Chechen militants command announced the death of Doku Umarov

Chechen militants command announced the death of Doku Umarov. (LifenewsRU).[GoogleTranslate].

The report of so-called underground "Caucasus Emirate" said the death of its leader, and lists the "merits" militants.

The statement noted that the fight against Russia became Doku Umarov in 1994 immediately after the introduction of Russian troops in Chechnya.

In 1996, the President of CRI Aslan Maskhadov appointed Umarov Secretary of the Security Council, and after the death of Abdul-Halim Sadulaeva in 2006, this man led the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. In 2007 Doku Abu Usman proclaimed "Caucasus Emirate" and continued to fight underground.

Causes of death are not named, but was previously disseminated information about the poisoning of Umarov.

 Update: Russian security services have no data on the death of Doku Umarov.(RT).

Russian security services had no information about the destruction of the Chechen leader Doku Umarov thugs. This was stated by the official representative of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, RIA Novosti reported.

He was commenting on reports by some foreign media that Umarov allegedly destroyed in Russia. "Information about the destruction of Doku Umarov periodically pops up in the foreign media, but the Russian secret services do not currently have this information and do not comment on it," - said the agency interlocutor. In January 2014 the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that the leader of the illegal armed groups, Doku Umarov dead.
According to him, this showed militants captured negotiations. In the Russian special services not confirmed this information. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that while intelligence agencies did not show evidence of the death of a terrorist, he should be considered alive.