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Originally a literary scholar, he served as vice-president of the self-proclaimed republic from 1991 and became president in April 1996, following the assassination of his predecessor Dzhokhar Dudaev or ( Dzhokhar Dudayev). Assassination of Dudaev is blamed on Russia or fighting for power among Chechen separatists. In late May 1996, Yanderbiyev headed a Chechen delegation that met Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin for peace talks that resulted in the signature of a ceasefire agreement on May 27. He stood in elections held in Chechnya in February 1997 but was defeated by Aslan Maskhadov, a senior military leader. The two men fell out badly the following year when Yanderbiyev was accused of being behind an assassination attempt against Maskhadov. In September 1998, Maskhadov publicly denounced Yanderbiyev, accusing him of importing the hardline Islamic philosophy of WahhabismWahhabism (sometimes spelled Wahabbism or Wahabism is a movement of Islam named after Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab ( 1703 1792). It is a fundamentalist movement of the Sunni form of Islam and has become an object of increased interest because it is the majo and of being responsible for "anti-state activities" including anti-government speeches and public meetings, as well as the organisation of illegal armed groups. Yanderbiyev subsequently joined forces with the hardline Islamist opposition to Maskhadov's rule.

Yanderbiyev was seen as a key figure behind the 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep attack by Basayev'sShamil Basayev (born January 14, 1965) is a Chechen separatist leading an armed group acting in the north Caucasus region of Russia, principally in Chechnya. Early life He was born in the town of Vedeno in south-eastern Chechnya. His family is said to hav Islamist Chechen guerrillas on the neighboring Russian republic of DagestanThe Republic of Dagestan ( Russian: ́ ́) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's name is Respublika Dagestan''. It is the largest republic of Russia in the northern Caucasus, bo. That led to the resumption of the Chechen war in late 1999, following which Yanderbiyev travelled abroad to PakistanIslami Jamhuria Pakistan ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: Iman, Ittehad, Nazm( Urdu: "Faith, Unity, Discipline" Official Language(s) Urdu, English Capital Islamabad Largest City Karachi President General Pervez Musharraf Prime Minister Shaukat Az and the United Arab EmiratesThe United Arab Emirates is an oil-rich desert country situated in the south-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Qaiwain. Before 1971, they were and eventually settled in QatarThe State of Qatar is an emirate in the Middle East. Situated on a small peninsula off the larger Arabian Peninsula, it borders Saudi Arabia to the south and is otherwise surrounded by the Persian Gulf. The English pronunciation of Qatar varies; see List in 2001, where he sought to obtain Muslim support for the Chechen cause. This became a cause of considerable friction between Russia and Qatar, which refused to extradite Yanderbiyev despite an Interpol arrest warrant issued in 2001. He was mentioned on a United Nations list of groups and people with suspected links to the al-Qaeda organisation and is said to have had contacts with the Taleban movement in Afghanistan (there was a separatist Chechen Embassy in Kabul until the overthrow of the Taleban in 2001). He was believed to have been a key figure in the international network of Chechen separatist fundraisers in the Islamic world. He was also accused of involvement in the October 2002 Moscow Theatre Siege, in which around 120 hostages and guerrillas were killed.