Asker Dzhappuyev also known as Emir Abdullah, was the leader of the
Jihadist
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United Vilayat of Kabarda-Balkaria-Karachay organisation in the
Russia
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n Republic of
Kabardino-Balkaria.
An ethnic
Balkar
The Balkars ( krc, Малкъарлыла, Malqarlıla or Таулула, , 'Mountaineers') are a Turkic people of the Caucasus region, one of the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria. Their Karachay-Balkar language is of the Ponto-Casp ...
,
Dzhappuyev became the
emir
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of Vilayat of Kabarda-Balkaria-Karachay on 16 May 2010 following the killing of his predecessor,
Anzor Astemirov
Anzor Astemirov (russian: Анзор Астемиров, 3 December 1976 – 24 March 2010), also known as Emir Sayfullah (Sword of God), was an Islamist leader of a terrorist group in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the North ...
, by the Russian security services. Under Dzhappuyev's command, there was a substantial increase in the number of attacks carried out by the
United Vilayat of Kabarda-Balkaria-Karachay. While he encouraged his fighters to avoid civilian casualties, other young commanders like
Ratmir Shameyev
Ratmir Erikovich Shameyev (russian: Ратмир Эрикович Шамеев), also known as Emir Zakariya, was a Kabardin Mujahid Emir (commander) fighting in the North Caucasus.
Militant Activity
According to Russian law enforcement of ...
were more radical.
Among the attacks carried out in
Kabardino-Balkaria during his tenure was a raid on the
Baksan hydroelectric power station[
] and the assassinations of the
Kabardino-Balkaria mufti Anas Pshikhachev and the prominent
ethnographer Aslan Tsipinov.
On 29 April 2011, Dzhappuyev was amongst 10 militants, including
Emir Abdul Jabbar of the North Eastern Sector and
Emir Zakaria of the South Western Sector, killed by security forces in the village of Progress in
Stavropol Krai
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.
Caucasus Emirate
The Caucasus Emirate ( ce, Имарат Кавказ, Imarat Kavkaz, IK; russian: Кавказский эмират, Kavkazskiy emirat), also known as the Caucasian Emirate, Emirate of Caucasus, or Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, was a Jihadist ...
leader
Dokka Umarov
Doku Khamatovich Umarov ( ce, Ӏумар Хьамади кӀант Докка, translit='Umar Ẋamadi khant Dokka, ; russian: Доку Хаматович Умаров, Doku Khamatovich Umarov; 13 April 1964 – 7 September 2013), also known as ...
appointed
Alim Zankishiev as his successor.
References
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Russian Islamists
Russian people of Abkhazian descent
Caucasus Emirate members
Russian rebels
People of the Chechen wars
1971 births
2011 deaths
Leaders of Islamic terror groups