chechen fighter), 162–4

Assinovskaya, 37–8, 174, 175

Astan, 338

Aushev, Mahomet Sali, 154

Aushev, Ruslan, 256, 267, 272, 394

Australia, 369–75

Avilov, Anatoliy, 295

Avtorkhanov, Alikhan, 41, 42

Avtorkhanov, Madina, 41

Avtury, 67, 89, 90, 141

Azerbaijan, 162

Azerbaijan–Armenian front, 275

Azizayeva, Roza, 38

Babakov, 294

Babitsky, Andrey, 252, 264

Bachi-Yurt, 126–7, 128–9, 130

Badayev, Adam, 150

Baibekov, Rauf, 205

Baimuradova, Shakhidat, 127–8, 129, 130

Baisarov, Movladi, 134, 159, 378, 436

Baisarovites, 134, 436

Baitayev, Investigator, 211

Bakar (Chechen terrorist), 225–30

Bakhtin, Ivan, 279–80

Baku, 162, 242, 247, 248

Bakunin, Mikhail, 335

Baltic Region, 331

Barayev, Movsar, 234, 237, 243, 246, 248, 331–2

Bardukayev family, 83–4

Barzoy, 13, 15

Basayev, Shamil

and Kadyrov Senior, 116

and Moskhadov, 65–6

and Terkibayev, 247

at Tolstoy-Yurt, 65, 67

career, 274–5

death, 161, 164, 274–7

other references, 12, 44, 45, 46, 53, 61, 68, 70, 71, 72, 135, 143, 145, 157, 161, 241, 267, 272, 290, 291

Basmanny Court, 294, 295, 403

Batalov, Vakhid 132

Batalov, Said-Khamzat, 216

‘Bathhouse Video’, 146, 147–8

Belarus, 331, 337

Belarussian Children’s Haematology Centre, 423

Belaya Kalitva, 39

Berezovsky, Boris, 319–20, 321, 326–31

Berlin, 448

Beslan, 66, 153, 251–77, 334, 387, 391, 398, 402, 411, 413, 415, 416

Bessarabov, Yury, 107

Bethlehem, 427

Bildt, Karl, 394

bin Laden, Osama, 332

Bishayev, Aslanbek, 27, 28, 34, 35

Bishayev, Salman, 27–8

Bishayeva, Larisa, 27–8, 35

Bishayeva, Rezeda, 27, 28, 34–5

Bitarov, Bitar, 153

Blagoveshchensk, 343

Blair, Tony, 304, 305–6, 320, 322, 328

Bolund, Sten, 301, 302

Bondevik, Kjell Magne, 311

Bow Street Magistrates Court, London:

Zakayev case, 91–110

Brandt, Thierry, 357

Brezhnev era, 254, 431

Britain

legal system, 97, 98, 99, 109

Russians in, 319–31

see also London

Brussels, 328, 329

Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 222, 400

Budanov, Colonel, 86, 87, 436

Budyonnovsk, 240, 241, 275

Buenos Aires, 351

Buinaksk, 19n, 275

Bukovsky, Vladimir, 320–6, 394

Buldakov, Alexey, 279

Burdzhanadze, Nino, 336

Burns, William J., 390

Buryatia, 342

Bush, George W., 360, 361, 362, 363–4, 394–5, 400

Bush, Laura, 362, 363

Cadet, The (Sergey Lapin), 173–220, 436

Cambridge, 320

Campbell, Alistair, 306

Carter, Paul, 222–3

Central Intelligence Directorate (GRU), 12, 14, 15, 76, 121, 159, 245, 275, 334, 436

Chaika, Yury, 151, 414

Chechenisation, 5, 76, 380, 381

Chechenskoye obshchestvo, 53, 169, 438

Chechen Supreme Court, Grozny, 203, 206, 207, 208

trial of those with Maskhadov at time of his assassination, 61–70

Chechnya/Chechen War

AP’s awards for reports about, 447, 448, 449

AP’s writing on:

assignment in Shatoy, 12, 13, 14–18

Basayev’s death, 274–7

The Cadet, 173–220

Chitayev case, 286–91

death of Ingebord Foss, 307–10, 312, 313

dispatches from the frontline, 27–78

elderly Russian refugees from, 281–6

the Kadyrovs, 113–72

last assignment in, 4–5

proposals for settling the crisis, 258–61

the protagonists, 79–111

Terkibayev’s death, 246–9

terrorist attacks connected with see Beslan; Nord-Ost

torture, 382–5

published in book in Paris, 354–5, 357–8, 359

comments of citizens and officials about AP’s reporting on, 393, 394, 395, 396, 398, 399, 402, 403, 405, 411, 413, 415, 417

comments of colleagues about AP’s reporting on, 434, 435, 436, 437–8

comments of foreign press about AP’s reporting on, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391

Estemirova’s work in, 449, 450

and Europe, 310–13, 323, 324, 325, 328–9

Ibrakhimov’s paper on, 377–81

Nivat’s book about, 359

resumption of war, 25

Russian emigrés discuss, 323, 324, 325, 328–9, 330

other references, 1, 9, 10, 222, 232, 236, 257–8, 269–70, 273, 315, 316, 339, 340

