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Anzor Astemirov
Anzor Astemirov | |
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 Anzor Astemirov in 2006 | |
| Native name | Анзор Астемиров |
| Nickname(s) | Sayfullah (Seifullah) |
| Born | 3 December 1976 Kremenchuk, Ukrainian SSR |
| Died | 24 March 2010 (aged 33) Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria |
| Allegiance |  Jamaat of Kabardino-Balkaria Caucasian Front Caucasus Emirate |
| Commands | United Vilayat of Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachay Supreme Qadi of the Shariah Court |
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Anzor Astemirov (Russian: Анзор Астемиров, 3 December 1976 – 24 March 2010), also known as Emir Sayfullah (Sword of God), was an Islamist leader in the republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the North Caucasus.
For several years, Astemirov headed the local terrorist group Kabardino-Balkarian Jamaat, eventually becoming the main ideologist of the pan-Islamist militant organization Caucasus Emirate, as well as its wali (governor) of Kabardino-Balkaria.[1] His key position as the Emirate's chief Sharia Islamic law qadi (judge) made him the third in Caucasian insurgent hierarchy, after Dokka Umarov and his military deputy Akhmed Yevloyev. The law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation put him on federal and international wanted lists for murder, terrorist attacks, armed trafficking and several other crimes and offered a reward of 3 million rubles ($117,354) for information that would lead to his capture. He was killed in a gunfight with Russian security forces in March 2010.[2][3]
- ^ Moore, Cerwyn (27 May 2015). "Foreign Bodies: Transnational Activism, the Insurgency in the North Caucasus and "Beyond"" (PDF). Terrorism and Political Violence. 27 (3): 395–415. doi:10.1080/09546553.2015.1032035. ISSN 0954-6553. S2CID 56451099.
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