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Rustam Azhiev | |
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Born | Grozny, Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | 12 April 1981
Allegiance | Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (2000–2007; 2022–present) Caucasus Emirate (2007–2009) |
Years of service | 2000 – present |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Unit | Vilayat Nokhchicho (2007–2009) Ajnad al-Kavkaz (2015–2022)
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Commands held | Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria |
Battles/wars | Second Chechen War Syrian civil war Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Rustam Magomedovich Azhiev (Chechen: Мохмад ВоӀ Рустам, romanized: Moxmad Vo' Rustam) is deputy commander-in-chief of the Chechen battalion OBON (part of the Ichkerian armed forces-in-exile)[1] fighting on the Ukrainian side in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Azhiev is a veteran of the Second Russo-Chechen war and fought on the side of the opposition in the Syrian civil war. In the latter he was the leader of the rebel group Ajnad al-Kavkaz.[2]