Magomed Tushayev

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Magomed Tushayev
BornFebruary 23, 1986
Grozny
DiedFebruary 26, 2022(2022-02-26) (aged 36)
Hostomel
Allegiance
  • Russia
  • Chechnya

Magomed Tushayev (born February 23, 1986, in Grozny, died February 26, 2022[1][2][3] in Hostomel) was a General and advisor to the Head of the Chechen Republic. He commanded the 141 Motorized Regiment of the Chechnya National Guard.[4] [5][6][7]

Tushayev was part of a group who terrorized the LGBTQ community in Chechnya. This included kidnapping and torturing dozens of men who were suspected to be gay. This has been called Chechnya's "anti-gay purge".[8][2][9][3]

He was killed by soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine. This was during 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's invasion of Ukraine. His death was confirmed by the Ukranian news agency and the office of the Ukranian President. [10][11]

Biography

Tushayev was an only child, and he has been interested in the military since he was a child, and was fascinated by the theme of military uniforms. After graduating from the school in Sernovodsk, he studied finance and law in Makhachkala.[4] In 2008 he joined OMON [4]. He later became a riot police officer in the Republic of Chechnya, then transferred to SOBR [12] and was promoted to head of the 4156th Unit of the Federal Army of the Russian Federation State Guard in the city of Grozny[citation needed]. Then he was made the deputy head of the department of SOBR[13]

In 2017, he became the commander of the 141 Motorized Regiment of the Chechen National Guard. Akhmat Kadyrov[4] [5][6][7], one of the elite units of the Russian Federation, and served as commander in April 2018.[12][14]

In 2019 he was promoted to the rank of major [15]. In 2021, Tushayev took part in tests at the training center of the National Guard of the Russian Federation in the Stavropol Krai. After positive results, he obtained the right to wear a red beret, which was the highest distinction for special forces soldiers.[16]

Crimes

Tushayev was a close confidant of Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic, and one of Kadyrov's three senior advisers. Tushayev was personally congratulated by Kadyrov on his 34th birthday [12] [17]. Tushayev was also one of the key executors of the anti-gay purge in the Chechen Republic. According to the " Daily Mirror ", citing news from a Russian human rights organization, Tushayev was part of a group who terrorized the LGBTQ community in Chechnya. This included kidnapping and torturing and extrajudicially killing dozens of men who were suspected to be gay. This has been called Chechnya's "anti-gay purge".[8][2][9][3] Tushayev also kidnapped gay human rights activist Ibrahim Selimkhanov (Ибрагим Селимханов) at Moscow ’s Novi Gileyevo station in May 2021 and returned to Grozny to interrogate intelligence about the Chechen LGBTQ+ community and people. LGBTQ+ activists had filed a complaint about Tushayev's kidnapping of Selimkhanov with the Russian Federal Investigative Committee of the Russian Ministry of Justice, but officials refused to take further action. [17][18]

Death

In the first half of February 2022, he was the commander of the 141st Regiment as a major [19].[20]

According to Interfax-Ukraine, Tushayev died during hostilities during Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine near Hostomel, where Ukrainian troops defeated a Chechen national guard special unit.[21]

Ukraine claims that Tushayev led a special mobile group into Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine to behead a Ukrainian dignitary, but was killed on February 26, 2022 in an exchange of fire with Ukrainian Alpha Special Forces at Antonov Airport[5] [22]. The Chechen special forces and 56 tank columns led by Tushayev were all annihilated and captured by the Ukrainian Alpha Special Forces. But Kadyrov denied the news of Tushayev's death and released a video of himself talking on the phone with a person who was said to be Tushayev. [6]

Following the announcement of Tushayev's death, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov in the following days denied the information that Magomed Tushayev was killed and assured that the soldier was alive [23].[24] [25][26]

Ramzan Kadyrov released a video in which he claimed to speak by telephone with Tushayev. Videos are then published by various accounts on social networks, supposed to deny the reports of the death of Touchayev.[27]

According to Liberation, Touchayev's death was still not confirmed on March 24, 2022.[28]

He was killed by soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine. This was during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. His death was confirmed by the Ukranian news agency and the office of the Ukranian President. [10][11]

He was the commander-in-chief of the 141st Motorized Regiment of the Chechen National Guard, Akmat Kadyrov, and a member of the OMON. On February 26, 2022, unconfirmed reports claimed that he had been killed in battle during the Russian invasion of Ukraine by soldiers of the Ukrainian National Guard and the Ukrainian “Alpha Unit”.[29] [22] The deaths were confirmed by both the Ukrainian president's government and the Ukrainian media. [17]

In many media reports from that time, Tushayev was titled as a general.[4] Later, in the message of Telegraf.com.ua, unlike other Russian generals killed, Tushyev was referred to as a general of the Rosgvard ( Federal Service of the Russian National Guard Troops )[30]. On March 16, 2022, he was also mentioned as a general in a statement by the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council on Russian commanders killed by the Ukrainian side since the beginning of the invasion[31]. The Chechen website Czecznia Siegodnia published a video confirming that Magomed Tushayev was alive. However, the amateur film shown as evidence does not allow to unequivocally verify neither the identity of the man claiming to be Tushayev, nor the date of the recording itself.[26]

Decorations

Tushayev received numerous decorations, including:

