Shamil Basayev, who led the 1995 raid on a hospital in Budyonnovsk, Russia, has also claimed responsibility for the Beslan school siege of September 2004. A Chechen separatist and an important shaper of the guerilla tactics employed during the first Chechen War, Basayev is now widely perceived as a terrorist. The Russian government has offered a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture.