Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev admitted he was behind the Beslan school massacre. Basayev said that the operation had only cost him about $9,000 to finance. About 30 of Basayevs followers also died in the operation. Basayevs also admitted that the suicide bombing of two Russian airliners last month had only cost him $4,000, while the suicide bombing outside a Moscow subway station last month had cost him back $7,000 to carry out.