FSB announced the "neutralization" of Umarov

FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov announced the "neutralization of activities" of the leader of the Imrat, Caucasus Dokarov Umarov, RIA Novosti reports. “As a result of the operational -combat work, the activities of the head of the terrorist organization“ Imrat Caucasus Umarov ”were neutralized,” Bortnikov said at a meeting of the National Anti -Terrorism Committee, reporting on the results of his department.

Meanwhile, Interfax, citing an unnamed source, "familiar with the situation," reports that the body of the leader of the Caucasian armed underground has not yet been found. “That is why it is now correct to talk about the neutralization of Umarov’s activities,” the agency’s interlocutor explained.

He also noted that, according to the special services, the leader of the Imrat, Caucasus, in March 2011, received the most severe contusion in battle with the federals in the Sunzhensky district of Ingushetia, and died after a while.

On March 18, the "Caucasus Center" reported that Umarov became a shahid , that is, he died in the fight against the Russians. About the circumstances of the death of the leader of the underground, however, nothing was said.

The representative of the National Anti -Terrorism Committee refused to comment on the message. "Information about the destruction of Dok Umarov periodically pops up in foreign media, but the Russian intelligence agencies currently do not have such information and do not comment on it," he remarked.

The US National Security Council also said that American intelligence agencies do not know anything about Umarov’s death .

Meanwhile, the new amir of the Imrat, the Caucasus, the Internet resources of the armed underground call 42-year-old Avartz Aliashab Kebekov (Ali Abu Muhammad), who previously held the position of Kadi (judge) of the Shariah court of the Imrat.