Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
1995 attack by Chechen separatists in southern Russia
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
The Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis (Russian: Теракт в Будённовске, lit. 'teract [terrorist act] in Budyonnovsk') took place from 14 to 19 June 1995. During the First Chechen War of 1994 to 1996, a group of Chechen separatists led by Shamil Basayev attacked the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk near the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. After brief fighting in the city, Basayev and his men seized a local hospital-complex where they gathered over 2,000 hostages, demanding a ceasefire in Chechnya and the resumption of negotiations between the Russian Federation and the Chechen leadership. Following several failed attempts by the Russian government to respond to the situation with force, Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin personally agreed to Basayev's demands, securing the release of the hostages. The terrorist act in Budyonnovsk was the first hostage crisis in post-Soviet Russia.
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