Dubai jails two for murder of Chechen
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April 13, 2010, Tuesday
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A DUBAI court jailed two men for life yesterday for assisting in the assassination of Sulim Yamadayev, a prominent foe of the Chechen President, Ramzan Kadyrov.
Yamadayev, one of Kadyrov's top commanders until he fled Chechnya in 2008, was shot dead last year in the underground car park of a luxury apartment block in Dubai with a gold-colored Russian handgun.
Dubai police have accused a close adviser to Kadyrov, former Deputy Prime Minister Adam Delimkhanov, of masterminding the assassination. Delimkhanov has denied involvement.
Russian analysts said Yamadayev's death, one of a string of recent high-profile killings in Dubai, removed one of the last remaining powerful rivals of Kadyrov's increasingly strong control over mainly Muslim Chechnya.
Makhsood Jan Asmatov of Tajikistan and Iranian Mehdi Taqi Dahuria were convicted of aiding and abetting the murder.
Dahuria had been accused of monitoring Yamadayev from his arrival at Dubai airport to his house, and providing his address and the murder weapon to the assassins. Prosecutors said Asmatov also monitored Yamadayev. Dahuria's lawyer said he would appeal.
Russia fought two wars in the 1990s against Chechen separatists and eventually tamed the province by allowing rebels from the Kadyrov clan who switched sides to take over the local government.
Yamadayev challenged Kadyrov for control of the local security forces until 2008.
He was the fifth Chechen living aboard to be killed in the space of six months.
Yamadayev, one of Kadyrov's top commanders until he fled Chechnya in 2008, was shot dead last year in the underground car park of a luxury apartment block in Dubai with a gold-colored Russian handgun.
Dubai police have accused a close adviser to Kadyrov, former Deputy Prime Minister Adam Delimkhanov, of masterminding the assassination. Delimkhanov has denied involvement.
Russian analysts said Yamadayev's death, one of a string of recent high-profile killings in Dubai, removed one of the last remaining powerful rivals of Kadyrov's increasingly strong control over mainly Muslim Chechnya.
Makhsood Jan Asmatov of Tajikistan and Iranian Mehdi Taqi Dahuria were convicted of aiding and abetting the murder.
Dahuria had been accused of monitoring Yamadayev from his arrival at Dubai airport to his house, and providing his address and the murder weapon to the assassins. Prosecutors said Asmatov also monitored Yamadayev. Dahuria's lawyer said he would appeal.
Russia fought two wars in the 1990s against Chechen separatists and eventually tamed the province by allowing rebels from the Kadyrov clan who switched sides to take over the local government.
Yamadayev challenged Kadyrov for control of the local security forces until 2008.
He was the fifth Chechen living aboard to be killed in the space of six months.
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