Tragedy of the Chechen village of Samashki
On April 7–8, 1995, during the first Russian-Chechen war, Russian troops, carrying out a cleansing operation in the village of Samashki, Achkhoy-Martan region, killed, according to various estimates, at least one hundred civilians. This figure was indicated in a report by the UN Commission on Human Rights. The International Committee of the Red Cross announced the death of 250 civilians.