Rustaman Makhauri is a Chechen

Chechnya

The Chechen Republic , commonly referred to as Chechnya , also spelled Chechnia or Chechenia, sometimes referred to as Ichkeria , is a federal subject of Russia . It is located in the southeastern part of Europe in the Northern Caucasus mountains. The capital of the republic is the city of Grozny...

 military commander and a close associate of Doku Umarov

Doku Umarov

Doku Khamatovich Umarov is a major Chechen Islamist rebel militant in Russia. He is responsible for numerous terror attacks on civilians, earning himself the nickname "Russia's Osama Bin Laden"....

, the anti-Russian underground

Resistance movement

A resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to opposing an invader in an occupied country or the government of a sovereign state. It may seek to achieve its objects through either the use of nonviolent resistance or the use of armed force...

 Chechen leader. Makhauri was appointed by Umarov as Minister of Defense; he is suspected of being responsible for a series of attacks against the forces loyal to the governments in Chechnya and neighboring Ingushetia

Ingushetia

The Republic of Ingushetia is a federal subject of Russia , located in the North Caucasus region with its capital at Magas. In terms of area, the republic is the smallest of Russia's federal subjects except for the two federal cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg...

. He was captured by police in July 2009 in Ingushetia's district of Sunzhen

Sunzhensky District

Sunzhunsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia:*Sunzhensky District, Chechen Republic, an administrative and municipal district of the Chechen Republic...

 and charged with involvement in the June 22, 2009 attack on the Ingush president

President of Ingushetia

The President of the Republic of Ingushetia is the highest office within the Government of Ingushetia.-Presidents of Ingushetia:*Ruslan Aushev *Murat Zyazikov *Yunus-bek Yevkurov...

 Yunus-Bek Yevkurov

Yunus-bek Yevkurov

Yunus-bek Bamatgireyevich Yevkurov is the current president of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia, appointed by President Dmitry Medvedev on 30 October 2008...

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