Arbi Barayev
| Arbi Barayev | |
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| Арби Алаутдинович Бараев | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Arbi Alautdinovich Barayev 27 May 1974 Alkhan-Kala, Chechen–Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 22 June 2001 (aged 27) Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya, Russia |
| Religion | Islam |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | The Terminator |
| Commands |
Special Purpose Islamic Regiment Sharia Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Second Chechen War |
Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
Arbi Alautdinovich Barayev (Chechen: Арби Алаутдинович Бараев; 27 May 1974 – 22 June 2001) was a Chechen warlord, who in 1996 became the founder and first leader of the Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (SPIR) in Chechnya.
Nicknamed The Terminator, Barayev and the SPIR were regarded as one of the main violent criminal organizations operating in Chechnya during the lawless interwar period that followed the 1994–1996 First Chechen War, driving out foreign journalists and humanitarian workers, while undermining the presidency of Aslan Maskhadov during Chechnya's de facto independence until 1999.
After the restoration of Russian Federal control, Barayev openly lived in his home village until he was killed on 22 June, 2001.
Arbi Alautdinovich Barayev was born on 27 May, 1974, in Alkhan-Kala, Chechen–Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union. Barayev was a martial arts fan in his youth, and became a police officer in 1990 at the age of just 16. In 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent declaration of independence Chechnya from the Russian Federation, he became a personal bodyguard to his uncle, Vakha Arsanov, the future vice president. Barayev also protected Vice President Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, with whom he formed a close personal relationship, and Sultan Geliskhanov, director of Chechnya's State Security Department. In 1994 the First Chechen War began, where Barayev fought on the Chechen separatist side, and it was during this time he committed his first act of kidnapping when he and his men abducted for ransom a group of 29 Russian engineers from a power plant near the Chechen capital, Grozny.
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