Alimsultan Alkhamatov
{{Short description|Russian politician (1965–2009)}}
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Alimsultan Alkhamatov (c. 1965 – 27 September 2009) was a Russian politician and official from Dagestan. He was an ethnic Kumyk.
Career
Alkhamatov was named acting Khasavyurt district head in 2005.{{cite web|title=Murder of Dagestani District Chief and Top Police Official Raises Tensions in Republic|url=http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35553|work=Eurasia Daily Monitor|publisher=The Jamestown Foundation|access-date=29 December 2012|date=29 September 2009}} His term lasted until 27 September 2009 when he was killed in Moscow.{{cite news|title=Gunmen kill Dagestan official in Moscow-Ifax|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLR118011|access-date=29 December 2012|work=Reuters|date=27 September 2009|location=Moscow}}
Assassination
Alkhamatov went to Moscow to be with his 19-year-old son, who was undergoing another operation for injuries due to a car accident. He was shot and killed in southwest Moscow on 27 September 2009.{{cn|date=February 2023}} The attack also left his driver seriously wounded.{{cite news|title=Dagestan official shot in Moscow |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8279324.stm|work=BBC News|date=28 September 2009|access-date=7 October 2009}} His assassination follows a string of high-profile killings in Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia in 2009.
Alkhamatov, who was 44 years old, was reportedly the target of three prior assassination attempts. Because of these, he had three armed bodyguards and armored Mercedes while in Moscow, but the security measures to protect him ultimately failed. The first assassination attempt against him occurred at the beginning of 2005, shortly after the then Dagestani President Magomedali Magomedov appointed him acting Khasavyurt district head.
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Category:Assassinated Russian politicians
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Category:Deaths by firearm in Russia
Category:European politicians assassinated in the 2000s
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