• Zachistka (Russian: зачистка, lit. cleansing operation) is a Russian military term for "mopping-up" operations to cleanse a territory from enemy military...
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  • The Alkhan-Kala operation was a zachistka (Russian: зачистка) operation by Russian forces in Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya, starting on 25 June 2001, during the...
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  • The Tsotsin-Yurt operation was a zachistka-type (Russian: зачистка) operation by Russian Spetsnaz forces in Tsotsin-Yurt, Chechnya, from December 30,...
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  • Prong "The Cleansing", a song by Overkill from the album The Killing Kind Zachistka ("cleansing operation"), Russian term for house-to-house operations to...
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  • injured. June 25 – Alkhan-Kala operation: Russian forces carry out a zachistka operation in Alkhan-Kala, Grozny, Chechnya, during the Second Chechen...
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    and summary executions on Chechen civilians; they were often linked to zachistka ("cleansing" raids on town districts and villages suspected of harboring...
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  • crimes". Volnovakha bus attack Borozdinovskaya operation Bucha massacre zachistka Censor.NET (2023-10-31). "Russians detain two of their soldiers on suspicion...
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  • The Borozdinovskaya operation was a zachistka-type (Russian: зачистка) operation by Russian forces in Borozdinovskaya [ru], Chechnya, on June 4, 2005...
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    war crimes in the war, Russian federal forces went on a village-sweep (zachistka), that involved summary executions of dozens of people, murder, looting...
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    involving hunting down people in lists, filtration, torture, and execution as zachistka ("cleansing"). Ukraine has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate...
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    civilians died during the attack. Russian forces conducted an operation of zachistka, house-by-house searches throughout the entire village. Federal soldiers...
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  • February 5, 2000, in which Russian forces went on a cleansing operation (zachistka), summarily executing dozens. The village had been cluster-bombed a day...
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    security and light infantry roles, notably for the notorious "cleansing" (zachistka) operations. Prior to the war, there was also an OMON formation belonging...
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  • Brayshaw and Josh Lawson Nine Network/Go! February 3, 2009  Belarus Зачистка Zachistka Alexandra Pavlova and Ivan Vabishevich ONT January 23, 2011  Belgium Wipeout...
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  • ceased using heavy weapons until 28 September), a halt to the notorious zachistka ("mopping-up") operations, and that President of Russia Vladimir Putin...
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    civilians died during the attack. Russian forces conducted an operation of zachistka, house-by-house searches throughout the entire village. Federal soldiers...
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  • 21 Officers Die in Grozny Blast "SECURITY FORCES CARRY OUT A LARGE "ZACHISTKA" IN CHECHEN CAPITAL". Archived from the original on 2006-10-17. Retrieved...
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    Germans in Poland Shootout – Combat between two parties using firearms Zachistka – Russian military slang for armed patrols and house searches, often with...
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    Internal Affairs. The Blagoveshchensk mass beating ("The Blagoveshchensk zachistka") was a four-day operation of intimidation carried out by local police...
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    Rostova was in her early 20s and was conducting so-called "cleaning" (zachistka) in the region, an ambiguous Cheka term. Khaikina has been accused of...
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    paramilitary soldiers), was on its way to conduct a so-called "clearing" (zachistka) operation in the village of Tsentoroi in Chechnya's southern highlands...
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  • outskirts of the towns and villages in the course of numerous "mopping-up" (zachistka) special operations. In 2006, Russia's human rights groups produced a...
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  • counter-terrorist unit Vityaz) began an operation to "mop up" the village (zachistka - an intense search of the streets, house-by-house) on April 7, in the...
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  • Chechen village Alkhan-Kala. Umazheva was an outspoken critic of unlawful zachistka ("cleansing") raids that Russian forces conducted in her village and had...
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  • rounded-up in their own homes during the mass and indiscriminate "mopping-up" (zachistka) operations and then kept there without any charges. According to official...
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  • Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2021-07-23. Video of the zachistka when Hienadz Shutau was wounded Radio Racyja The murder of Hienadz Shutau...
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