Chernkozovo, 83, 289

Chernorechiye Front, 94, 101

Chernov, Vsevolod, 174, 184, 186–7, 189

Chicago Tribune, 387–8

Chimayev, Adam, 80, 84

China/the Chinese, 341–7

Chirac, Jacques, 313, 318, 395

Chiri-Yurt, 16

Chistousov, Father Anatoly, 91–2

Chitayev, Adam, 286, 287–91

Chitayev, Arbi, 287–91

Chitayev, Salaudi, 288

Chubais, Anatoliy, 399, 427

Churikov, Victor Alexeyevich, 198

CIA, 248

Citizen’s Aid, 286

Claridge’s, London: London Press Club lunch, 304–7

Commonwealth of Independent States, 338

Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus, 275

Cook, Captain, 372, 373

Copenhagen, 92, 234, 235, 321

Correa, El, 388

Council of Europe, 28, 31, 81, 228, 243, 297, 298, 311

Criminal Code, 62, 209, 220, 385

Criminal Procedure Code, 23, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104

Crown Prosecution Service, 97–8, 100, 107, 109

Dachnoye, mass grave at, 79–80, 83

Dagestan, 4, 25, 95, 116, 152–3, 171, 274, 276, 339, 415

Dai, 13, 15, 436

Dakhiev, Buvadi, 72–8

Dalayev, 195, 216

Darmstadt, 448

Dautkhadzhieva, Zinaida, 126–7, 129, 130

Davis, Terry, 395–6

Davletmurzayeva, Raisa, 38, 39, 41

Degtyarev, Grigoriy, 212

Delanoë, Bertrand, 316, 396

Demilkhanov, Adam, 379

Demina, Yuliya, 111

Deniev, Adam, 89–90

Deniev, Yakub, 114, 116

Denmark, 92, 95, 100, 108, 297–304, 323, 329

Derda, V., (lawyer), 204

Derevyankin, Andrey, 326

Deripaska, Oleg Vladimirovich, 327

Dikayev, Turko, 123, 124

Din, Yury, Prosecutor, 213

Djabrailov, Taus, 144

Djabrailova, Aishat, 313

Djemal, Geidar, 266

Doha, 333

Doldayeva, Fatima, 28

Domnikov, Igor, 182, 407

Dubai, 242

Dubov, Yuliy, 319

Dubrovka Theatre Complex, hostage-taking at see Nord-Ost Duckworth, Nicola, 396

Dudayev, Djohar, 53, 64, 71, 72, 114, 115, 122, 125, 155, 272, 276

Duncan, Isadora, 354

Dushayev, Khozh-Akhmed, 150–1

Dushuyev, Duk-Vakha, 91, 93–7, 99, 100–4

Dushuyev, Rakhman, 242

Dyshne-Vedeno, 137, 139

Dzasokhov, President, 253, 261, 262, 267, 272

Dzhabrailova, Larisa, 32–3

Dzhamalkhanov, Budruddin, 114–15

Eady, Toby, 391

East (Vostok) Battalion, 159, 379

Echo of Moscow radio, 409

Edilov, Roman, 128–9, 130

Effective Politics Foundation, 9

Eilat, 427

Ekazhevo, 274, 275, 276

Engels, 326

Esbjerg: The Bridewell Prison, 298–300, 304

Esbjerg Police Association, 301

Eshiev, Maierbek, 156, 157

Essentuki, 192, 194, 195, 196

Estemirova, Natalia, 449, 450

Europe, 310–13, 321–2, 323, 324, 325, 328–30, 331 see also names of countries

European Committee on Torture, 104

European Convention on Extradition, 109

European Court of Human Rights, 287, 290

European Parliament, 60, 64, 80, 247, 310, 312, 323

European Union, 61, 80, 322, 325, 326, 337

Evenki Autonomous Region, 279–81

Federal Budget, 166

Federal Regional Development Fund, 166

Federal Security Bureau see FSB

Fedulova, Maria, 56

Figaro, Le, 388

Fitzgerald, Edward, 93, 101, 104, 109

Foreign Intelligence Service, 266

Foreign Ministry, 222–3

Foss, Ingeborg, 307–10, 312, 313

Foss, Sigrid, 307–10, 313

France, 327, 331–2, 333, 395

AP in, 233–4, 313–18, 354–9

France 2 television station, 233–4

Fridinsky, Sergey, 91, 101, 102, 103, 105, 107, 108, 109, 130, 151, 201, 208

FSB

Argun Office, 241

and Dushuyev, 95, 96, 99, 100, 103–4

explosives planted by, 19

and n and Maskhadov’s assassination, 69

and Nord-Ost, 221, 231, 245

special operation against Novaya gazeta, 9–12

Special Operations Centre, 69, 76

Special Operations Executive, 62

other references, 4, 15, 16, 21, 87, 122, 254, 262, 264, 266, 270, 271, 274, 275, 332, 333, 334, 436

