Rasul Kudayev
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Rasul Kudayev is a Russian citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States [Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] in Cuba.[1] Kudayev is a Muslim from Kabardino-Balkaria.
In 1995, while a young teenager, Kudayev won wrestling championship.[1] His mother and brother stated that, in 2000, while still a teenager, Kudayev traveled to Central Asia, to advance his sports career.
Kudayev, and six other Russian Guantanamo detainees, were repatriated to Russia, were they faced charges of illegal border crossing, being members of a criminal group and being a mercenary in an armed conflict, [2] but were released without trial shortly after.
In 20005 was arrested in Nalchik for allegedly taking part in the preparation of the rebel raid, and participation in the attack itself (taking the road police post in Khasanya suburb of Nalchik).
[edit] References
- ^ a b Eight Russian Citizens Kept at Guantanamo Base, Pravda, September 8, 2003
- ^ US handed Russia seven Russian members of Taliban, Pravda. January 3, 2004
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