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Salman Raduyev (or '''Raduev'''; ; February 13 , 1967 – December 14 , 2002 ) was a rogue Chechen Warlord and Terrorist . He was considered to be one of the most radical and notorious Chechen rebel commanders of the period between 1994 and 1999. RISE TO FAME During the 1980s Raduyev was a leader of the '' Komsomol '' (Young Communist League) in Gudermes and later was active in the business community. After Chechnya declared Independence , he was appointed the Prefect of Gudermes in June of 1992 by his Father-in-law , Dzhokhar Dudaev who was the President of the Chechen Republic Of Ichkeria . During the First Chechen War Raduyev became a field commander for the separatist Chechen forces. At this time he was one of the best known of the Rebel field commanders, commanding the 6th Brigade based in the strategically important Gudermessky District . On December 14 , 1995 , Raduyev, along with Sultan Geliskhanov , led a 3-day raid on the city of Gudermes. On January 9 , 1996 , Raduyev led the large-scale Kizlyar Hostage Taking Raid into neighbouring Russian region of Dagestan , where his men took at least 1,500 civilian hostages. The raid escalated into the all-out battle and ended with the complete destruction of the border village. In March 1996, Raduyev was shot in the head and incorrectly reported dead as he went for medical treatment abroad. INDEPENDENT WARLORD In the summer of 1996 Raduyev returned to the republic and refused the orders of Zelimkhan Yandarbiev to stop carrying out Terrorist operations (he said ordered bombings in Armavir and Pyatigorsk ), despite the Ceasefire and talks that would lead up to the Khasav-Yurt Accord . Raduyev was the only field commander to announce openly that the war with Russia would continue despite the signing of a peace agreement; he claimed that Dudayev was alive and issuing orders to him from a secret NATO base in Turkey with the goal being the "liberation" of the whole North Caucasus . In 1997 the newly elected Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov reduced Raduyev from the rank of Brigadier General to Private, but further action against him was blocked by a public opposition from the pro-Raduyev War Veteran s. Raduyev's Russian servicemen from their captors {Link without Title} ). He also became conflicted with the against the Sharia Court. {Link without Title} Raduyev was not widely popular in Chechnya {Link without Title} and many doubted his called Raduyev "crazy." DECLINE AND DEATH Salman Raduyev was heavily wounded in a Car Bomb Assassination attempt in 1998 (previously, he survived at least three other attempts). In early 1999, Raduyev underwent major Plastic Surgery in effect acquiring a new face; the alleged implants of Titanium earned him the Nickname of Titanic (he was became popularly known in Chechnya as "'''Michael Jackson'''"). Still seriously ill and recovering from surgery, Raduyev had vowed reprisals against Russia for the sentencing of the two Chechen women. {Link without Title} Because of his injuries, Raduyev did not take an active role in the Second Chechen War and was captured in March 2000 by Russian Special Operations unit '' Vympel '' in his home. Soon after his arrest he was shown on television clean shaven after Russian guards had forcefully shaven his beard and Russian President Putin said that Raduyev had confessed to trying to assassinate Eduard Shevardnadze , the President of Georgia . Raduyev was tried on multiple charges including terrorism, banditry, hostage-taking, organization of murders and illegal armed formations. In December of 2001 he was sentenced to Life In Prison . In Decemeber 2002, Salman Raduyev died in the "White Swan" Penal Colony in Solikamsk from Internal Bleeding . The circumstances surrounding the death of Raduyev are not clear and according to his family he was murdered in prison. '' has called for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death {Link without Title} but the request was ignored. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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