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Umarov was a major military figure in both wars in Chechnya during the 1990s and 2000s, before becoming the leader of the greater insurgency in the North Caucasus. He was active mostly in south-western Chechnya, near and across the borders with Ingushetia and Georgia .
May 3, 2024 · Doku Umarov was a Chechen separatist and guerrilla leader who declared himself emir of the so-called Islamic Caucasus Emirate, which comprised areas within the southwestern Russian republics of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetiya, North Ossetia–Alaniya, Kabardino-Balkariya, and Karachayevo-Cherkesiya.
Mar 18, 2014 · Doku Umarov is the Chechen separatist warlord most closely linked to a string of deadly attacks on Russia. One of Russia's most wanted rebels, his death has been wrongly claimed on...
Apr 8, 2014 · Considered the leader of the Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus, Doku Umarov was one of the most-wanted fugitives in Russia.
Jan 20, 2014 · Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov, who over the past four years has repeatedly declared that self-styled Caucasus Emirate leader Doku Umarov has “probably,” or even “with 99 percent certainty...
Apr 1, 2010 · Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for the March 29 twin suicide bombings on the Moscow metro system that killed at least 39 people. Umarov is one of just a couple of...
Jan 17, 2014 · Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on his Instagram that Doku Umarov, who urged his fighters to strike the Games, had died -- a claim he has made repeatedly in the past.
Mar 18, 2014 · Chechen warlord Doku Umarov, one of Russia’s most wanted men, has died, a Chechen jihadist website said Tuesday. The Kavkaz Center website said Umarov would be replaced as leader of the...
Mar 24, 2014 · Russia's most wanted terrorist Doku Umarov is dead after all. His death must have been a tangible setback for the insurgency in the North Caucasus.
Doku (Dokka) Khamatovich Umarov (Chechen: Ӏумар КӀант Доккa; Russian: Доку Хаматович Умаров; also called by the Arabized name of "Dokka Abu Usman") (13 April 1964 – reported March 18, 2014) was a Chechen Islamist militant in Russia. Umarov claimed responsibly for some attacks on Russian civilians.
