Salman Raduyev | |
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 Raduyev in 1996 | |
| Native name | Салма́н Раду́ев |
| Nickname(s) | Borz |
| Born | February 13, 1967 Novogroznensky, Soviet Union |
| Died | December 14, 2002 (aged 35) Solikamsk, Russia |
| Allegiance | ChRI armed forces (1992–1997) General Dudayev's Army (1997–2000) |
| Rank | Brigadier General (1995–1997) (Reduced to private) |
| Unit | 6th Brigade (Gudermessky District) |
| Battles / wars | First Nagorno-Karabakh War[1] First Chechen War (Kizlyar raid) Second Chechen War |
Salman Betyrovich Raduyev (or Raduev; Russian: Салма́н Бетырович Раду́ев; February 13, 1967 – December 14, 2002) was a Chechen terrorist and separatist field commander, from 1994 to 1999, who masterminded and was responsible for the Kizlyar hostage taking raid. His activities, in his role as a commander, made him "Russia's second most wanted man."[2]
Georgi Derluguian also called him "the "enfant terrible" of Chechen resistance due to his eccentric behavior outside his military career: he wore a uniform decorated by what he claimed to be the insignia of Genghis Khan, a black military beret like that of Saddam Hussein, an Arab keffiyeh around his neck and aviator sunglasses to hide his face which had been heavily reconstructed after multiple surgeries due to the injuries he sustained as a militant.[3]
Radyev was arrested in 2000 and died in the Russian penal colony White Swan in 2002, under mysterious circumstances.
- ^ "Азербайджанский ветеран карабахской войны: Басаев и Радуев оказали нам неоценимую помощь: Нагорный Карабах за неделю" (in Russian). ИА REGNUM. 2005-01-21. Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
- ^ Galeotti, Mark (2013). Russian Security and Paramilitary Forces since 1991. Bloomsbury. p. 42.
- ^ Derluguian, Georgi (2004). Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World-System Biography. Verso Books. p. 50.