Nadyr Khachiliev
Nadyr Khachiliev was a Russian member of the Federal Assembly.In 1996–1997, when Egyptian Islamic Jihad members Ayman al-Zawahiri, Ahmad Salama Mabruk and Mahmud Hisham al-Hennawi were detained in Makhachkala, Dagestan, Khachiliev was an advocate of their release. Khachiliev denies helping any imprisoned Arabs, and denies any ties to extremism.He is a former boxer, and founded the Muslim Union of Russia.