Alpha Group (English Wikipedia)

"История Группы "А"". Alphagroup.ru. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
"Операции Группы "А"". Alphagroup.ru. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

am.gov.lv

"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia: The Baltic states demonstrate their unity over the release of Golovatov". Am.gov.lv. 19 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

How Soviet troops stormed Kabul palace, BBC News, 27 December 2009.
Yaroslav Lukov, Beslan siege still a mystery, BBC News, 2 September 2005.

bbc.co.uk

Baltic fury over Austria's release of ex-Soviet officer, BBC News, 19 July 2011.

books.google.com

David Cox (2001). Close Protection: The Politics of Guarding Russia's Rulers. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-275-96688-1.
Glenn Peter Hastedt; Steven W. Guerrier (2010). Spies, Wiretaps, and Secret Operations: An Encyclopedia of American Espionage. ABC-CLIO. p. 732. ISBN 978-1-85109-808-8.
Samuel M. Katz (2004). Against All Odds: Counterterrorist Hostage Rescues. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 1960. ISBN 978-0-8225-1567-8.

chekist.ru

"Вячеслав Лашкул. Бейрутская операция советской разведки » Чекист.ru". Chekist.ru. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

chicagotribune.com

articles.chicagotribune.com

Gary Borg, Police Storm Bus, Kill Hijacker, Chicago Tribune, 15 October 1995.

coe.int

hudoc.echr.coe.int

FIRST SECTION | Application no. 26562/07 | Emma Lazarovna TAGAYEVA and Others against Russia and 6 other applications (see list appended) | STATEMENT OF FACTS (ECHR document about the siege).

csmonitor.com

Fred Weir, Putin battles political fallout of Chechnya fight, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2003.

dailytimes.com.pk

Chechnya suffering crimes against humanity: HRW – Daily Times Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine

espionagehistoryarchive.com

Hackard, Mark (17 April 2015). "KGB Spetsnaz & World War III". Espionage History Archive. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
Hackard, Mark (9 April 2015). "Spy Snatchers: KGB Alpha Group". Espionage History Archive. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
Hackard, Mark (14 August 2015). "The Downfall of Agent Sphere". Espionage History Archive. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

flb.ru

"September 1991 internal KGB report on the involvement of KGB in the coup". Flb.ru. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

nd.flb.ru

Argumenty i Fakty, 15 August 2001. ^{[dead link]}

forbes.com

David Satter, Remembering Beslan: A crime against humanity., Forbes.com, 10.01.09.

globalsecurity.org

John Pike. "Mozdok (182nd Heavy Bomber Rgmt)". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

iwpr.net

Madina Sageyeva, Beslan – The Search for the Truth Goes on Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 18 August 2005.

kgb.by

(in Russian) О проведении тактико-специальных учений «Блок 2006» / 19 июня 2006 – КГБ Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine.

memo.ru

«Alfa's» Special Operations Executive Role in the Bishkek's Events on April 6–7, 2010 Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Memorial, 16 November 2010.

mn.ru

english.mn.ru

Nord-Ost Tragedy Goes On, Moscow News 2004 N.41 – a discussion of the long-term effects of the anesthetic on the surviving hostages. Archived 29 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine

news.google.com

Account Given of Embassy's Fatal Explosion, Washington Post, 30 March 1979.

novayagazeta.ru

2001.novayagazeta.ru

(in Russian) "Novaya Gazeta" No. 51 of 23 July 2001 Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (extracts from the indictment of the conspirators).

nytimes.com

Serge Schemann, SHOWDOWN IN MOSCOW: The Overview; RUSSIAN ARMY ROUTS REBELS AT PARLIAMENT AS YELTSIN TAKES STEPS TO TIGHTEN CONTROL, The New York Times, 5 October 1993.
Michael Specter, 10 Days That Shook Russia: Siege in the Caucasus, The New York Times, 22 January 1996.

philly.com

articles.philly.com

"Hostages? No Problem Soviets Offer 'How-to' Lesson in Kidnapping". philly.com. 15 January 1986. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014.

