Rustam Azhiev

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Rustam Azhiev
Born	(1981-04-12) 12 April 1981 (age 44) Grozny, Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Allegiance	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (2000–2007; 2022–present) Caucasus Emirate (2007–2009)
Years of service	2000 – present
Unit	Vilayat Nokhchicho (2007–2009) Ajnad al-Kavkaz (2015–2022) Jamaat al-Khilafa al-Qawqazia (2013–2015) Ukrainian Foreign Legion[1] Separate Special Purpose Battalion (2022–present)
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Battles / wars	Second Chechen War Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Battle of Bakhmut Belgorod Oblast Incursions Western Russia Incursion

Rustam Magomedovich Azhiev (Chechen: Мохмад ВоӀ Рустам, romanized: Moxmad Vo' Rustam) also known by the pseudonym Abdul Hakim al-Shishani (Arabic: عبد الحكيم الشيشاني) is commander-in-chief^[2] of the Chechen battalion OBON (part of the Ichkerian armed forces-in-exile)^[3] fighting on the Ukrainian side in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Azhiev is a veteran of the Second Russo-Chechen war and fought on the side of the opposition in the Syrian civil war as one of the Chechen mujahideen in Syria. In the latter he was the leader of the rebel group Ajnad al-Kavkaz.^[4]