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Ziya 'Ziyaudi' Yusupovich Bazhayev (Russian: Зия Юсупович Бажаев; July 11, 1960 — March 9, 2000) was a prominent Russian businessman of Chechen origin specializing in oil trading. During the 1990s, he was president of Sidanko (Russian: «СИДАНКО»),[a] the Swiss company Lia Oil (Russian: Швейцарская фирма «Лиа Ойл») from 1992 to 1995,[b] the state unitary oil company in war-torn Chechnya, Southern Oil Company (YUNCO) (Russian: Южная нефтяная компания (ЮНКО))[c] and the oil company Alliance Group (Russian: «Группа Альянс»), which he founded in April 1998. With numerous personnel from Sidanko, Alliance gained control of the Khabarovsk Refinery at Khabarovsk, which previously was owned by Sidanko, and, a year later, gained control of the Kherson Refinery in Ukraine.[1][2][3][4][5] He died in Moscow during a crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft shortly after takeoff on March 9, 2000, together with a Russian journalist, Artyom Borovik.[2]
Bazhayev's death is mentioned in many Nigerian 419 scam e-mails.[6]
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- ^ a b "Кому мешал Зия Бажаев" [Who was hindered by Ziya Bazhaev]. Новая газета (in Russian). 20 March 2000. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Интервью президента ЮНКО. Зия Бажаев: "Меня просто попросили помочь"" [Interview with the President of YUNCO. Ziya Bazhaev: “They just asked me to help”]. Газета «Коммерсантъ» (in Russian). 26 December 1995. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Учреждена Южная нефтяная компания: Только что учрежденная компания осталась без президента" [Southern Oil Company established: The newly founded company was left without a president]. Газета «Коммерсантъ» (in Russian). 8 February 1996. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "ОАО "Хабаровский Нефтеперерабатывающий Завод"" [OJSC Khabarovsk Oil Refinery]. Alliance Group (www.nk-alliance.ru) (in Russian). 24 December 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Dr. Al-Fuhard Mohammed for one Late Mr. Ziya Bazhayev a Russian Archived June 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine 419eater.com