Gadayev, Beslan, 383–5

Gaibov, Adam, 151

Gaibov, Idris, 150, 151

Galashkino Hospital, 39

Gannushkina, Svetlana, 286, 361

Gantamirov, Bislan, 235, 274, 380

Garsiev, Ibrahim, 131–2, 134–6

Gashayeva, Zainap, 396–7

Gazhayev, (Grozny detainee), 216

Gelayev, Ruslan, Field Commander, 88, 276

Gelbras, Vilya, 341–7

Geneva Convention, 106

Georgia, 275, 276, 331, 334–41, 412

Geriskhanov, 88

Germany, 312, 423

Gigault, Marie, 357

Gil-Robles, Alvaro, 80

Ginsburg, Alexander, 354–5

Glucksmann, André, 316–17

Goldovskaya, Marina, 422

Golubev, Ivan, 192–3

Gorbacheva, Raisa, 423

Gorny Airport, 280

Grachev, Pavel, 273

Gref, German, 157–8

Griffiths, Dennis, 305

Gross, Andreas, 58, 62, 63, 64, 65

Grozny

AP’s interview with Chechen official in, 4–5

AP’s meeting with Buvadi Dakhiev in, 73–8

atrocities in, 27–36

bombing of, 106

Cadet affair, 173–220

Dusheyev’s testimony obtained in, 93–4, 96, 100

Dushuyev warned to leave, 97

elderly Russian refugees from, 281–6

Gadayev tortured in, 383–5

meeting about financing of rebuilding of Chechnya, 157–8

occupation of KGB building in, 274

October District Interior Affairs Office, 176, 177, 183, 184, 190, 191, 192, 195, 205, 210, 216, 217, 436

Okruzhnaya refugee camp on outskirts of, 48–51

seizure by resistance fighters, 255

trial of those with Maskhadov at time of his assassination, 61–70

other references, 10, 70, 115, 124, 140, 141, 146, 150, 174, 260, 287, 388, 424

GRU see Central Intelligence Directorate

Gryzlov, Boris, 185, 187, 190, 191, 264, 273, 274

letter to, 181–2

Guardian, 388–9

Gudermes, 113, 130, 131, 142, 157, 169, 313, 438

Hague, the, 324

Hammarberg, Thomas, 397

Hedegger, Nils, 301

Heihe, 343

Helsinki, 63

Hitler, Adolf, 312

Holy Land, 427

Human Rights Watch report, 79–81, 82, 83

Ibrakhimov, Vakha: paper, 377–81

Ichkerians, 122

Idrisov, Umar, 114

Ignatenko, Vladimir, 186, 188, 189, 211

Ilaskhan-Yurt, 126, 127–8, 129

Iliasov, Muslim, 159

Iliasov, Stanislav, 49, 107

Iliskhan-Yurt, 46, 139

Ilum, Jørgen, 300–1, 302

Independent, 389

Ingushetia

attacked in June 2004, 254–5, 270, 271, 275

and 2006 Amnesty, 152, 153–4

and Kadyrovites, 170–1

refugees forced to return to Chechnya from, 48, 49, 50–1, 52

other references, 4, 8, 28, 31, 32, 35, 37, 43, 53, 339, 354, 358, 415

Interdepartmental Security Service, 159

Interfax, 9, 11, 14, 240, 388

Interior Ministry, 10, 49, 67, 150, 151, 156, 157, 159, 170, 171, 231, 235, 245, 253, 256, 264, 271, 436

and Cadet affair, 185, 187, 189, 190, 191, 193, 209, 210, 214–15

International, 389

International Red Cross see Red Cross

Iraq, 82, 328, 329, 331, 408–9

Iriskhanov, Ilias, 62, 71

Irskutsk, 342

Isakov, Marat, 137, 138, 139

Isakov, Said Mahomed-hadji (Old Balu), 137–9, 141, 142

Isakova, Zeinap, 137, 138, 139

Isigov, Apti, 174, 175

Islamophobia, 332

Ivanov, Igor, (Minister of Foreign Affairs), 322

Ivanov, Sergey, (Minister of Defence), 334

Ivanov, Yury Pavlovich, 263–74

Ivanteyev, Investigator, 194

Ivinskaya, Irina, 359, 360

Ivinskaya, Olga, 359

Izmailov, Vyacheslav, 10, 436–9

Joint Military Command, 10, 14, 122, 177

Jospin, Lionel, 313, 314–18

Journey to Hell, 359

Judd, Lord, 58, 222, 228

Kabardino-Balkaria, 5, 339

Kadyrov, Akhmat-hadji (Kadyrov Senior)

and Ilaskhan-Yurt attack, 126, 127

and Nord-Ost, 235, 256

anniversary of birth of, 166–8

AP’s articles on, 113–26, 136–42

collection of funds for election campaign, 132–3

death, 167

other references, 47, 49, 53, 91, 134, 143, 144, 155, 160, 163, 165, 240, 379, 391, 400, 437

Kadyrov, Ramzan (Kadyrov Junior)

and Beslan, 255, 256

and Buvadi, 76

and Eshiev, 156, 157

and Garsiev, 134–5, 136

and Taus, 144

AP on Chechnya under leadership of, 158–61, 164–70, 437–8

blood feud declared on, 126

fund-raising for his father’s election campaign, 132–3

response to AP’s death, 397

videos, 145–9

other references, 5, 63, 75, 77, 117, 131, 133, 143, 162, 163, 171, 172, 257, 259, 338, 340, 398

