Editing Nazran (section)

==== 2004 rebel raid on Nazran ====
{{Main|2004 Nazran raid}}

In 2004, a group of [[Chechen people|Chechen]] and Ingush militants<ref>{{Cite book|editor=Редакция газеты Ежедневная Деловая Газета Рбк|date=2019-12-17|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSi1BwAAQBAJ&dq=%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C&pg=PA3|title=Ежедневная деловая газета РБК 227-2014|publisher=Litres|page=3|isbn=9785457744660|via=Google Books}}</ref> carried out a [[2004 Nazran raid|large-scale raid]] on Ingushetia, led by [[Shamil Basayev]]. The overnight attacks targeted fifteen official buildings in Nazran, and at least three towns and villages located on the Baku-Rostov highway that crosses the republic from east to west.

The raid lasted nearly five hours, and the assailants - said to number 200 to 300 - withdrew almost unscathed; the raiders apparently lost only two men during the attacks. The rebels killed 67 members of security forces, including the republic's Interior Minister Abukar Kostoyev, his deputy Zyaudin Kotiev, top prosecutors, and other officials; they also captured and looted the [[MVD]]'s armory and police depots. 25 civilians, including a local [[United Nations]] worker, were killed in the crossfire.

Federal Interior Minister [[Rashid Nurgaliyev]] met with General Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, the commander of Russia's Interior Ministry forces, and blamed them for the high number of deaths. Tikhomirov decided to resign after the meeting.