Visit Makhaev

Samashki victim record SAM-1995-V054 · Appendix 3, no. 54

Original Cyrillic: Махаев Висит Лабазанович · Born: 1963 · Recorded death: 16 May 1995 · Location: Injured in Samashki; died in Zakan-Yurt

Documented account

Memorial records that Visit Makhaev was shot by a sniper in the head and shoulder on the evening of 7 April while leaving a cellar during a lull in the fighting. He was later evacuated to relatives in Zakan-Yurt, where he died of the wounds on 16 May.

Evidence and original source

Recorded supporting material: Sister-in-law’s testimony; hospital list no. 135. See Memorial, By All Available Means: Russian Interior Ministry Operation in Samashki, 7–8 April 1995, Appendix 3, case 54.

Limits of the record

The death took place more than a month after the injuries. The appendix does not establish the personal identity of the sniper.

This is a source-based memorial profile, not a judicial determination of individual criminal guilt. Where dates, circumstances or family relationships are uncertain, they remain explicitly marked as such.

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