Akhmad Avdorkhanov (; 1971 — 12 September 2005) was a former head of security for Ichkerian

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Aslan Maskhadov.

Biography

Officially the Russian state suggested he was killed by

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in a dispute over money or due to ideology, as he opposed the militant Islam of Basayev and his followers, while the Chechen insurgents claim he was killed by Russian forces.

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called Avdorkhanov's death "a turning point", since according to him Avdorkhanov was the last

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leader, and the remaining leaders of the Chechen resistance are radical Islamists who will not receive as much support among the local people. His younger brother Zaurbek served as a field commander in the

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, and most notably was one of the leaders of the August 2010 raid on Chechen President

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's home village of Tsentoroy. Zaurbek was killed in what is believed to be an accidental explosion in Galashki,

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on 31 July 2012.

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