NOTE: Dokku Umarov called into RFE/RL’s North Caucasus Service to announce that he was okay and not in the location where there was a Russian raid against a Caucasus Emirate camp last week. During the raid, though, Amīr Supyan, one of Umarov’s deputies was killed. In the below audio message Umarov remarks that he is “absolutely healthy. He continued:
There was an operation in which several Mujāhidīn died. My death was announced too. They won’t receive any respite from me. I’m preparing my answer to them. They should expect news from me soon.
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Dokku Umarov — “Safe and Sound”
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