August 27, 1978 - Rustaman Makhauri
A close associate of Doku Umarov within the Chechen insurgency, Makhauri operated at the intersection of two volatile republics — Chechnya and Ingushetia — where sustained pressure against pro-government forces carried serious consequences for regional stability. His suspected role in a series of coordinated attacks reflects the nature of the underground conflict that persisted long after the formal end of the Second Chechen War.
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Rustaman Makhauri (born 1978) is a Chechen military commander and a close associate of Doku Umarov, the anti-Russian underground Chechen leader. He is suspected of being responsible for a series of attacks against the forces loyal to the governments in Chechnya and neighboring Ingushetia. He was captured by police in July 2009 in Ingushetia's district of Sunzhen and charged with involvement in the June 22, 2009 attack on the Ingush president Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.
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