Ziya Bazhayev


Ziya Bazhayev was a prominent Russian businessman of Chechen origin specializing in oil trading. He died in Moscow during a crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft shortly after take off on March 9, 2000, together with a Russian journalist, Artyom Borovik.
Bazhayev's death is mentioned in many Nigerian 419 scam e-mails.