Khasan Yandiyev
Khasan Yandiyev (c. 1956 – 13 April 2008) was a Russian judge who served as the deputy head of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia.[1] He presided over the trials of a number of corrupt government officials and Islamic fundamentalists and rebels in Ingushetia, one of Russia's poorest and most troubled provinces.[1]
Khasan Yandiyev was killed on 13 April 2008, as he changed a tire near the Ingushetian town of Karabulak.[1] He was 52 years old at the time of his death. Police believe he was killed by a sniper or assailants armed with an assault rifle using a silencer, since no one in the area heard a gunshot. Russian and Ingushetian authorities blamed both local Islamic fundamentalists, as well as Islamic rebels from neighboring Chechnya. Opponents of the government blamed Ingushetia's ineffective and repressive policies for the rise in the attacks.[1]
Yandiyev's successor as deputy Chief Justice on the Supreme Court, Aza Gazgireeva, was herself assassinated on 10 June 2009, just 18 months after Yandiyev's assassination.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Top judge shot dead in southern Russia". Reuters. Sydney Morning Herald. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2008.
- ^ "Assassinations Roil Russia's Caucasus Region". Voice of America. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.