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Alvi Dashaev, b.1979. Last seen on February 5, 2000 when Russian soldiers detained him and his brother Akhmed in his home village of Shaami-Yurt. 

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Magomed Taimaskhanov, b.1968. Last seen alive on September 15, 2000 at 1:30 p.m. when he was leaving his parents' home in Jalka. He was detained along with Adam Vagapov and Sharpudi Usuev. The bodies of all three men were found on September 17 in the woods near Jalka. Click here for more on this "disappearance" and death.