List of Soviet and Russian assassinations
This is a list of people confirmed to have been assassinated by the Soviet Union and Russia. Some of the assassinations or targeted killings took place overseas.
This list does not include suspected asassinations of political opponents who died in mysterious circumstances.
| Target | Position | Date | City | Country | Killer |
| Fyodor Kokoshkin | member of the First Russian State Duma | 1918-01-20 | Leningrad | Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee | |
| Nikolay Vtorov | Russian industrialist. | 1918-05-20 | Moscow | Bolsheviks | |
| Nicholas II | last Czar of Russia | 1918-07-17 | Yekaterinburg | Cheka | |
| Francis Cromie | British naval attaché | 1918-08-31 | Petrograd | Bolsheviks | |
| Alexander Dutov | Russian Cossacks | 1921-02-07 | Suiding | China | Bolsheviks |
| Sidney Reilly | British MI6 spy | 1925-11-05 | Moscow | OGPU | |
| Pyotr Wrangel | Russian White Army General | 1928-04-25 | Brussels | Soviet agent | |
| Alexander Kutepov | White Army General | 1930-01-26 | Paris | NKVD | |
| Noe Ramishvili | former Prime Minister of Georgia | 1930-12-07 | Paris | NKVD | |
| Sergey Kirov | First Secretary of the Leningrad City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party | 1934-12-01 | Leningrad | NKVD | |
| Juliet Stuart Poyntz | CPUSA member and soviet intelligence agent | 1937-06-03 | New York | NKVD | |
| Ignace Reiss | Soviet spy | 1937-09-04 | Lausanne | NKVD | |
| Yevhen Konovalets | Leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists | 1938-05-23 | Rotterdam | NKVD | |
| Yevgeny Miller | General in the White Army | 1939-05-11 | Moscow | NKVD | |
| Zinaida Reich | Soviet actress | 1939-07-15 | Moscow | NKVD | |
| Leon Trotsky | Soviet politician and Marxist revolutionary theorist | 1940-08-21 | Coyoacán | NKVD | |
| Nikolai Koltsov | Soviet biologist | 1940-12-02 | Leningrad | NKVD | |
| Walter Krivitsky | defected Soviet intelligence officer | 1941-02-10 | Washington, D.C. | NKVD | |
| Mairbek Sheripov | Chechen nationalist | 1942-11-07 | Chechnya | Soviet security force | |
| Carlo Tresca | Italian-American newspaper editor | 1943-01-11 | New York City | NKVD | |
| Wilhelm Kube | Generalkommissar of Weissruthenien | 1943-09-22 | Minsk | Yelena Mazanik | |
| Solomon Mikhoels | Soviet actor and the artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish Theatre. | 1948-01-13 | Minsk | MGB | |
| Khasan Israilov | Chechen nationalist | 1944-12-29 | Chechnya | Soviet security force | |
| Leonid Karas | Belarusian writer and journalist for Radio Liberty | 1954-09-?? | Munich | KGB | |
| Abdurrahman Fatalibeyli | Defected Soviet army major; CIA agent and later chief of the Azerbaijani desk for Radio Liberty | 1954-11-22 | Munich | KGB | |
| Lev Rebet | Leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists | 1957-10-10 | Munich | KGB | |
| Imre Nagy | Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary | 1958-06-16 | Budapest | Soviet show trial | |
| Stepan Bandera | Leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists | 1959-10-15 | Munich | KGB | |
| Mohammed Daoud Khan | President of Afghanistan | 1978-04-28 | Kabul | KGB / PDPA
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| Georgi Markov | Bulgarian dissident journalist | 1978-09-11 | London | KGB | |
| Hafizullah Amin | President of Afghanistan | 1979-12-27 | Kabul | KGB | |
| Sultan Ibraimov | Prime Ministers of Kyrgyzstan | 1980-12-04 | Cholpon Ata | KGB | |
| Korean Air Lines Flight 007 | 269 passengers and crew | 1983-09-01 | Sea of Japan, near Moneron Island, west of Sakhalin Island | Soviet Air Force | |
| Nikolay Suleimanov | Boss of Chechen Mafia | 1994-12-?? | Moscow | Russian Mafia | |
| Choe Deok-geun | South Korean consular official for the Russian Far East | 1996-10-01 | Vladivostok | Russian Mafia | |
| Akhmadov brothers | Chechen generals and high ranking military commanders | 1999-2002 | DagestanChechnya | FSB | |
| Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev | Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 2000-05-17 | Shali | FSB | |
| Apti Abitayev | Prime suspect in the 1998 kidnapping incident | 2001-05-06 | Somewhere in Russia | FSB | |
| Dzhokhar Dudayev | President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 1996-04-21 | Chechnya | Russian Air Force | |
| Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev | President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 2004-02-13 | Doha | SVR / GRU | |
| Aslan Maskhadov | President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 2005-03-08 | Tolstoy-Yurt, Chechnya | FSB | |
| Abdul-Halim Sadulayev | President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 2006-06-17 | Argun, Chechnya | FSB | |
| Arbi Barayev | Leader of Special Purpose Islamic Regiment | 2001-06-22 | Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya | FSB | |
| Ibn al-Khattab | Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya | 2002-03-20 | Chechnya | FSB | |
| Abu al-Walid | Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya | 2004-04-16 | Chechnya | FSB | |
| Abu Hafs al-Urduni | Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya | 2006-11-26 | Chechnya | FSB | |
| Muhannad | Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya | 2011-04-21 | Chechnya | FSB | |
| Abdulla Kurd | Emir of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya | 2011-05-03 | Chechnya | FSB | |
| Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev | Deputy Prime Minister and National Security Minister of Chechnya | 2002-08-18 | Yekaterinburg | Unknown Russian agents | |
| Salman Raduyev | Chechen separatist warlord and rebel commander | 2002-12-14 | Solikamsk | Unknown Russian agents | |
| Ruslan Gelayev | Deputy Prime Minister of Chechnya | 2004-02-28 | , Dagestan | Border Security Service | |
| Abdourahman al-Zarki | Leader of the foreign volunteers unit in the North Caucasus | 2000-??-?? | Chechnya | FSB | |
| Senior leader of the Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya and Ibn al-Khattab's deputy | 2001-07-11 | Mayrtup, Chechnya | FSB | ||
| Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev | Field commander of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and deputy of Shamil Basayev | 2002-08-26 | Shali | FSB | |
| Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi | One of the founders of EIJ and Al-Qaeda affiliate | 2005-??-?? | Chechnya | FSB | |
| Magomedzagir Akayev | Senior commander of Shariat Jamaat | 2005-01-15 | Kaspiysk, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Abu Omar al-Kuwaiti | Al-Qaeda agent and involved in Beslan school siege | 2005-02-16 | Ingushetia | FSB | |
| Rizvan Chitigov | Senior Chechen intelligence chief and CIA agent | 2005-03-23 | Shali, Chechnya | FSB | |
| Akhmed Avdorkhanov | Head of security for President Aslan Maskhadov | 2005-09-19 | Somewhere in Chechnya | FSB | |
| Abu Omar al-Saif | Mufti of Arab fighters in Chechnya and Al-Qaeda affiliate | 2005-12-10 | Dagestan | FSB | |
| Shamil Basayev | Most senior Chechen military commander and overall leader of all Chechen rebel factions | 2006-07-10 | Ingushetia | FSB | |
| Aliev Nurov | Senior Chechen rebel | 2006-08-?? | Chechnya | FSB | |
| Amir Khayrullah | Senior Chechen commander and prime suspect of the 2004 Grozny stadium bombing | 2007-04-05 | Grozny, Chechnya | FSB | |
| Khura-Magomed Ramazanov | Senior Islamic cleric | 2007-07-26 | Makhachkala, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Alexander Litvinenko | Defected lieutenant colonel of FSB | 2006-11-23 | London | SVR | |
| Umar Israilov | Ex bodyguard of Ramzan Kadyrov / Critic of the Chechen government | 2009-01-13 | Vienna | SVR | |
| Movladi Baisarov | Ex commander of the Special Battalion Vostok | 2006-11-18 | Moscow | Kadyrovtsy | |
| Sulim Yamadayev | Lieutenant Colonel of Special Battalion Vostok | 2009-03-28 | Dubai | Kadyrovtsy | |
| Said Buryatsky | Commander of Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs's suicide bombers brigade | 2010-03-02 | Ekazhevo, Ingushetia | FSB / MVD | |
| Yassir al-Sudani | Commander of Caucasus Emirate | 2010-06-08 | Vedeno, Chechnya | FSB / MVD | |
| Eldar Magatov | Senior Islamist militant | 2014-01-21 | likely Dagestan | Russian police and pro-government militia | |
| Vakha Arsanov | Vice president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 2005-05-15 | Ivanovo | Russian police and pro-government militia | |
| Supyan Abdullayev | Vice president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | 2011-03-28 | Ingushetia | Russian Air Force | |
| Zaurbek Avdorkhanov | Field commander of Caucasus Emirate | 2012-07-31 | Galashki, Ingushetia | FSB | |
