Said Buryatsky

Said Buryatsky
Said Buryatsky
Birth name	Alexander Alexandrovitch Tikhomirov
Born	10 February 1982; Ulan-Ude, Buryat ASSR, RSFSR, USSR
Died	2 March 2010 (aged 28); Ekazhevo, Ingushetia, Russia
Allegiance	Caucasus Emirate
Commands held	Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs
Battles/wars	Insurgency in Ingushetia; Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Said Buryatsky (10 February 1982 – 2 March 2010) was an Islamist militant leader in the Russian North Caucasus. Buryatsky had been among the most-wanted men in Russia, and he was considered an ideologue leader of the Islamist rebels in Chechnya and southern Russia.^[1] He was known in the region as a Russian counterpart of Osama bin Laden.^[1] Buryatsky had been identified in YouTube videos, wearing camouflage while preaching radical Islam with an assault rifle.^[1]

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