Yaqub Salimov
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Yaqub Salimov (Tajik/Persian: Яъқуб Салимов/یعقوب سلیموف) is a former minister of the interior of Tajikistan.
In 1990 Yaqub Salimov was convicted for taking part in Dushanbe riots.[1] When Tajik Civil War broke out, Salimov was released from prison, and become a leader of Popular Front, a paramilitary group fighting on the government side.[1][2] In 1997 he was charged with attempting a coup d'etat. Afterwards he fled from Tajikistan, but was arrested in Moscow in 2003[1] On April 25, 2005, he received 15 years in prison sentence.[2]
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- ^ a b c ГАФАРЛЫ, МЕХМАН (2004-02-25). "На родину в наручниках Россия экстрадировала в Душанбе бывшего главу МВД Таджикистана Якуба Салимова" (in Russian). Novye Izvestiya. http://www.newizv.ru/news/2004-03-01/4901/. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ a b http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1058667.html
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