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Khasan Iragiyevich Yandiyev (russian: Хаса́н Ира́гиевич Янди́ев; 17 July 1948,
Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...
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– 13 April 2008, Karabulak) was a Russian judge who served as the deputy head of the
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of
Ingushetia Ingushetia (; russian: Ингуше́тия; inh, ГӀалгӏайче, Ghalghayče), officially the Republic of Ingushetia,; inh, Гӏалгӏай Мохк, Ghalghay Moxk is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe ...
. He presided over the trials of a number of
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government officials and Islamic fundamentalists and
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in Ingushetia, one of Russia's poorest and most troubled provinces. Yandiyev was born into an Ingush family in
Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of ...
,
Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...
(now Almaty, Kazakhstan). (Following the
1940–44 insurgency in Chechnya Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 '' Ab urbe ...
, the Soviet government forced hundreds of thousands of Chechens and Ingush to move to Central Asia.) In 1980, he graduated from Andijan State Pedagogical Institute in Uzbekistan, where he studied physical education. He was a wrestling coach until 1986, when he earned a law degree from
Tashkent State University National University of Uzbekistan (NUUz) () is a public university located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. NUUz is the oldest and largest university in Uzbekistan. National University of Uzbekistan is named after Mirzo Ulugbek. NUUz professors and teac ...
. Khasan Yandiyev was killed on 13 April 2008, as he changed a
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near the
Ingushetia Ingushetia (; russian: Ингуше́тия; inh, ГӀалгӏайче, Ghalghayče), officially the Republic of Ingushetia,; inh, Гӏалгӏай Мохк, Ghalghay Moxk is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe ...
n town of Karabulak. He was 52 years old at the time of his death. Police believe he was killed by a sniper or assailants armed with an assault rifle using a silencer, since no one in the area heard a gunshot. Russian and Ingushetian authorities blamed both local Islamic fundamentalists, as well as Islamic rebels from neighboring Chechnya. Opponents of the government blamed Ingushetia's ineffective and repressive policies for the rise in the attacks. Yandiyev's successor as deputy Chief Justice on the Supreme Court,
Aza Gazgireeva Aza Adlopovna Gazgireyeva (russian: Аза Адлоповна Газгиреева; 29 October 1954, Saran, Kazakhstan – 10 June 2009, Nazran), also known as Aza Gazgireeva, was an Ingush jurist who served as the deputy chief justice of the Supr ...
, was herself assassinated on 10 June 2009, just 18 months after Yandiyev's assassination.


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