Shamil Basayev: downing 2 Russian planes costs US$4000

Chechen Warlord Basayev Says Beslan Siege Cost 8000 Euros

It really doesn't take millions to launch a mass murder terrorist campaign in Russia. With human lives so cheap, Shamil Basayev doesn't have to be a heir to Bin Laden Construction Group (or even a subsidiary of such a heir), to keep his bloody business running.

Of course, providing funding for terror attacks does not top the long list of Chechen warlord's expenditures.
It's a safe guess, that he spends a fortune on not being caught.

For five years Russian army and Russian intelligence have been listing Basayev's capture among its top priorities.
In 2005 they will receive an extra RUR 157bln (US$ 5.37bln) from the national budget to boost these fruitless efforts.
Still, Basayev feels as free as ever to dispatch suicide bombers to Moscow, to send troops into Grozny and Nazran', to take kids hostage, and to post his boastful memoirs on the Web, without any trace of fear and remorse.

I wonder, how much this immunity costs him - in payments to Russian military and security top brass - that even a reward of $10mln for any information on his whereabouts remains unclaimed in our poor country.