| Ibragim Avdorkhanov | Chechen separatists and part of 2010 Tsentoroy attack | 2012-07-31 | Galashki, Ingushetia | FSB | |
| Ayub Khaladov | Chechen separatists and part of 2010 Tsentoroy attack | 2012-07-31 | Galashki, Ingushetia | FSB | |
| Dokka Umarov | Emir of the Caucasus Emirate | 2013-09-07 | Ingushetia | FSB | |
| Aliaskhab Kebekov | Emir of the Caucasus Emirate | 2015-04-19 | Buynaksk, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Magomed Suleimanov | Emir of the Caucasus Emirate | 2015-08-11 | Gimry, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Zalim Shebzukhov | Emir of the Caucasus Emirate | 2016-08-17 | Saint Petersburg | FSB | |
| Rasul Makasharipov | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2005-07-06 | Makhachkala, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Rappani Khalilov | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2007-09-17 | Novy Sulak, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Abdul Madzhid | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2008-09-07 | Magaramkentsky District, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Omar Sheikhulayev | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2009-02-05 | outside Makhachkala, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Umalat Magomedov | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2009-12-31 | Khasavyurt, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Magomed Vagabov | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2010-08-21 | Gunib, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Israpil Velijanov | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2011-04-18 | Dagestan | FSB | |
| Ibragimkhalil Daudov | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2012-02-14 | Dagestan | FSB | |
| Rustam Asildarov | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2016-12-03 | near Makhachkala, Dagestan | FSB | |
| Said Kharakansky | Emir of Vilayat Dagestan | 2017-02-07 | Dagestan | FSB | |
| Muslim Atayev | Emir of Vilayat KBK | 2005-01-27 | Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria | FSB | |
| Anzor Astemirov | Emir of Vilayat KBK | 2010-03-24 | Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria | FSB | |
| Asker Dzhappuyev | Emir of Vilayat KBK | 2011-04-29 | Progress Stavropol Krai | FSB | |
| Alim Zankishiev | Emir of Vilayat KBK | 2012-03-27 | Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria | FSB | |
| Khuseyn Gakayev | Commander of Vilayat Nokhchicho | 2013-01-24 | Vedeno, Chechnya | FSB | |
| Dzhamaleyl Mutaliyev | Emir of Vilayat Galgaycho | 2013-05-21 | Nazran | FSB | |
| Arthur Getagazhev | Emir of Vilayat Galgaycho | 2014-05-24 | Sagopshi, Ingushetia | FSB | |
| Beslan Makhauri | Emir of Vilayat Galgaycho | 2015-10-31 | Nazran | FSB | |
| Ilyas Vedzizhev | Insurgent of Vilayat Galgaycho | 2015-10-31 | Nazran | FSB | |
| Zaur Prokopchuk | Senior Caucasus Emirate militant | 2015-04-16 | Nalchik | FSB | |
| Robert Zankishiev | Head of Kabardino-Balkaria's terrorist organization | 2015-11-10 | Unknown | FSB | |
| Iyad al-Deek | Captain of FSA | 2015-09-30 | northern Homs | Russian Air Force | |
| 2 senior ISIL commanders | ISIS field commanders | 2015-10-8/9 | Raqqa province | Russian Air Force | |
| Basil Zamo | Commander of 1st Coastal Division | 2015-10-20 | Jabal al-Akrad, Latakia | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Nurlbagasi | ISIS field commanders | 2015-11-17/18 | Aleppo province | Russian Air Force | |
| Muhammad ibn Khayrat | ISIS field commanders | 2015-11-17/18 | Aleppo province | Russian Air Force | |
| Al-Okab | ISIS field commanders | 2015-11-17/18 | Aleppo province | Russian Air Force | |
| Moder Abdul Salam Hamdoun | Senior commander of Thuwar al-Sham Brigades | 2015-12-?? | Aleppo province | Russian Air Force | |
| Zahran Alloush | Commander of Jaysh al-Islam | 2015-12-25 | Utaya, Rif Dimashq | Russian Air Force | |
| Nimr al-Shukri | Military commander of Ahrar ash-Sham of Aleppo | 2016-02-09 | Northern Aleppo | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Abdollah Jabal | Senior commander of Al-Nusra Front | 2016-06-22 | Northwestern Aleppo | Russian Air Force | |
| Abul Baha al-Asfari | Field commander of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham | 2016-11-16 | Idlib | Russian Air Force | |
