Yamadayev Sulim Bekmirzaevich received the title of Hero of Russia in 2005. Under his command was the battalion "Vostok", whose activity was the fight against the separatists. Yamadayev was fired in 2008 after a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov. A year later, an attempt was made on Sulim Bekmirzaevich. The date of his death raises many doubts and still.
Family
Sulim Yamadayev was born on the twenty-first of June 1973 in the Chechen Republic, in the village of Benoy. Brothers - Aslan, Isa and Badrudi, Ruslan and Jabrail. The last two were killed during the Second Chechen campaign. Both were awarded the title of Heroes of Russia.
Childhood, youth
Sulim Bekmirzaevich graduated from high school. Since childhood, he dreamed of becoming a military man. And after school he was going to go to Afghanistan as a volunteer. But at that time, Soviet troops had already been withdrawn from there. In 1992, Yamadayev left for Moscow to do business. But this was not his calling, and two years later he returned to Chechnya, where he became a field commander.
In 2004Sulim Yamadayev entered the Frunze Military Academy, from which he graduated in 2007. During his studies in 2005, he became a lieutenant colonel of the Russian Army.
The First Chechen War
During the First Chechen War, Yamadayev was originally in the ranks of militants, like the first president of the Chechen Republic. For some time he was even the commander of intelligence at Khattab. In 1995, Maskhadov appointed Sulim Bekmirzaevich to command the Gudermes Front. This happened after the rescue of Basayev's detachment from defeat in the capital of Chechnya. After the end of the First Chechen War, the Yamadayev brothers controlled Gudermes.
Anti-Wahhabi campaign
Later, Kadyrov's relatives asked for help from the Yamadayev brothers in the anti-Wahhabist campaign. Sulim gathered a hundred people and, until the appearance of federal troops, held back the 5000th army of militants.
In 1998, in Gudermes, a battalion under the command of Yamadayev clashed with the Sharia army, which Maskhadov disbanded after some time. And on January 6 of the following year, they tried to kill Sulim Bekmirzaevich. He ended up in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. A few days later, he accused the Wahhabis of the attempt on his life.
Service in Russia
From the very beginning of the Second Chechen War, Sulim Bekmirzaevich Yamadayev and his supporters defended Gudermes from the Wahhabis. When Russian troops approached, he joined them along with five thousand people loyal to him. In November 1999, Gudermes was transferred "into the hands" of the Russian Federation.
Gradually, until 2000, all his brothers with their detachments joined Sulim, also going over to the side of the official government of Russia. The formation of a Chechen special-purpose company, RON for short, has begun.
In 2002, Sulim Bekmirzaevich was appointed deputy commandant of Chechnya - Sergei Kizyun. Since March 2003, Yamadayev has been the commander of the Vostok battalion. His fighters killed more than 400 militants in three years, along with their field commander Abu al-Walid.
Private life
Sulim Yamadayev was married. He and his wife had three sons and one daughter. Sulim's wife was by his side until the last days. Sulim's relatives are now looking after his wife and children.
Conflicts in the village of Borozdinovskaya and at the Samson meat processing plant
On July 4, 2005, the father of one of the Vostok fighters was killed in Borozdinovskaya. A detachment was sent to the village to check and clarify all the circumstances. After he left, unidentified men in Vostok uniforms and masks attacked residents, burned down four houses, killed one person and disappeared.
The second incomprehensible incident occurred at the Samson meat processing plant. The owner of the land on which the enterprise was located turned to Kadyrov and Yamadayev for help. The question was in the redistribution of property. Yamadayev was sent to deal with the situation, in whose subordination was the Vostok battalion. He went to the meat processing plant with a group of his fighters and held talks with the director of the enterprise, Khamzat Arsamakov. But he did not sign the proposed documents. A few months later, unknown people abducted two of his brothers, who were later found dead.
Conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov
In 2008, two soldiers from the Vostok battalion were killed in an accident caused by a relative of Kadyrov. The next day, Yamadayev and Kadyrov, having met on the track, quarreled. As a result, many power units were assembled, which laid siege to the Gudermes base of the Vostok. Kadyrov ordered that the soldiers of the battalion come under his direct command.
From that time on, the confrontation between the latter and Sulim began. The next day, the commander of the Vostok battalion, Yamadayev, was accused of kidnapping and killing civilians. In response, he accused Kadyrov of similar crimes. As a result, Yamadayev was removed from command of Vostok and put on the federal wanted list.
On August 21, 2008, his whereabouts were established. Yamadayev was fired from the army, but he was left with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the reserve.
Dubai
In November 2008, Yamadayev told reporters in an interview about a quarrel with Kadyrov. And he was sure that a liquidation group had left Chechnya. Sulim Yamadayev feared for his life. As a result, the criminal cases brought against him were transferred from Chechnya to the military prosecutor's office of Russia. And this made it impossible to be shot during arrest. Yamadayev immediately left for the United Arab Emirates and settled in Dubai. He did not change his full name, despite rumors.
Sulim Yamadayev: the whole truthabout his death
The murder of Sulim Yamadayev is still shrouded in mystery. He was attacked in an underground garage on March 28, 2009. He was shot dead. The police chief of Dubai arrived at the scene. He officially confirmed Yamadayev's death. The consul of Russia also stated the same. Ziyad Sapsabi, a member of the Federation Council, confirmed that Sulim was buried on March 30 at the Dubai cemetery in Al-Kuz.
But Isa, his brother, announced that Yamadayev was only seriously wounded and was in the hospital. And he has already regained consciousness. The police detained several suspects in the attack, but after a while they were released.
On April 5, 2009, the Dubai police chief announced the names of those detained and put on the wanted list through Interpol. Among them was the Russian MP Adam Delimkhanov. It was interesting that he is the cousin of Ramzan Kadyrov. Moreover, as stated by the police, Delimkhanov's bodyguard gave the gun to the killer. He, in turn, considered this a clear provocation and was going to cooperate with the investigation. But he never left Chechnya, moving around with enhanced security.
Lavrov intervened in the case, being the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry. He demanded all the materials and facts about the assassination attempt on Yamadayev. On May 4, Isa (Yamadayev's brother) reported that Sulim was on the mend and had already begun to talk. But the wound was not in the back, but in the neck. As Sulim's family explained, he is in one of the hospitals in Dubai, but soon, as soon as he gets better, he will return to Russia.
Pressdoubted that Sulim Yamadayev was alive. As proof, Isa took a photo of his brother in the hospital and showed it on April 13, 2010. He claimed that Sulim was still being treated. But on July 16, the Dubai authorities conclusively confirmed that Yamadayev died during the assassination attempt on March 28, 2009. A little later on August 23, 2010, Isa told everyone that his brother was disconnected from the life system by decision of the family.
They claim this was done because Sulim Bekmirzaevich Yamadayev allegedly did not regain consciousness and was in a coma. Then it doesn't fit in with the family's previous version that he's recovering. Moreover, in one of the media interviews, Isa said that he was communicating with his brother via Skype.
Official documents from Dubai confirming the death of Sulim Yamadayev were sent to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. They included a protocol from the scene, genetic and forensic medical examinations. All documents were translated into Russian. Moreover, as expected, they are notarized.
The forensic medical examination indicated that Sulim Yamadayev had been shot six times: in the body and head. And four bullets were fatal. The experts took the DNA of Sulim's younger brother to confirm the identity of the deceased. The morgue worker assured that the body was handed over to his relatives and buried in the 93rd row of the cemetery in grave number sixteen.
Tajik Maksujon Ismatov and Iranian Mahdi Lornia were accused of killing Sulim Yamadayev. Both defendants weresentenced to life imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates.
