Hungary has refused to extradite to Ukraine a Russian man suspected in the 2017 killing Amina Okuyeva, a member of the volunteer Dzhokhar Dudayev battalion consisting of natives of the North Caucasus region of Chechnya, according to police.
Former Ukrainian lawmaker Ihor Mosiychuk, for whom Okuyeva once worked as an adviser, told RFE/RL that Igor Redkin, a native of Russia's North Caucasus region of Daghestan, had violated house arrest conditions and fled Ukraine during the initial days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in February 2022. Mosiychuk confirmed that Redkin is currently in Hungary.
SEE ALSO: Ukraine Says Man Arrested In 2017 Attack On Chechen Accused Of Putin PlotUkrainian law enforcement officers arrested Redkin and three other unidentified individuals in 2020 on suspicion of involvement in the killing of Okuyeva.
The men were suspected in opening fire with assault rifles at Okuyeva and her husband, Adam Osmayev, while the couple was traveling in a car on Kyiv's outskirts in October 2017, killing Okuyeva and injuring Osmayev.
Osmayev accused Russian officials at the time of organizing the attack.
Osmayev, who has survived several assassination attempts, is the commander of the volunteer Dzhokhar Dudayev battalion fighting Russian armed forces invading Ukraine.
Osmayev first made headlines in Ukraine in February 2012 when he was detained by Ukrainian authorities and charged with possession of illegal explosives, damaging private property, and forgery.
At the request of Russian authorities, he was charged with plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Moscow sought his extradition.
Kyiv ultimately refused to extradite him, and he was subsequently released from Ukrainian custody in November 2014 after more than 2 1/2 years in jail.
Three months after his release, Osmayev assumed command of the Dzhokhar Dudayev battalion, which then was fighting against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
His late wife, Amina Okuyeva, gained renown working as a medic during the street protests in Kyiv known as Euromaidan that culminated in violent clashes with police in February 2014 and the ouster of then-President Viktor Yanukovych.