Ruslan Odizhev Ruslan Anatolyevich Odizhev ( ; December 5 , 1973 – June 27 , 2007 ) , born as Ruslan Anatolyevich Seleznyov ( ) , was a citizen of Russia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp s , in Cuba . His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 211 and he was listed as " Ruslan Anatolivich Odijev , born at Prolandnom , Russia " . Life . Sleznyov was born in Prokhladny , Kabardino - Balkar Republic of southern Russia . When he was six , his parents divorced and he went to live with his mother in the neighbouring town of Nalchik . At school , he was very interested in religion and Islamic history . At the age of 18 , he joined the then recently opened Islamic Institute . Afraid they would not accept him with the Russian name Seleznyov he dropped it for the more Islamic name Odizhev . He studied there one year before joining the Confederation of Caucasus Peoples ' Kabardin Battalion who fought in the Abkhaz rebellion against Georgia in 1992 . When the barge that his platoon was on , sank , he had to stay in ice - cold water for hours and damaged his lungs . One year later , he returned to the Islamic Institute , but soon left it to study at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia . He came back in 1994 . From 1999 , Odizhev was targeted by the FSB who suspected him of participation in terrorist activities , particularly the Russian apartment bombings . In May 2000 , he was taken away from home by masked men to be interrogated , and according to claims by him and his mother , tortured by the FSB in Pyatigorsk . He was released ten days later . The FSB denied all involvement . Odizhev left Nalchik , telling his mother that he was going to Pakistan to complete his religious studies . He was however taken as a prisoner of war by American forces , and sent to Guantanamo prison . On February 27 , 2004 , Odizhev , together with six other persons of Russian nationality ( including Rasul Kudayev , who also lived in Nalchik ) was extradited to Russia . All seven ex - prisoners were sent to the White Swan isolation camp at Pyatigorsk on charges of illegally crossing Russian borders and being a mercenary . In June 2004 , it was decided that the charges could not be proven and all seven accused were freed . Back in Nalchik , according to Russian OMON , Odizhev soon became re - acquainted with Anzor Astemirov , an Islamic cleric who claimed being connected to Shamil Basayev and a friend of Odizhev from 2000 . On June 14 , 2006 , Odizhev was included among a list of those who had taken part in the 2005 Nalchik raid , published on the internet by the MVD of the Kabardino - Balkar Republic . According to the police , Odizhev had headed the group of fighters who attacked OMON headquarters . On June 27 , 2007 , Odizhev was killed in the centre of Nalchik , in an apartment block on Schokenzukov Prospekt , facing the local ( official ) mosque , while resisting arrest , together with Anzor Tengizov . Police authorities reiterated that charges against Odizhev included involvement in the 1999 bombings . Geydar Dzhemal ' , of the Islamic Committee of Russia , claimed that Odizhev ' s guilt had not been established and that he could have been captured alive . Claims he " returned to terrorism " . The Defense Intelligence Agency asserted Odizhev had " returned to terrorism " . The DIA reported : Medical records . On March 16 , 2007 the Department of Defense published records of the captives ' height and weights . Ruslan ' s height was recorded as 68 inches . Most captives ' weight were recorded monthly or quarterly . Ruslan ' s weight was recorded when he arrived at Guantanamo , in June 2002 , and eighteen months later , in January and February 2004 .