| Muhammad Helala | Field commander of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham | 2016-11-16 | Idlib | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Jaber Harmuja | Field commander of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham | 2016-11-16 | Idlib | Russian Air Force | |
| ISIL emir of Deir Ezzor | 2017-01-?? | Deir Ezzor | Russian Air Force | ||
| Abu Rida al-Turkestani | Leader of Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria | 2017-01-12 | Ariha, Idlib | Russian Air Force | |
| Gulmurod Khalimov | ISIL war minister | 2017-09-08 | Deir ez-Zor | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Muhammad al-Shimali | Emir of Deir ez-Zor | 2017-09-08 | Deir ez-Zor | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Sulman al-Saudi | Chief of southern sector in Idlib province | 2017-09-27 | Idlib province | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu al-Abbas Anadin | Emir on financial issues | 2017-09-27 | Idlib province | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Hasan | Adviser to military minister Abu Muhammad Al-julani | 2017-09-27 | Idlib province | Russian Air Force | |
| Walid al-Mustafa | Aide to spiritual leader Abdallah al-Muheisni | 2017-09-27 | Idlib province | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Mudjagid | Sharia judge | 2017-09-27 | Idlib province | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Islam Al-Kazaki | Senior ISIL member | 2017-10-02 | Eastern bank of the Euphrates, Deir ez-Zor | Russian Air Force | |
| Ahmad al-Ghizai | Security service chief of Jabhat al-Nusra | 2017-10-3 | Specific location undisclosed | Russian Air Force | |
| Husem Mahzum | Field commander of Jabhat al-Nusra | 2017-10-3 | Specific location undisclosed | Russian Air Force | |
| Ahmad Khalez Ali al-Zawawi | Field commander of Jabhat al-Nusra | 2017-10-3 | Specific location undisclosed | Russian Air Force | |
| Alaa Al Din Al Shishani | Senior ISIL commanders | 2017-10-5/6 | Abu Kamal | Russian Air Force | |
| Salah Al Din Al Shishani | Senior ISIL commanders | 2017-10-5/6 | Abu Kamal | Russian Air Force | |
| Salakhuddin Shishani | Emir of Jaysh Usrah | 2017-12-17 | northern Hama province | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Mohammad Saif | Commander of Failaq al-Rahman | 2018-03-14 | Eastern Ghouta | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Mohammed Jobar | Commander of Failaq al-Rahman | 2018-03-14 | Eastern Ghouta | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Omar al Dayk | Commander of Faylaq al-Sham | 2019-07-19 | Northern Latakia | Russian Air Force | |
| Abu Riad al-Deiri | Senior leader of FSA | 2019-08-06 | north of Latakia | Russian Air Force | |
| Mohammad Husein Qasem | Commander of Faylaq al-Sham | 2019-08-19 | Northwestern province of Idlib | Russian Air Force | |
| Ali Osaev | Istanbul representative of the Caucasus Emirate | 2009-02-26 | Istanbul | SVR | |
| Berg-Hadj Musayev | Senior chechen separatists | 2011-09-16 | Istanbul | SVR | |
| Zaurbek Amriyev | Senior chechen separatists | 2011-09-16 | Istanbul | SVR | |
| Rustam Altemirov | Senior chechen separatists | 2011-09-16 | Istanbul | SVR | |
| Abdullah Bukhari | Usbek-chechen Islamic cleric | 2014-12-10 | Istanbul | SVR | |
| Abdulvahid Edelgiriev | Chechen commander during the Chechen-Russian conflict | 2015-11-01 | Başakşehir, İstanbul Province | SVR | |
| Ruslan Israpilov | Chechen fighter during the Chechen-Russian conflict | 2016-05-11 | Kocaeli Province, Turkey | SVR | |
| Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 76777 | 40 paratroopers of 25th Airborne Brigade and 9 crew members of Ukrainian Air Force | 2014-06-14 | near Luhansk | Wagner Group | |
| Military convoy of Ukrainian forces | 30 Ukrainian soldiers and 7 border guards | 2014-07-11 | Zelenopillya, Luhansk Oblast | Unknown Russian artillery unit | |
| Oleksandr Kharaberiush | SBU colonel | 2017-03-31 | Mariupol | SVR / FSB | |
| Yurii Vitalyevich Voznyi | SBU colonel | 2017-06-27 | Kostiantynivka | SVR / FSB | |
| Maksym Shapoval | HUR MOU colonel | 2017-06-27 | Kiev | SVR / FSB | |
| Timur Makhauri | Chechen battalion commander / fighter | 2017-09-08 | Kiev | SVR / FSB | |
| Zelimkhan Khangoshvili | Military commander of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and Western intelligence agent | 2019-08-23 | Berlin | GRU |