Ibragim Khultygov

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Ibragim Khultygov is a Chechen politician and commander and a former counter-intelligence and security chief for the separatist government in Chechnya.

In 1998 he took over as the head of the Ichkeria National Security Service (NSS). Same year, his brother Lecha Khultygov was shot dead in a shoot-out between the NSS and the men of the warlord Salman Raduyev. Ibragim Khultygov himself was a target of assassination attempt in 1999.[1]

Khultygov had surrendered to the Russians on August 7, 2000,[2] allegedly humiliated by the separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov.[1] After being amnestied Khultygov became a commander of a special forces unit belonging to the pro-Moscow "Kadyrovtsy" militias[3] and eventually also a member of Chechnya's loyalist parliament.[4]

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  1. ^ CHECHEN SECURITY OFFICIAL ESCAPES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.
  2. ^ Russia: Kremlin Claims Capture Of Chechen Leader
  3. ^ Ex-director of Ichkerian counter-intelligence now heads special unit of Kadyrov's security service
  4. ^ Chechen Government Calls for Abolition of ORB-2
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