The Moscow theater hostage crisis, also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege, was the seizure of the crowded Dubrovka Theater in Moscow by Chechen terrorists on 23 October 2002, resulting in the taking of
Russian special forces storm the Dubrovka Theater during the 2002 Moscow hostage crisis.
President Vladimir Putin visiting the Sklifosovsky Emergency Medicine Institute to meet with hostages rescued from the theater in Dubrovka.
Dubrovka theater building (2024)
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Spetsnaz are special operations forces in the former Soviet Union and Russia. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's Spetsnaz GRU, special operations units of the Main Intelligence Dir
Moscow theater hostage crisis
…could reach the hall in which the hostages were held. The attackers had numerous explosives, with the most powerful in the center of the auditorium. Spetsnaz operators from Federal Security Service (FSB) Alpha and Vympel, supported by a Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) SOBR unit, pumped a chemical…
Russian Spetsnaz SSO snipers
F-111 escape capsule at Museum of Moscow Aviation Institute
Soviet special forces surround Tajbeg Palace following the operation.
A Soviet Spetsnaz group prepare for a mission in Afghanistan.