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Rustam Asildarov

Caucasus Emirate and ISIL member

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Caucasus Emirate and ISIL member

Field	Value
name	Rustam Asildarov
native_name	Рустам Магомедович Асельдеров
nationality	Dargin
birth_date
birth_place	Buynaksky District, Kalmyk ASSR, Soviet Union
death_date
death_place	near Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia
office1	Wali of Wilayah al-Qawkaz
term_start1	23 June 2015
term_end1	3 December 2016
predecessor1	Position created
office2	Emir of the Dagestani Front
term_start2	8 August 2012
term_end2	January 2015
predecessor2	Ibragimkhalil Daudov
successor2	Kamil Saidov (Said Kharakansky)
nickname	Emir Abu Muhammad
allegiance	Caucasus Emirate (former)
Islamic State
commands	Dagestan Front (former)
Caucasus Province
battles	Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Islamic State Caucasus Province Rustam Asildarov (Aselderov) (9 March 1981 – 3 December 2016), also known as Emir Abu Muhammad Kadarsky, was the leader of the Islamic State (IS) North Caucasus branch, and a former leader of the militant Caucasus Emirate's Vilayat Dagestan wing.

Biography

Asildarov grew up in the Kadar region of the Buynaksky District in Russia's republic of Dagestan. During the late 1990s, the area became a regional center of Salafism and had de facto independence, before military operations in September 1999 brought it back under the control of the Russian state.

Asildarov became the leader of Vilayat Dagestan's Central Sector in May 2010, and on 8 August 2012, Caucasus Emirate's leader, Dokka Umarov, appointed Asildarov as the overall leader of Vilayat Dagestan, following the death of Ibragimkhalil Daudov.

In December 2014, a video clip of Asildarov was posted online, in which he retracted his oath of allegiance to Umarov's successor, Aliaskhab Kebekov, and pledged loyalty to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Kebekov responded days later with a video, in which he condemned Asildarov's "betrayal" and appointed Kamil Saidov as the new leader of Vilayat Dagestan.

In an audio statement on 23 June 2015, IS's spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani accepted pledges of allegiance to the group made by North Caucasus militants, and announced the creation of a new Wilayat or Province covering the region. Adnani declared the leader of this new branch to be Abu Muhammad al-Qadari, a pseudonym of Asildarov.

On 29 September 2015, the United States Department of State added Asildarov to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

On 3 December 2016, the FSB announced that Asildarov and four close associates had been killed in an anti-terror raid near Makhachkala, Dagestan.

References

(2014-12-31). "Dagestani Militants Experience Series of Setbacks". The Jamestown Foundation.
Jamestown Foundation. (14 September 2012). "Dagestan Remains the Deadliest Republic of the North Caucasus".
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. (26 August 2012). "Umarov Names New Commander Of Insurgency In Daghestan".
link. vDagestan. (25 August 2012)
Liz Fuller. (2015-01-02). "Six North Caucasus Insurgency Commanders Transfer Allegiance To Islamic State". [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]].
(2014-12-31). "Dagestani jihadist swears allegiance to Islamic State, invoking backlash". [[Long War Journal]].
(23 June 2015). "ISIS Declares Governorate in Russia's North Caucasus Region". Institute for the Study of War.
(2015-06-26). "Two North Caucasus Rebel Leaders Face Off in Islamic State–Caucasus Emirate Dispute". The Jamestown Foundation.
(2015-09-29). "Designations of Foreign Terrorist Fighters". State.gov.

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