Kadyrov Foundation (Akhmat-hadji Kadyrov Foundation), 169, 437

Kadyrovites (Kadyrov’s ‘security service’), 67, 117, 118–20, 121, 122, 123, 124, 130, 131, 132, 133–4, 137, 139, 142–3, 143–4, 146, 148, 149, 150, 156, 161, 163, 170–2, 377, 379, 380, 436

Kakiev, Said Mahomed, 379, 437

Kakievites, 437

Kalamanov, Vladimir, 174, 179

Kalchuk, Vladimir, 249

Kalinin, Yury, 107

Kaliningrad, 330

Kamchatka Province, 425

Karabulak, 28

Karachayevo-Cherkessia, 339

Karat airline, 252

Karelia, 5–6, 172

Karpenko, Andrey, 205

Kasatkina, Tatiana, 361

Kasianov, Mikhail, 141–2

Kasparov, Garry, 398

Kazakhstan, 338, 342

Kazantsev, Victor, 18, 88

Keriev, Ali-bek, 40

Kesayev, Stanislav: Commission of the North Ossetian Parliament on Beslan, 261–2, 266, 267, 270

Kevorkova, Nadezhda, 398–400

Khabarovsk, 342

Khadayev, K.D., 216

Khadzhiev, Salambek, 235

Khadzhimuratov, Viskhan, 62, 66, 67, 68, 70–1

Khaidarov family, 34

Khaikharoyev, Rizvan, 170

Khaikharoyev, Ruslan, 170

Khaisumov, Shamkhan, 205

Khaisumov, Sharip, 205

Khambiev, Mahomed, 63, 162

Khankala, 12, 13, 15, 16, 80, 95, 100, 102, 138, 149, 174, 177, 183

Khanty-Mansiysk Combined Militia Unit (Khanties), 176, 177, 178, 180, 183, 184–5, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192–3, 194–5, 203, 205, 210, 212, 436

Khanty-Mansiysk Interior Affairs Directorate, 215, 217, 220

Kharatian, Dmitriy, 279

Khasavyurt, 128

Khattab, Emir (real name Samir Saleh Abdullah Al-Suwailem), 12, 14, 17, 275

Khazimakhomadov, Mussa, 76

Khodorkovsky, Mikhail, 140, 292–3, 294, 400

Kholmsky, Colonel I., 137

Khotuni, 225, 396

Khrushchev, Nikita, 72

Khubalkova, Eva, 179

Khuchbarov, Ruslan Tagirovich, 269

Khudzhand, 292

Kiselev, Yevgeny, 362

Kivelidi, Ivan, 424 and n

Kokoyev, President, 253

Komarov, Mikhail, attempted assassination of, 18–24

Komarova, Valentina, 19, 23

Kommersant, 389

Komsomolskaya Pravda, 389

Kondakov, Colonel Valeriy, 177, 178, 185, 218

Kondopoga, 5–6, 172

Koptsev, Alexander, 439

Korzhakov, Alexander, 132

Korzhavin, Naum, 434, 435

Koshman, Nikolai, 39, 115, 161

Kostenetskaya, Marina, 400

Kovalyov, Sergey, 448

Krasnokamensk: planned attack on Penal Colony 14/10, 291–6

Kremlin, 6, 49, 64, 79, 81, 89, 108, 113, 114, 116, 125, 136, 140, 160, 234, 239, 253, 256, 257, 331, 335, 337, 338–9

