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	Among these killed in the incident was Dr. Ivan Anisimkin, member of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics.		Among these killed in the incident was Dr. Ivan Anisimkin, member of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics.

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Red Square bombing
Location	Red Square, Moscow
Date	December 9, 2003
Target	unknown
Attack type	suicide attack
Deaths	6
Injured	Hundreds
Perpetrators	Chechen terrorists

Terrorism in Russia

Bold italics indicate incidents resulting in more than 50 deaths. Incidents are bombings, unless described otherwise.
1977	Moscow
1995	Budyonnovsk
1996	Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye Kaspiysk
1999	Vladikavkaz Apartment bombings
2002	Kaspiysk Moscow Grozny
2003	Znamenskoye Tushino Mozdok Stavropol Red Square
2004	Moscow (February) Arkhangelsk Grozny Moscow (August) Aircraft bombings Beslan
2006	Moscow
2008	Vladikavkaz
2009	Nazran Nevsky Express
2010	Moscow Kizlyar Stavropol Tsentoroy Vladikavkaz Grozny
2011	Domodedovo
2012	Makhachkala
2013	Volgograd (October) Volgograd (December) GTA gang
2014	Grozny bombing Grozny clashes GTA gang
2015	Metrojet Flight 9268 (going to Russia)
2016	Shchelkovo Highway
2017	Saint Petersburg Khabarovsk
2018	Kizlyar Arkhangelsk
2022	Baltic Sea commissariats attacks Liquidation of Dugina Ust-Ilimsk Soloti
2023	Explosion on Universitetskaya Embankment
2024	Crocus City Hall Rostov-on-Don hostage crisis Dagestan Surovikino

Part of the First Chechen War, War of Dagestan, Second Chechen War, Insurgency in the North Caucasus, Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus, Islamic terrorism in Europe and Russo-Ukrainian War

The Red Square Bombing was the 9 December 2003 suicide bombing near Red Square in Moscow. It left six people dead and wounded several others. The blast happened on a busy street only a few hundred metres from the Kremlin in the heart of the city. Moscow's then-mayor Yuri Luzhkov reported rumours that the bomb was intended for the Duma, or parliament, further up the road.

Among these killed in the incident was Dr. Ivan Anisimkin, member of the Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics.

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