Ruslan Labazanov

Ruslan Labazanov

Ruslan Labazanov (1967 - June 1, 1996) was a criminal boss of the Chechen mafia and head of a Chechen armed faction.

A member of the Turkxoj teip (clan), Labazanov was born in Kazakhstan in 1967 and was a physical training instructor in the Soviet Red Army and was a martial arts expert. In 1990 he was convicted of murder in Rostov and spent time in jail before escaping in 1991. For a while he was the head of former Chechen president Dzhokhar Dudaev's personal security guard, before switching to the anti-Dudayev opposition as the head of his own paramilitary unit. [Hughes, James, "Chechnya: The Causes of a Protrated Post-Soviet Conflict", 2001]

During the First Chechen War Labazanov developed a reputation as a vicious and corrupt fighter who would change sides quickly if the price is right. ["The Search for Peace in Chechnya 1994 - 1996", John F. Kennedy School of Government] On June 1, 1996 it was reported that Labazanov was slain together with his bodyguard in the village of Tolstoi-Yurt, 15 kilometres north of Grozny. Shamil Basayev was later implicated in the killing. [Labazanov Killed, Basayev Implicated, ITAR-TASS, 06-01-1996] According to the other version, he was killed by members of the "allied" Russian forces.

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* [http://www.chechenworld.com/english/people/labazanov.html Ruslan Labazanov] at Chechen World


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