Ruslan Yamadayev
Chechen warlord / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ruslan (Khalid or Halid)[1] Bekmirzayevich Yamadayev (Russian: Руслан (Халид) Бекмирзаевич Ямадаев) (10 December 1961 – 24 September 2008) was a Chechen military leader and politician. A member of the high-profile Yamadayev family, he was assassinated in Moscow in 2008.[2] He was one of Kremlin's most loyal allies.[3]
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Bekmirzayevich and the family name is Yamadayev.
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![]() Ruslan Yamadayev after receiving the Hero of the Russian Federation award in 2004. | |
Native name | Руслан Ямадаев |
Born | (1961-12-10)10 December 1961 Gudermes, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, USSR |
Died | 24 September 2008(2008-09-24) (aged 46) Moscow, Russia |
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Rank | Colonel |
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