Mansur Yovmirzaev

Abu Jafar Yamani

‘Musa’

Shamil Basayev

The Chechen Republic Of Ichkeria

And

North Caucasian Insurgency

High Command

Dokka Umarov

President

Supyan Abdullaev

Vice President Chief of High Sharia Court

Chief Of General Staff

Seif Islam

Deputy Minister

Abu Yasser al-Sudani

Sharia Guards

Abdul-Malik Mezhidov

Islamic Regiment Of Special Forces

Kazbek

Jundallah Brigade

Hussein Gakieyev

(Dr) Muhannad Abu Anas

Al Ansar Brigade

(Foreign Volunteers)

Abdul Halim Abu-Salamovich Sadulayev

Mar 05 - June 06

Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov

Feb 97 - Mar 05

Dzhokhar Dudayev

Nov 91 - Apr 96

Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev

Apr 96 - Feb 97

ChRI Presidents

Dzhokarskii Front

Chechen Nogai Jamaat

Abu Bakar Basaev

Grozny Jamaat

Timur Gayev

Northern Front

Abdul Rakhman

Abu Omar as-Seif

Central Front

Shali Sector

Aslanbek Vaduyev

Shatoy/Sharoy Districts

Shelkov/Gudermes District

‘Muslim’

Suleiman Imurzaev (Hayrullah)

Northeastern Front

Abu Daud

Southeastern Front

Hussein Gakieyev

Nozhay-Yurt District

Zaurbek Avdorkhanov

Kamal Burhalja

Sultan Khadisov

Kurchaloev Sector

‘Khalid’

Argun Sector

‘Islam’

Gudermes Sector

Abdul Rashid

Akhmad Avdorkhanov

Eastern Front

North Caucasus Front

Defense Emir of Armed Forces

Akhmed Yevloyev (Magas)

1st Defense Naib

(Dr) Muhannad Abu Anas

2nd Defense Naib

Tarkhan Gaziyev

3rd Defense Naib

Aslanbek Vaduyev

Chechen Nogai Jamaat

Southwestern Front

Tarkhan Gaziyev

Northwestern Front

Abu Bakar Elmuradov

Said Emin Dadayev

Sernovodskyi Jamaat

Abdul Salamov

Abu Zarr al-Turki

Akraman

Ramazan

Abdul Gyafur

Abu Haroun

Abu Halid

Abdullah Zaurbek al-TurkiAbdullah al-Kazakhi

Achmez Gochiyayev

Western Front

Osama bin-Laden

Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri

Al-Qaeda

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Abu Keteiba JammalAbu Dzeit

Abu Hafs al-Urdani Abu al-Walid al-Ghamidi

Ibn ul-Khattab

Urals Front

Islamic Jamaat Jamaat Muvakhdov

Abdul Rakhman (Dzhundulla)

Stavropol Nogai Jamaat

Stavropol Nogai Jamaat

Islamic Jamaat

Mikhail Zakharov (Asadulla)

Volga Front

Saudi Arabia

International Islamic Relief Organization

World Assembly of Muslim Youth

Benevolence International Foundation (Chicago)

Egypt

Sudan

Turkey

Kazakhstan

Jordan

Azerbaijan

Kuwait

United States

Afghanistan Iraq

Foreign Countries

Kabardino-Balkaria Sector

Yarmuk Jamaat

Chegem Jamaat Anzor Astemirov (Sayfullah)

Abu Dandzhah

Ruslan Bekanov

Kabardino-Balkar Jamaat

Karachevo-Cherkesskii Nogai Jamaat

Jamaat Number 3

Camagat Jamaat

Achmez Gochiyayev

Karachevo-Cherkesskii Sector

‘Sunzha’ Group

‘Iraf’ Group

Ossetian Jamaat

Aslam Digorskii

Ossetian Jamaat of Ossetian Kataib al-Khoul

‘Saad’

Ossetian Sector

Sary-Su Nogai Jamaat

Tahir Bataev

Adygeii Nogai Jamaat

‘Group of Adygeis’

Marat Teuchezhskii

Adygeii Sector

Ingushetia Sector

Khalifat Jamaat

(Caliphate)

Magomed Khashiev

Alikhan Merzhoev

Ingush Jamaat

Ilyas Gorchkhanov

Sharia Jamaat

Khabibulla

Jamaat ‘Siddik’

Abdullakh Ganishev

Amanat Jamaat

Abu Mudzhaid

Dagestan Nogai Jamaat

Dagestan Nogai Jamaat

Dagestan Nogai Jamaat

Triumverate Sharia Jamaat

Jamaat of Shamilkala’s Mujahedin

Jannat Jamaat

Ruslan Makasharipov

Makchachkala Sector

Shamil Gasanov Abdul Madzhik Omar Sheykhulayev

Rabbani Khalilov

United Jamaat Of The Peoples Of Chechnya And Dagestan

Shamil Abidov

Mutashev

Buinaksk Group

Dagestan Front

Isa Munayev

Link Chart Legend

With Picture = Deceased Person

= North Caucasus Front

= Insurgent Without Picture

= Foreign Volunteers Front

= ChRI High Command

= Chechnya Fronts

= Unknown Whereabouts

= ChRI Insurgent Without Picture

= Link

= High Level Link

= Leadership Link

= High Level, Unconfirmed Link

= Financial Link

= Unknown Link

Anzor Astemirov (Sayfullah)

Musa Mukozhev

Salpagarov

Despite Dokka Umarov being the president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria resistance movement, it is likely that (Dr.) Muhannad Abu Anas, Akhmed Yevloyev (Magas), and Anzor Astemirov (Sayfullah) will continue to increase their authority and expansion of the insurgency due to their established links throughout the North Caucasus Front, their high degree of closeness to Umarov, and the westward shift of the insurgency towards Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria. In addition, even with the deaths of many of the prominent leaders, like Shamil Basaev, Ibn ul-Khattab, and Abu Hafs al-Urdani, its is likely that the inter-connected command structure of the insurgency across the North Caucasus region will remain intact due to the ability of the individual fronts and high commanders to nominate and appoint new leaders upon the deaths of important figures and leaders within the resistance.

• The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI) High Command presides over the North Caucasus insurgency as a whole, with fronts and sectors within Chechnya and each Russian Republic, including Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachevo-Cherkesski, and Adygeia.

• While Dokka Umarov and Shamil Basaev hold, or have held, the highest degree of closeness within the North Caucasus insurgency it is not shown on the link chart due to the extremely high number of links.

• Russian Security forces killed al-Qaeda’s four main actors within the insurgency, which included Shamil Basaev, Ibn ul-Khattab, Abu al-Walid al-Ghamidi, and Abu Hafs al-Urdani.

• The foreign volunteers within the insurgency come from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, and Sudan; while financial aide, weapons, and assistance comes from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, and, prior to 9 September 2001, the United States through the Benevolence International Foundation in Chicago.

Analytical Findings