Chechen accused of planning Putin’s murder becomes commander of pro-Ukrainian battalion
Adam Osmayev, once accused of organising a terrorist attack on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, has taken command of the Chechen battalion named after Dzhokhar Dudayev that is fighting against pro-Russian separatists in Donbas.
His predecessor Isa Munayev, a former commandant of the city of Grozny, was killed on Sunday near Debaltseve. Mr Munayev went through the First and the Second Chechen wars. He became one of the youngest brigadier generals; he started to fight against Russia when he was 26. (Belsat TV interview with Isa Munayev, October 2014).
Adam Osmayev
He was born in Grozny in 1984 in a rich family. His father Aslanbek was engaged in oil business; his uncle was head of Chechnya’s Supreme Council.
Earlier Adam Osmayev was charged with trading of explosives, property destruction and crossing the state border of Ukraine with fraudulent travel documents. But in November 2014 Primorski district court in Odessa released him during the trial.
In 2013 Asmayev was detained by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU). According to them, he had planned to kill Vladimir Putin. Following the reccomendation of the European Court of Human Rights, Ukraine refused to extradite Osmayev to Russia.
