Malik Mingaevich Saidullaev (
Russian: Малик Мингаевич Сайдуллаев; born 5 October 1964) is a Russian businessman of Chechen descent.
Career
During the
Second Chechen War Saidullaev was reported of being instrumental in the early defections of several Chechen commanders to the Russian side. On August 27, 2003 while working as the chairman of the Council of Directors of the Open Society Group of the company Milan he was registered by the electoral committee of the
Chechen Republic as a
presidential candidate.
Controversies
On September 11 , after Saidullaev - who is known in criminal circles as "the businessman of
FSB" - was defamed by another presidential candidate, the
Lubyanka poet Nikolay Paizullaev, the Supreme Court of the Chechen republic decided to cancel Saidullaev's registration, clearing the way to the president in
Grozny for another pro-Moscow candidate
Akhmad Kadyrov, who notoriously dismissed Saidullaev as 'too weak to rule'. Saidullaev commented at the briefing in Moscow: ''"Under the present circumstances I think the forthcoming elections to be a farce."''
Following Akhmad Kadyrov's murder, Saidullaev again attempted to run for president until it was claimed that he was using a false Chechen passport. Being denied once again, the presidency was captured by
Alu Alkhanov
Alu Dadashevich Alkhanov (russian: link=no, Алу Дадашевич Алханов; born 20 January 1957) is a Russian politician and the former president of Russia's Chechen Republic. He is a career police officer who fought within the ran ...
, who was inaugurated amid tight security in October 2004 following the
assassination
Assassination is the murder of a prominent or important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not have ...
of his predecessor. Saidullaev predicted a fast death for Alkhanov.
On October 26, 2007, Saidullaev was injured by a two gunshot wounds in Moscow's Leninsky Prospekt.
References
External links
Chechen businessman seeks anti-Islamist coalition BBC NewsNew evidence of Chechen massacreBBC News
by
AFPIchkeria in the mirror of the "Vainakh", the "Groznyy worker"by
Chechenpress
State News Agency Chechenpress (SNA Chechenpress) is the news agency of the Chechen separatists who proclaim themselves to be the representatives of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. It used to be the official press agency of Chechnya.
As of 200 ...
1964 births
Chechen businesspeople
Candidates for President of Chechnya
Living people
People of the Chechen wars
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