Sulim Yamadayev–Ramzan Kadyrov power struggle
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The Sulim Yamadayev–Ramzan Kadyrov power struggle was a feud between rival pro-Moscow Chechen warlords that exploded into armed confrontation between Yamadaev's Special Battalion "Vostok" (East) forces and Chechen President Kadyrov's militia known as the "Kadyrovtsy" following an incident in the town of Argun that led to a shootout in Gudermes on 14 April 2008.[1] The struggle resulted in the eventual disbanding of the Vostok battalion[2] and Yamadaev's assassination in Dubai on 30 March 2009.[3]