and Georgia, 334–41

Krivorotov, Konstantin, 93, 99–105, 107, 153, 154, 205

Kruse, Mr, (Norwegian television reporter) 310, 311

Krymov, Dmitriy, 279

Kryuchkov, Vladimir, 263

Kudrin, Alexey, 157–8

Kuklina, Ida, 55, 56, 57

Kuloyev, Alikhan, 73

Kunin, Daniel, 335–6

Kurchaloy, 115, 129, 150, 151, 379

Kuznetsov, Sergey, 20, 21–2, 23

Kuznetsova, Valentina and Alexandra, 284

Kvashnin, General, 87

Labazanov, Ruslan, 274, 378, 389

Laffont, Robert, 355

Laguiller, Arlette, 313

Landsbergis, Vytautas, 58, 400–1

Lanesborough Hotel, London, 327

Lapin, Sergey (The Cadet), 173–220, 436

Lebedev, Sergey Ivanovich, (Director of Foreign Intelligence Service), 268

Leipzig, 448

Leontiev, Mikhail, 53

Le Pen, Jean-Marie, 313, 318

‘Letter of the Twelve’, 113

‘Letter of the Forty-Four’, 114

Leushin, Alexander, 196, 213

Lewis, James, 100, 101–2

Libération, 389–90

Lipsky, Andrey, 409

Listiev, Vlad, 411, 423

Litvinenko, Alexander, 221, 320, 321, 328

Litvinenko, Tolya, 321

London

AP at London Press Club lunch, 304–7

AP at Tango Por Dos performance, 349–50

meeting leading to London Memorandum, 54–61

Russians in, 319–20, 327

Zakayev case in, 91–110

other references, 63, 65, 111, 331, 372, 402, 447

London Memorandum: ‘The Road to Peace

and Stability in Chechnya’, 54, 58, 59, 60–1

Lorient, AP’s meeting with Jospin in, 313–18

Los Angeles, 447

Ludford, Baroness Sarah, 58, 59

Luriye, Oleg, 182

Lyozina, Yevgeniya, 401–2

Lysak, Ilya, 249

Madelin, Alain, 313–14

Mahomadov, Sultan, 14–15

Mahomet (friend of AP in Gudermes), 142–3

Mairtup, 379

Maiskoye, 43

Makhauri, Kheyedi, 31–3

Malchukov, Victor, 13, 15

Malyukin, N.G., 215–16

Mamère, Noël, 314

Mamsurov, Taimuraz, 261

Manko, Alexander, 1

Margelov, Mikhail, 361

Markaryants, Zoya, 286

Markelov, Stanislav, 203–4, 207, 212, 218

Martan Chu, 37, 38–9, 40–1

Martyn (dog), 364, 420–1

Maskhadov, Aslan

and Beslan, 251, 255, 261–2, 266–7, 270

and Ingeborg Foss, 309

and Kadyrov Senior, 115, 116, 120, 122, 124

and Khanpash Terkibayev, 238–9, 240–1, 242, 243, 246–7

and meeting between Soldiers’ Mothers and representatives of, 54, 56

AP asks Bukovsky about possible assassination of, 323–4

AP’s interview with, 84–91

AP proposes negotiations with, 258–9

assassination, 61–70, 267–8

Special Envoy see Zakayev, Akhmed

trial of those present at assassination of, 61, 70–1

other references, 47, 49, 52, 72, 101, 117, 125, 145, 155, 162, 163, 228, 229, 230, 232, 257, 272, 378

Matvienko, Valentina, 360–1

Mazayev, Matasha, 34

Mazepa, Raisa, 1, 418–19

Mecca, 114

Mednik, Igor, 91

Melnikova, Valentina, 54–5, 56, 57

Memorial Human Rights Centre, 150, 151, 187, 190, 384, 403

Merkel, Angela, 404

Mezhidov, Judge Meierbek, 203, 204, 205, 206–7, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 219

Migration Service, 37–8, 49, 284–5

Military Prosecutors, 10, 11, 15

Milošević, Slobodan, 324

Mineralnye Vody Airport, 275

Minin, Lieutenant-Colonel Valeriy, 220

Ministry of Defence, 16

Ministry for Emergency Situations, 159, 188, 284

Minsk, 423

Mironov, Oleg, 297

Mironov, Sergey, 263, 265, 273, 274

Molde, 307, 309, 310

Moltenskoy, General, 190

Montparnasse, 355–7

Moroz, Acting Prosecutor, 211, 212

Morozova, Elena, 428–33

Moscow,

elderly Russian refugees in, 281–6

President Bush in, 360–4

theatre audience taken hostage see Nord-Ost

other references, 5, 19n, 79, 82, 110–11, 140, 252, 275, 294, 342, 344–5, 425, 426, 447, 448

Moscow Helsinki Group, 286

Moskovskaya Pravda, 230

Mozdok, 44

Mukusev, Volodya, 423

Muratov, Dmitriy, 251, 399, 407, 408–9

Murdalov, Astemir, 177, 178, 184, 204, 208, 210, 213, 216, 217

Murdalov, Zelimkhan, 175–7, 178, 183–4, 185, 190, 195, 203, 210, 212, 213, 215–16, 217, 218, 220

Murdalova, Rukiyat, 177, 178, 183, 184, 190

Murdashev, Vakhid, 62, 66, 67, 68, 70

Mursalieva, Galina, 439–45

Musayev family, 35

Musayeva, Taisa, 174

Mzhavanadze, Colonel Dzhansug, 21, 22

Naidyonov, Alexander, 20, 21

NATO, 324, 331

Nazran, 254n, 254–5, 276

Hospital, 40, 43

Nemtsov, Boris, 89, 227–8, 360, 361, 399

Nesterovskaya, 32, 170

Nevmerzhitsky, Major Vitaliy: AP’s letter to, 12–14

Nevzlin, Leonid, 293, 294

New York, 448

New York Times, 390, 409

Nikitin, Ivan, 129

Nivat, Anne, 359–60

Nivat, Georges, 359, 360

Nizhnevartovsk, 177, 178, 180, 185, 194, 197, 200, 201, 202, 209, 213, 220

Nizhnyaya Tunguskaya River, 280

Nizhny Novgorod, 344–5

Nobel Institute, 311

Nokhchi-Keloy, 13, 15

Nord-Ost, 221–50, 256, 275, 276, 277, 332, 398, 402, 403, 411, 413, 415

Norilsk, 281, 282

North (Sever) Battalion, 156, 159, 163, 379

North Ossetia, 339 see also Beslan

Norway, 307–10, 311, 312

Foreign Ministry, 310, 311

Norwegian Human Rights Centre, 311

Nouvel Observateur, Le, 390

Novaya gazeta

attempt on life of journalist of, 18–24

copies of missing documents in Cadet case held by, 194

cuts in AP’s interview with Maskhadov, 85–6

emails and threats related to Cadet affair, 179–82, 193, 196–8

FSB operation against, 9–12

informed of planned attack on penal colony, 291–2, 294, 295

in possession of case files relating to Maskhadov’s assassination, 61–2

interview with Condoleezza Rice, 406–9

and meeting between Soldiers’ Mothers and Chechen resistance representatives, 56, 57

on AP’s difficulties in returning to Moscow for Nord-Ost negotiations, 221–3

on poisoning of AP during Beslan crisis, 251–3

places monument to centre of Russia, 279–80

and search for AP, 18

tributes to and recollections of AP from colleagues at, 433–45

and UN, 81

videos in possession of, 146–50

Novaya Katayama, 29–31

Novosibirsk, 295

Novy Sharoy, 38, 41, 42

Nozhai-Yurt, 115

NTV, 96, 100, 362

Nurgaliev, Rashid, 271

Observer, 390–1

October District Court, Grozny: trial of The Cadet, 203–19

October District Interior Affairs Office, Grozny, 176, 177, 183, 184, 190, 191, 192, 195, 205, 210, 216, 217, 436