  • Medal "For Courage"[4]
  • Order of Courage[4]
  • Ordre Akhmat Kadyrov [32]
  • Medal of the Order "For Merits of the Fatherland" 2nd class with swords[4][32]
  • "Excellence in Policing" badge - "for contribution to the fight against terrorism." [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pro-Putin Chechen general who led 'gay purge' killed in Ukraine". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kieren Williams (2022-03-01), Ruthless warlord who led 'gay purges' in Chechnya killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, The Mirror, At a Council of Europe meeting last year the suppression of gay people in Chechnya was described as "the single most egregious example of violence against LGBTI people in Europe that has occurred in decades"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Goldstein, Michael. "World's Largest Aircraft Another Casualty Of Russian Attack On Ukraine". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 "Мечтал о войне с малых лет: что известно про убитого в Украине генерала Кадырова". Телеграф (in русский). 2022-02-27. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ostrowski, Kurier. "Czeczeński oddział Tuszajewa przestał istnieć – rozbity przez ukraińską Gwardię Narodową i jednostkę Alfa | Wiadomości Ostrów Wielkopolski". Kurier Ostrowski (in polski). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Рамзан Кадыров развеял слухи о гибели Магомеда Тушаева и Анзора Бисаева в Украине (+видео)". ИА Чечня Сегодня (in русский). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Полк имени Героя России Ахмата-Хаджи Кадырова грозненского соединения Росгвардии отметил 15-ю годовщину со дня образования". web.archive.org. 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 He murdered homosexuals. He was killed by the Ukrainian military, Pomponik, 2022-03-01
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Michael Goldstein (2022-03-03), World's Largest Aircraft Another Casualty of Russian Attack on Ukraine, Forbes, The death of Russian General Magomed Tushayev, head of a 'motorized regiment' of the Chechnya National Guard, was confirmed by Ukrainian news services. Killed by the elite Ukrainian Alpha unit, Tushayev was a warlord and advisor to Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov. Tushayev was also widely known for terrorizing the Chechnyaa LGBTQ+ community.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Michael K. Lavers (2022-02-27), Warlord who persecuted gay Chechens killed in Ukrainian fighting, Los Angeles Blade
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Ukrainian Armed Forces neutralise Kadyrov's fighters who planned to kill Zelenskyy, Ukrayinska Pravda, 2022-03-01
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Родина всегда тебя бросит: данные об убитом под Киевом кадыровском генерале резко исчезают из сети". Телеграф (in русский). 2022-02-27. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  13. ↑ "Кавказский Узел | Чеченский полк имени Кадырова возглавил Магомед Тушаев". amp.kavkaz-uzel.eu. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  14. ↑ "Полк имени Героя России Ахмата-Хаджи Кадырова грозненского соединения Росгвардии отметил 15-ю годовщину со дня образования – Новости Росгвардии". Федеральная служба войск национальной гвардии.
  15. ↑ Рамзан Кадыров встретился с первым замдиректора ФСВНГ России Сергеем Меликовым [Ramzan Kadyrov met with Sergey Melikov, First Deputy Director of the FSVNG of Russia] (in русский). National Anti-Terrorism Committee. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  16. ↑ "15 росгвардейцев Чеченской Республики завоевали право ношения крапового берета". ЧГТРК ГРОЗНЫЙ. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Lavers, Michael K. (2022-02-28). "Warlord who persecuted gay Chechens killed in Ukrainian fighting". Los Angeles Blade: LGBTQ News, Rights, Politics, Entertainment. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  18. ↑ Williams, Kieren (2022-03-01). "Ruthless warlord who led 'gay purges' in Chechnya killed fighting for Russia". mirror. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  19. ↑ "ПОЛКУ РОСГВАРДИИ ИМЕНИ ГЕРОЯ РОССИИ АХМАТА-ХАДЖИ КАДЫРОВА ИСПОЛНИЛОСЬ 15 ЛЕТ — gazeta-iman" (in русский). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  20. ↑ "В Грозном состоялась встреча росгвардейцев с представителем администрации Чеченской Республики | Информационное агентство "Грозный-Информ"". www.grozny-inform.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  21. ↑ "The subdivision of the National Guard Forces Command of the Chechen Republic is destroyed near Kiev, commander of the regiment Tushaev is killed - Ministry of Defense of Ukraine". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Breaking News: Russian general from Chechnya Magomed Tushayev, one of Ramzan Kadyrov's top warlords killed by Ukraine's Elite Alpha Group". Alvin Alexa. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  23. ↑ "Кадыров опроверг слухи о гибели чеченских командиров на Украине - РИА Новости, 27.02.2022". ria.ru (in русский). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  24. ↑ "Разведка Украины опубликовала данные о телефонных разговорах кадыровцев". RFE/RL (in русский). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  25. ↑ "Рамзан Кадыров: «Бандеровские пропагандисты только на словах хоронят наших офицеров» | ИА Чечня Сегодня". web.archive.org. 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Wyborcza.pl". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  27. ↑ Saint-André, Elsa de La Roche. "La mort du général tchétchène Magomed Tushaev, bras droit de Kadyrov, a-t-elle été prouvée?". Libération (in français). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  28. ↑ Saint-André, Elsa de La Roche. "La mort du général tchétchène Magomed Tushaev, bras droit de Kadyrov, a-t-elle été prouvée?". Libération (in français). Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  29. ↑ "Родина всегда тебя бросит: данные об убитом под Киевом кадыровском генерале резко исчезают из сети" ["The motherland always throws you: the data about the murder under the Kiev Kadyrov general are sharply disappearing from the network"]. Телеграф (in русский). 2022-02-27. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  30. ↑ "Стали вантажем 200: що відомо про знищених в Україні російських генералах". Телеграф (in українська). 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  31. ↑ "Украинские СМИ: под Мариуполем убит российский генерал Олег Митяев". NEWSru.co.il (in русский). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 "Под Гостомелем ликвидировали кадыровского генерала и разбили его "элитный" отряд". Телеграф (in русский). 2022-02-27. Retrieved 2022-04-08.

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