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Islam Seit-Umarovich ATABIYEV
Aliases
Islam ATABIYEV; AL-SHISHANI, Abu-Jihad; THE CHECHEN, Abu Jihad; Islam ATABIEV; Abu DZHIKHAD
Nationality
Russia
DoB
1983-06-29
Reg. ID
620169661, Passport; 9103314932, Passport
Official reason
Atabiyev is being designated today for acting for or on behalf of ISIL. Russian-national Atabiyev is the deputy to U.S. and UN-designated ISIL commander Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili (AKA Umar al-Shishani) and swore an oath of allegiance to ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in December 2013. Atabiyev runs ISIL’s Russian language media operat...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jl0199
Date of listing
2015-10-05
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Terrorism
Measures
Blocking Property
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2396
Official Information
On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (68 FR 34196, June 6, 2003 (“the Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 of September 23, 2001, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 FR 49079, September 25, 2001)...
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