October District Militia, 19, 20, 21

Ognyov, Victor, 22–3

‘Oil Regiment’, 159

Okruzhnaya, 48–51

Old Balu (Said Mahomed-hadji Isakov), 137–9, 141, 142

OMON, 72, 76, 159

‘On Protection by the State’ law, 10

Ordzhonikidze, 33

Ordzhonikidzevskaya, 51

Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), 80, 81, 85, 311, 312, 337 award to AP, 448

Orlov, Oleg, 361

OSCE see Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Oshurkov, Vladimir, 223

‘Our Home’, 281–6

Ozonna, Malcy, 357

PACE see Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Pais, El, 391–2

Pamfilova, Ella, 48, 49, 51–2, 286

Panchenko, Vasiliy, 151–2

Panfilov, Oleg, 390

Pankisi Gorge, 334

Pankov, Mikhail, 271

Paris, 316, 318, 332, 333, 341, 449

AP in, 233–4, 354–9

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), 58, 62, 64, 85, 243

Parnok, Sofia, 411

Pasternak, Boris, 359, 360, 434

Patrushev, Nikolai, 12, 87, 155, 157, 266, 270, 271, 273

Pavlovsky, Gleb, 361, 362

Pedersen, Eric, 303

Penal Colony 14/10, planned attack on, 291–6

Philip, Father (Father Sergius Zhigulin), 92, 108

Plassnik, Ursula, 404

Plebs, Milena, 350, 351, 352

Plievo, 43

Podkamennaya River, 280

Politkovskaya, Anna

award given in memory of, 449–50

awards received by, 447–9

condolences and responses from citizens and officials after death of, 393–417

difficulties in returning to Moscow for Nord-Ost negotiations, 221–3

extracts from foreign press on, 387–93

and FSB operation against Novaya gazeta, 91–2

letter to Nevmerzhitsky, 12–14

prevented by poisoning from reaching Beslan, 251–3

responses to questionnaire for ‘Territory of Glasnost’ project, 7–8

threats from The Cadet, 179–82, 193, 196–8

tributes and recollections by colleagues, family and friends, 418–46

Reports:

on assignment in Shatoy, 14–18

on the attempt to kill Komarov, 18–24

on Beslan, 253–77

on The Cadet, 173–220

on Chechen War, 25–172

on Nord-Ost, 223–50

on Russia, 279–96

on torture, 382–5

on the world beyond Russia, 297–347

showing another side of her personality, 349–75

‘So What Am I Guilty Of?’, 3–6

Politkovskaya, Vera, 395, 420, 425 445–6

Politkovsky, Alexander, 419–28

Politkovsky, Ilya, 249, 395, 409, 420, 425–6

Popkov, Yevgeny, 20

Porshnev, Igor, 238

Potanin, Vladimir, 286, 327

Powell, Colin, 362, 363

Presidential Administration, 3–4, 63, 243, 247

President’s Commission on Human Rights, 48, 52, 55, 286

Prilepin, Major Alexander, 176, 183, 191, 216, 218, 220

Programme for the Protection of Journalists, 197

Pronichev, Vladimir, 270, 271, 273

Prosecutor-General’s Office

and Cadet affair, 175, 188, 191, 192, 194, 195–6, 200, 201, 202

Regional Board in North Caucasus, 192, 194, 195–6

and Zakayev case, 91, 92, 93, 97, 98, 100, 105, 107, 109, 110

other references, 23, 62, 149, 153, 312, 320, 327, 382

Prosecutor’s Offices

and The Cadet affair, 174, 177, 178, 179, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 191, 193, 200–2, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 212, 216, 217–18, 219–20

and Ilaskhan-Yurt terrorist attack, 128, 129, 130

and Zakayev case, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104

other references, 62, 80, 114, 121, 128, 139, 149–50, 151, 159, 162, 164, 385

Protas, Iosif, 284

Pumane, Alexander, 264

Putin, Vladimir

and Beslan, 265, 266, 267, 270–1, 273

and Chechenskoye obshchestvo War Prize, 53

and Georgia, 334, 335, 336, 337–8, 340–1

and Kadyrov Junior, 5, 149, 160

and Kadyrov Senior, 113, 118, 121, 140, 141–2, 256

and Lionel Jospin, 314, 315

and Maskhadov, 61, 64, 267–8, 270

and presidential elections in 2000, 25

and Pyramid of Power, 3

and refugees, 48, 52

and return of Khanty-Mansiysk Unit to Grozny, 192

and Tony Blair, 304, 306, 322

backed by Berezovsky, 327

discussed in AP’s interview with Berezovsky, 328–9, 329–30

foreign press comments on, 388, 391–2

Presidential Administration, 3–4, 63, 243, 247

President’s Commission on Human Rights, 48, 52, 55, 286

response to AP’s death, 405–6

other references, 12, 87, 125, 137, 153, 175, 199, 219, 227, 235, 254, 257, 311, 377, 390, 393

