Ravil Gumarov

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Ravil Gumarov is a Russian citizen who is alleged to have ties to terrorism.[1]

Gumarov was one of eight Russians held by the United States in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[2] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 203. The Department of Defense reports Gumaraov was born on November 22, 1962, in Gushva, Russia

He was repatriated to Russian custody, cleared, then released.[3]

He was subsequently rearrested for suspicion of an act of sabotage. Gumarov, fellow Guantanamo detainee Timur Ishmuratov and Fanis Shaikhutdinov were convicted of bombing a natural gas pipeline on May 9, 2006.[4] Gumarov has been described as a failed businessman from Sverdlovsk[5] who is alleged to have had military training in Chechnya.

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  1. ^ Former Guantanamo Bay Detainee Arrested In Moscow, Radio Free Europe, March 9, 2006
  2. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
  3. ^ US handed Russia seven Russian members of Taliban, Pravda, January 3, 2004
  4. ^ 3 terrorism suspects convicted in bombing, International Herald Tribune, May 9, 2006
  5. ^ Eight Russian Citizens Kept at Guantanamo Base, Pravda, September 8, 2003