The most important Chechen guerrilla leader ever captured...

The most important Chechen guerrilla leader ever captured by Russian forces smiled at his accusers from the dock at the start of his trial.
Salman Raduyev became one of Moscow's most wanted fugitives after leading a bloody hostage-taking raid into the neighbouring Dagestan province in 1996 during the first of two wars in Chechnya. Russian troops caught him in Chechnya in 2000 after launching the second war, which still continues.
Raduyev and three alleged accomplices were brought to court in Dagestan's capital Makhachkala in an armoured convoy and the street in front of the courthouse was shut by armed police.
Raduyev identified himself to the court, responding when asked to state his job: "Commander of the northeast sector of the armed forces of the Chechen Republic Ichkeriya," using the pro-independence fighters' name for the province.
The charges against Raduyev could carry the death penalty, which remains on the books in Russia, although there is a moratorium on carrying out executions.
One of the other defendants, Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev, was also a top rebel commander and held the post of security minister in a pro-independence government.