polit.ru

(in Russian) Пиар на крови десантников

pravda.ru

english.pravda.ru

"Alpha Russian special service unit is as strong as ever". English pravda.ru. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

psan.org

"The End of the KGB". Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
"The Security Organs Under Vladimir Putin". Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

rapsinews.com

"Russia fails to uphold ECHR court ruling on 2002 terrorist attack, lawyer | Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI)". Rapsinews.com. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

ria.ru

"Захват школы в Беслане изначально планировался как теракт-самоубийство" [Beslan school hostage crisis initially was the suicide terrorist attack] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 22 December 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

rusbg.com

archive.rusbg.com

(in Russian) Timeline of the events, by Artem Krechnikov, Moscow BBC correspondent Archived 27 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine

specnaz.ru

(in Russian) Baikal-79 by A. Lyakhovskiy

spiegel.de

Uwe Klussmann, The Beslan Aftermath: New Papers Critical of Russian Security Forces, Spiegel Online, 27 August 2005.

telegraph.co.uk

Maj-Gen Viktor Karpukhin – Telegraph.

thefreelibrary.com

"Hostage stand-in is killed. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. 21 December 1997. Retrieved 4 May 2014.

theguardian.com

Botched operation was a disaster waiting to happen, The Guardian, 4 September 2004.
Troops bring freedom and death to theater of blood, The Guardian, 27 October 2002.
Nick Paton Walsh, Frantic search for missing as Beslan begins to bury its dead, The Guardian, 6 September 2004.

umd.edu

start.umd.edu

"Terrorist Organization Profile – START – National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism". Start.umd.edu. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

vpk-news.ru

"Article on Storm-333 at" (in Russian). Vpk-news.ru. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

web.archive.org

"История Группы "А"". Alphagroup.ru. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
"The Early Yeltsin Years". Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) by Jonathan Littell.
"Операции Группы "А"". Alphagroup.ru. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
"The End of the KGB". Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
"Article on Storm-333 at" (in Russian). Vpk-news.ru. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
"Terrorist Organization Profile – START – National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism". Start.umd.edu. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
"Hostages? No Problem Soviets Offer 'How-to' Lesson in Kidnapping". philly.com. 15 January 1986. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014.
"Вячеслав Лашкул. Бейрутская операция советской разведки » Чекист.ru". Chekist.ru. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia: The Baltic states demonstrate their unity over the release of Golovatov". Am.gov.lv. 19 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
"September 1991 internal KGB report on the involvement of KGB in the coup". Flb.ru. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
(in Russian) "Novaya Gazeta" No. 51 of 23 July 2001 Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (extracts from the indictment of the conspirators).
(in Russian) Timeline of the events, by Artem Krechnikov, Moscow BBC correspondent Archived 27 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Agentura.ru – FSB Special forces: 1998–2010 Archived 18 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
Margaret Shapiro, Army Shellfire Crushes Moscow Revolt; Dozens Killed in Assault on Parliament; Yeltsin Foes Surrender After Two-Day Battle, The Washington Post, 5 October 1993.
"The Security Organs Under Vladimir Putin". Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
Chechnya suffering crimes against humanity: HRW – Daily Times Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
Nord-Ost Tragedy Goes On, Moscow News 2004 N.41 – a discussion of the long-term effects of the anesthetic on the surviving hostages. Archived 29 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Yuri Zakharovitch, Should Russia Share Blame for the Beslan Massacre?, TIME, 31 August 2006.
"Захват школы в Беслане изначально планировался как теракт-самоубийство" [Beslan school hostage crisis initially was the suicide terrorist attack] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 22 December 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
Madina Sageyeva, Beslan – The Search for the Truth Goes on Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, 18 August 2005.
(in Russian) О проведении тактико-специальных учений «Блок 2006» / 19 июня 2006 – КГБ Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
«Alfa's» Special Operations Executive Role in the Bishkek's Events on April 6–7, 2010 Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Memorial, 16 November 2010.