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The chemical agent used in the Moscow theatre hostage crisis of 26 October 2002 has never been definitively revealed by the Russian authorities, though many possible identities have been speculated. An undisclosed incapacitating agent was used by the Russian authorities in order to subdue the Chechen terrorists who had taken control of a crowded theater.

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Moscow hostage crisis chemical agent

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The chemical agent used in the Moscow theatre hostage crisis of 26 October 2002 has never been definitively revealed by the Russian authorities, though...

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Moscow theater hostage crisis

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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...

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Beslan school siege

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The Beslan school siege (also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or the Beslan massacre) was a terrorist attack that started on 1 September...

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Incapacitating agent

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the clothing of three hostages and the urine of one hostage rescued during the Moscow theater hostage crisis and found two chemical derivatives of fentanyl...

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Carfentanil

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remifentanil in clothing from two British survivors of the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis and in the urine from a third survivor. The team concluded that...

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Alpha Group

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the hostages. One of these actions was the use of an unknown chemical agent to assist Alpha Group and the SOBR break the October 2002 Moscow hostage crisis...

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Spetsnaz

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several high-profile hostage situations such as the Moscow theatre hostage crisis and the Beslan school hostage crisis. The crisis took place from 14 June...

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History of chemical warfare

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the Moscow theater hostage crisis. All 42 of the terrorists and 120 out of 850 hostages were killed during the raid. Although the use of the chemical agent...

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Poison laboratory of the Soviet secret services

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During the Beslan school hostage crisis in September 2004 and while on her way to Beslan to help in negotiations with the hostage-takers, Politkovskaya fell...

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Sunshine Project

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incapacitating "non-lethal" weapons, such as the chemical used by Russia to end the Moscow theater hostage crisis in 2002. The Sunshine Project was also active...

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Federal Security Service

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Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

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leave civilian areas. Two large-scale hostage-takings have been documented, the Moscow theater hostage crisis and Beslan school siege, resulting in the...

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FSB Criminalistics Institute

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sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk (K-141) in 2000, the Moscow theatre hostage crisis in 2002, the Beslan school siege in 2004 and others. The Criminalistics...

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Anna Politkovskaya

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Second Chechen War

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the 2004 Moscow metro bombing (40), and the 2004 Russian aircraft bombings (89). Two big kidnaps, the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis and the Beslan...

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Lofentanil

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has led some to compare it to nerve agents as a chemical weapon since carfentanil's use in the Moscow hostage crisis. Side effects of lofentanyl analogs...

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Counterterrorism

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21st centuries are listed below. See list of hostage crises for a more extended list, including hostage-takings that did not end violently. The scope...

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Vladimir Putin

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support for – and alignment with – Putin's government. The Moscow theater hostage crisis occurred in October 2002. Many in the Russian press and in the...

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Gulf War

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Lists of poisonings

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(d. 1997) Moscow theater hostage crisis (2002); to end the crisis, the Federal Security Service (FSB) pumped an undisclosed chemical agent into the building's...

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Syrian civil war

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agent and chlorine gas have been used during the conflict. Numerous casualties led to an international reaction, especially the 2013 Ghouta chemical attack...

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Electronic harassment

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Kronstadt rebellion

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cadets and Cheka agents. The high-ranking Bolshevik leaders responsible for the operation had to return from the 10th Party Congress in Moscow. The rebels'...

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