Evgeny Dolgopolov, a veteran of the Alfa group, died suddenly

A participant in the liberation of hostages in Budennovsk, Pervomaisky and in the Dubrovka Theater Center in Moscow, Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Dolgopolov died at the age of 59. This is reported by the International Association of Veterans of the Alpha Antiterrorism Unit.

"On the 59th year of his life, a veteran of Group A of the KGB-FSB, Lieutenant Colonel Dolgopolov Yevgeny Evgenievich, died suddenly," the report says.

Dolgopolov graduated from the Moscow Higher Border Command Red Banner School of the KGB of the USSR named after the Mossovet. For a year he served in A separate Red Banner Kremlin (now Presidential) regiment. In 1992, he was enrolled in the 6th branch of Group "A" of the Main Directorate of Security of Russia, where he served under Sergei Kuvylin, the hero of the storming of the Taj-Bek Palace in Afghanistan.

Dolgopolov participated in the liberation of hostages and the neutralization of terrorists in Budennovsk (1995), Pervomaisky (1996) and in In Moscow on Dubrovka ("Nord-Ost", 2002), he repeatedly went on business trips to the North Caucasus, where, together with his comrades-in-arms, he actively participated in the destruction of the terrorist and gangster underground.

"His personal contribution to ensuring the security of our country was marked by the Order of Courage, medals "For Military Merit" and Suvorov, award weapons," the report says.