Posted on 08/24/2008 6:18:10 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has dismissed former Vostok battalion leader Sulim Yamadayev, a powerful former Chechen rebel at odds with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, after he fought Georgian troops in South Ossetia, a source in the Chechen administration said Friday.
Serdyukov signed an order discharging Yamadayev, who had a federal warrant out for his arrest on murder charges but, in murky circumstances, ended up fighting with Russian troops in their defeat of Georgian forces over control of Tskhinvali, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue with the media.
The order was signed Thursday by Serdyukov, Interfax reported Friday, citing a military source stationed in the North Caucasus.
A Defense Ministry spokesman refused to comment on the issue Friday.
The dismissal is an enigmatic turn the recent fortunes of Yamadayev, a former Chechen rebel commander who, like Kadyrov, switched sides and fought for federal forces.
Tensions flared between the two on April 14, when a convoy of Vostok vehicles failed to yield to Kadyrov's motorcade, causing a crash and a scuffle in which at least two people were reportedly shot to death.
Kadyrov suspended Yamadayev from his duties in May and called on Chechen and military prosecutors to investigate whether troops from the Vostok battalion were linked to murders and kidnappings in the republic.
On Aug 7, the Investigative Committee announced that a federal arrest warrant on murder charges had been issued for Yamadayev, whose Vostok battalion answers directly to the Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate in Moscow.
Analysts believe that Kadyrov sidelined Yamadayev to consolidate his power in the republic by putting loyalists in charge of all of local police and of the defense and interior ministries' local commando units, which are manned primarily by ethnic Chechens.
"Yamadayev must be arrested and prosecuted," Kadyrov said after the arrest warrant was issued, Kommersant reported.
But while Yamadayev was ostensibly at large, national media outlets reported that he fought with Vostok battalion against Georgian forces after they attempted to retake South Ossetia on Aug. 8.
Asked by Gazeta whether he was aware that Yamadayev was in South Ossetia, an Investigative Committee official who refused to give his name said he had no such information.
"How did he cross the border?" the official said, Gazeta reported on Aug. 12.
In a swaggering interview published Friday by the web site Utro.ru, Yamadayev bragged that the Georgian soldiers ran away from his battalion "in their underwear."
The Chechen branch of the Investigative Committee announced Friday that Yamadayev's federal arrest warrant had been dropped because he was found in Moscow, RIA-Novosti reported. But it was unclear Friday whether he had been — or would be — arrested.
The criminal charges against Yamadayev announced by the committee earlier this month are punishable by up to life in prison.
For those who don't know, the Vostok Battalion led by Yamadayev was sent to Lebanon in late 2006 as "peacekeepers" to support Hizb-allah. The Russians said they sent troops to Lebanon as "engineers." Remember the "engineers" Russia had in Georgia right before Russia's criminal invasion? They were actually there preparing the groundwork for Russia's brutal attack. Something for Israel to think about.
By the way, the latest from Chechnya? Two Russian officers killed in Chechnya attack - Aug 24, 2008
It seems the Chechens are wasting no time in turning their captured Georgian weapons against their Russian benefactors. It seems some of these weapons will be put to good use after all.
Man, the Mexicans need to turn this drama into a telenovella. Add a couple hot Russian chicks and you’re in business.
Oh yeah, murky circumstances.
Check out his Myspace page
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=129700303
I surrender!!!!
My name is Sulim Yamadayev, i am from Gudermes and i belong the most powerful family in Chechnya.He sounds determined and definitive to me.I command the batalion "Vostok" with my 2000 men and our work is to kill mudjahids, wahabis and sheitans and to keep peace in Chechnya, we do our work very well!
"I allready killed more than hundred men during the two wars in Chechnya and i personnaly killed mother f****** Abu Walid.
My brother Ruslan is deputy and one of my other brother Dzhabrail was killed, i will take my revenge upon his killer
My dream was to kill Basayev but he died before i got him, but i have one antoher dream, to kill the bastard Ramzan Kadyrov"
My name is Sulim Yamadayev, i am from Gudermes and i belong the most powerful family in Chechnya.He sounds determined and definitive to me.I command the batalion "Vostok" with my 2000 men and our work is to kill mudjahids, wahabis and sheitans and to keep peace in Chechnya, we do our work very well!
"I allready killed more than hundred men during the two wars in Chechnya and i personnaly killed mother f****** Abu Walid.
My brother Ruslan is deputy and one of my other brother Dzhabrail was killed, i will take my revenge upon his killer
My dream was to kill Basayev but he died before i got him, but i have one antoher dream, to kill the bastard Ramzan Kadyrov"
Did you read his “Sulim Yamadayev’s Friends Comments”?
"She got legs, she knows how to use them..."
Tensions flared between the two on April 14, when a convoy of Vostok vehicles failed to yield to Kadyrov’s motorcade, causing a crash and a scuffle in which at least two people were reportedly shot to death.
Ahh what joy, what rapture, the Orcs are fighting each other,muhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.
Who the He*l is this guy, Kaiser Soze?
Careful, Agent Onatopp is trained in 47 ways to kill !
That is funny, for years Russians have watched South American and Mexican soap operas dubbed into Russian! My Russian “friends” moms would watch these Spanish speaking and looking actors dubbed over, and even the cites had the names changed to Russian ones. I asked a friend of mine what about the Palm trees and blue water and she would shrug her shoulders and roll her eyes in typical Russian fashion and say “Georgia or the Crimea”.
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