Mothers of Beslan was created February 25, 2005, in the aftermath of the hostage crisis as a response to what was seen as the incompetence and excessive force used by the security services during the rescue attempt.
In September 2005, some members of Mothers of Beslan, including Dudiyeva, were involved in a debacle with the self-proclaimed healer and miracle-maker Grigory Grabovoy, who had promised he could resurrect their murdered children for a large sum of money.
[10] That month, the Mothers organization released a video tape that they had received anonymously, claiming that it proves Russian security forces started the massacre by firing rocket grenades on the besieged building.
[11] The film, apparently showing the prosecutors and military experts discussing the militant bombs and structural damage in the school in Beslan, had been kept secret by the authorities for nearly three years,[12] until released by the Mothers, on September 4, 2007.
[13] In September 2007, Taimuraz Chedzhemov, the lawyer representing the group in seeking to prosecute Russian officials over the massacre response, said he had pulled out of the case after receiving a death threat.