Pyatigorsk, 192, 200, 213

Municipal Court, 192, 204

Pyramid of Power, 3, 6

Qatar, 333

Radio Liberty, 56, 252, 264, 382

Raduyev, Salman, 46

Razbash, Andrey, 423

Redgrave, Vanessa, 321

Red Cross, 81, 307, 308, 309, 310

Renbæk Regional Open Prison, 302–3, 304

Reporters Without Borders, 408

Rice, Condoleezza, 362, 363, 400, 406–9

Rodionov, G., 201

Rogozin, Dmitriy, 243, 361

Roki tunnel, 338n

Romanovna, Elena, 409–11

Roshal, Dr Leonid, 224, 230, 272

Rossiyskaya gazeta, 237, 247, 389

Rostov, 252

Roussos, Demis, 427

Rozetov, Vladimir, 211, 212, 213, 215

Russian Supreme Court, 203, 214, 215, 218

Russian Union of Journalists (Union of Journalists of Russia), 413, 447

Rutskoy, Alexander, 263

Ryazan: attempt to kill Mikhail Komarov in, 18–24

Ryzhaya, Tanya, 35

Ryzhkov, Vladimir, 411

Saakashvili, Mikheil, 335, 336, 337–8 and n, 341, 412

Sadulayev, Abdul Khalim, 68, 70, 161

Sadulayeva, Zarema, 40

Sadykov, Alaudin, 205

Saidulayev, Malik, 132, 135, 136, 235

Saidullayev, Rustam, 132, 134, 135

Saiev, Amina, 54

Saint Petersburg, 411

Sakharov, Andrey, 389

Salmaniev, Arbi, 128, 129, 130

Salmanov, Lema, 379–80

Samashki, 41

Sambayev, Supian, 48–9, 50

Satsit, 51

Satuyev, Idris, 43

Satuyev, Said Ali, 275

Saudi Arabia, 268

King of, 114

Savenko, Yury, 207

Seit-Selim, 29

Seleznyov, Gennadiy, 412

Serbia, 324

Sergeyev, Marshal, 87

Sernovodsk, 174, 175

Shabalkin, Ilya, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Shali, 39–40, 41

Shamanov, General, 86

Shamsudinov family, 37–9, 40

Shamsudinova, Liana, 36, 37–9, 40–1

Shatoy, 10, 12, 13, 14–18

Shchekochikhin, Yury, 407, 411, 413

letter to Gryzlov, 181–2

Shchinov, E.N., 201

Shevardnadze, Eduard, 334, 340–1

Shevchuk, Yury, 425, 426

Shleinov, Roman, 231

Shuaipov, Sultan, 28–31

Siberia, 343

Sikharulidze, Vasil, 336

‘Silent Ones, The’, 121

Skærbæk: Renbæk Regional Open Prison, 302–3, 304

Skrynnikov, Ryazan Investigator, 23

Sliska, Lyubov, 273, 274

Socialists, French, 315–16

Sokolov, Sergey, 251

Soldiers’ Mothers, 54–61, 62, 63, 65

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander, 389

Soros Foundation, 9, 10, 11

Open Society Institute, 9

South (Yug) Battalion, 156, 159, 163, 379

South Ossetia, 337, 338 and n, 339, 340, 341

Soyuz zhurnalistov, 6

Spaso House, meeting President Bush at, 360–4

Staes, Bart, 58

Starovoitova, Galina, 401, 409

Starye Atagi, 16, 182, 307, 309, 310, 312, 385

Stavropol Regional College of Lawyers, 204

Stockholm, 377, 448

Strasbourg, 243, 247, 287, 289, 290, 291, 361

Sugaipov, Avalu, 34

Suifenhe, 343

Sunzha District Hospital, 33, 36–7, 39, 41–2

Surkov, Vladislav, 144, 239, 391

Svetlogorsk, 425

Sychev, Private Andrey, 439

Sydney, 371, 372–5

National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 373

Opera House, 371

Taronga Zoo, 374–5

Sysuyeva, Ludmila, 313

Tageszeitung, Die, 392–3

Taimaskhanov, Salim, 213

Tajikistan, 292, 294, 296

Tangi Chu, 131, 132

Tango Por Dos, 349–52, 354

Tarasov, Artyom, 422

Taste of Freedom, A, 422

Tateyev, Aisa, 102

Tbilisi, 337

Teffi, Nadezhda, 1

Temirov, Isa, 240

Temirov, Sultan, 34

Temirsultanov, Qadi Akhmat, 129, 130

Terkibayev, Khanpash Nurdyevich, 237–44, 245, 246–9

‘Territory of Glasnost’ project, questionnaire for, 7–8

Tolstova, Taisiya, 281–3

Tolstoy-Yurt, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67–9

Torshin, Alexander: Federal Parliamentary Commission on Beslan, 261, 262–74

Tovzeni, 225

Trotskyism, 316, 317

Tsentoroy, 117, 119, 120, 122, 128, 134, 140, 142, 143, 160

Tsotsan-Yurt, 123–4

Tsvetayeva, Marina, 419, 420

Tunguska Meteorite, 279, 281

Tura, 279–80

Turkmenbashi, the, 140, 145

Turkmenistan, 140, 145

Tyumen Province, 313

Ukraine, 39, 337, 383, 417

Ulman, Captain Eduard, 436

Umarkhadzhiev, Shamkhan and Shakhid, 90

Umarov, Mahomed, 179

Umarov, Doku, 68, 155, 275, 277

Umarov, Ruslan, 179

Umarova, Leila, 179

Umarova, Liza, vii, 412

Umkhanov, Zelimkhan, 174, 175

Union of Committees of Soldiers’ Mothers of Russia see Soldiers’ Mothers

Union of Journalists of Russia (Russian Union of Journalists), 413, 447

United Nations, 79, 81, 82, 324, 337, 342

Commission on Human Rights, 81, 82

Security Council, 81, 82

United Russia party, 6, 127, 139, 144

United States, 80, 82, 222, 269, 331, 341, 390, 408–9, 426, 435, 447, 448

Uralsky, Sergey, 413–14

Urus Martan District, 83–4, 93, 94, 132, 134, 155

Martan Chu, 37, 38–9, 40–1

Ussuriysk, 342

Ust Ilimsk, 286, 287

Ustinov, Vladimir, 193, 201

van Gogh (dog), 365–9, 445–6

Vanin, Igor, 205

Vanin, Mikhail (Head of Customs Service), 345

Vedeno District, 115, 137, 138, 149, 156, 157, 225, 229, 381

Vedomosti, 11

Vershbow, Lisa and Alexander, 362, 363

Vershinin, Colonel Andrey, 15

Vienna, 387, 448

Visayev, Khanpash and Movsar, 131

Visayeva, Aimani, 127–8, 129, 130

Vityaz special operations troops, 244, 245

Vladikavkaz, 62, 153, 252, 262, 276

Vladivostok, 342

Vnukovo Airport, 251, 252, 264

Voice of Beslan Association, 414–15

Voitsekhovskaya, Wanda, 283–4

Volgodonsk, 19n, 275

Voloshin, Alexander, 140

Vostok (East) Battalion, 159, 379

Vyazkov, Vitaliy, 20

Vysotsky, Vladimir, 422

Vzglyad (‘Viewpoint’), 423

Wahhabis, 16, 43, 74, 75, 76, 117, 122, 134, 137, 150, 161, 171, 266, 268

Walesa, Lech, 415–16

Washington, 222, 447, 449

West (Zapad) Battalion, 159, 379

Workman, Judge Timothy, 91, 97, 98, 99, 100, 104–5

judgment given by, 105–9

World Chechen Conference, 234, 321

Xinjiang, 346

Yabloko Party, 416

Yagofarov, Rashid, 205

Yakovenko, Igor, 387–8

Yamadayev, Khanid, 63

Yamadayev, Suleyman, 120, 378–9, 436–7

Yamadayevites, 436

Yandarbiev, President Zelimkhan, 115, 333

Yastrzhembsky, Sergey, 18, 226, 238, 239, 240, 242, 243, 250

Yavlinsky, Grigoriy, 252, 362, 416

Yeltsin, Boris, 53, 54, 101, 132, 254, 326, 377, 424, 427

Yeremeyev, Yegor, 417

Yeroshok, Zoya, 409, 433–6

Yesenin, Sergey, 353, 354

Youth Soviet Farm No. 15, 117, 119, 120, 134

Yugoslavia, 82

Yushchenko, Victor, 417

Yusupov, Musa, 62, 65, 68, 71

Zakayev, Akhmed

arrest in Copenhagen, 92, 234, 321

background, 92

and Beslan, 251, 261–2, 266, 267, 272

discussed in AP’s interviews with Russian emigrés, 321, 322–3, 328–9, 330

extradition case in Britain, 91–110, 319

and Maskhadov’s hopes for peace, 62, 63

Maskhadov’s Special Envoy, 54, 62, 92, 261, 319

meeting with Soldiers’ Mothers in London, 54, 56, 58, 65

tribute to AP, 417

other references, 228, 241, 320

Zakayev, Edward, 143

Zakharov, Pavel, 142

Zakriev, Zaur, 384–5

Zapad (West) Battalion, 159, 379

Zaurbekov, Abdulkasim, 178–9

Zaurbekov, Aindi, 178–9

Zavgayev, Akhmar, 107

Zelensky, Vladimir, 291–2, 294–6

Zhigulin, Father Sergius (Father Philip), 92, 108

Zhirinovsky, Vladimir, 313

Zhukova, Natalia, 56

Zhuravlyov, Investigator, 176, 177, 184, 215

Zhuravlyova, Antonina, 204, 205, 206, 207–8

Zhvaniya, Zurab, 336

Znamenka, 46

Znamenskoye, 179

Zotov, Mikhail, 20, 23

Zotto, Miguel Angel, 349, 350–2

Zubayev family, 29–30

Zurabishvili, Salome, 336

Zyazikov, President Murat, 253, 254–5, 256, 272