Abdul-Halim Salamovich Sadulayev was the fourth Chechen rebel president to be killed in 12 years of separatist warfare in the southern Russian region. In their wars against Russia the Chechens have traditionally elected leaders who held some kind of formal religious position, including Sheikh Mansur and Imam Shamil. Sadulayev was the first Chechen leader to spread the conflict outside Chechnya, as he had won pledges of loyalty not only from Chechen separatists, … Wikipedia
Abdul-Khalim Saydullayev, whose death has been reported in Chechnya, was named as successor to Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov in 2005, after his death in a Russian security operation. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4336445.stm
Chechen separatist rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Saydullayev is reportedly killed in a gun battle with police. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5089942.stm
The pro-rebel website chechenpress.co.uk wrote that Sadulayev ordered the reshuffle "so that our enemies' propaganda does not speak of a 'government in exile.'" According to decrees reportedly signed by Sadulayev, Zakayev has been dismissed as deputy pri www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/02/B49D528B-97B1-41A3-...
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