The Ingush field commander known as Amir Magas, after being detained by police on June 9
June 14, 2010
FSB Director Aleksandr Bortnikov announced on June 9 that the Ingush field commander known as Amir Magas (whose true identity remains unclear) was apprehended during a special operation earlier that day in Malgobek. The website of the Ingushetian chapter of the North Caucasus insurgency, hunafa.com, confirmed Magas's capture early on June 10.
Bortnikov described Magas as "one of the leaders" of the North Caucasus insurgency, while aprofile of him posted on June 11 on one of the insurgency websites dubbed him "a legend" and claimed that "his courage and daring were an inspiration to even the very best mujaheds."
But a close look at Magas's role over the past decade suggests that both sides may be exaggerating the significance of his capture.
FSB officials claim Magas was apprehended without a struggle in a private ...
On June 9, Russian news agencies broke the news about the capture in Malgobek, Ingushetia, of the military commander of the Caucasus Emirate, nicknamed Emir Magas (RIA Novosti, June 9). Such a high-ranking leader of the North Caucasus insurgency had not been apprehended since 2000, when two veterans of the first Chechen war, Salman Raduev and Turpal Atgeriev, were arrested by the Russian security services. The rebel Kavkaz Center website confirmed the capture of Emir Magas and expressed its high regard for him, calling him one of the key military leaders of the insurgency (www.kavkazcenter.com, June 9). FSB (Federal Security Service) Director Aleksandr Bortnikov reported the capture to President Dmitry Medvedev in person on the same day (www.kremlin.ru, June 9).
Russian forces have captured the alleged leader of a militant group in the Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, according to Aleksandr Bortnikov, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).
Bortnikov said the man, named Taziyev but also known by the name Magas, is wanted for a string of attacks in the Caucasus, including an assassination attempt that wounded Ingush leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov in June 2009.
Russian news agencies quoted an FSB statement saying Taziyev is one of the leaders of a militant group called The Caucasus Emirate, which it said is accused of "organizing and participating in an armed rebellion with the goal of overthrowing the Russian regime."
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