  akhmed khalidovich zakayev (, ; born 26 april 1959) is a former deputy prime minister and prime minister of the unrecognised chechen republic of ichkeria (chri). he was also the foreign minister of the ichkerian government, appointed by aslan maskhadov shortly after his 1997 election, and again in 2006 by abdul halim sadulayev. during the first chechen war zakayev took part in the battles for grozny and other military operations, as well as in high-level negotiations with the russian side.chechynaâs theatre of war: akhmed zakayev â actor, politician and former resistance fighter â talks to vanora bennett, the liberal, 2007 in 2002, russia accused him, by then in exile, of having been involved in a series of crimes including involvement in acts of terrorism.uk actress defends chechen rebel, bbc news, 6 december 2002chechen accused of terror acts, bbc news, 9 june 2003 in 2003, the british court rejected the extradition request due to lack of evidence and declared the accusations to be politically motivated, also saying that there was substantial risk of zakayev being tortured if he was 
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