Timur Aliev

Summary

Tamerlan Magomedovich Aliev, better known as Timur Aliev (Aliyev), (Chechen: Тамерлан Магомедович Алиев) (born September 18, 1973, in Grozny, Chechnya) is a prominent Chechen journalist and the former editor-in-chief of the Grozny-based publication The Chechen Society.

Timur Aliev
Born (1973-09-18) September 18, 1973 (age 50)
Occupation(s)Journalist, editor-in-chief of The Chechen Society

Aliev graduated from Grozny State Oil Institute in 1995.

He has written extensively on the First and Second Chechen Wars and the political situation in the North Caucasus, and has been published in newspaper of records such as Financial Times, The Moscow Times, The Daily Telegraph, and People magazine.[1]

In 2008, Aliev left his job as a journalist to become employed as an assistant of the president of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ Тимур Алиев
  2. ^ Kadyrov has been able to convince me of his sincerity, Prague Watchdog, May 8, 2008
  3. ^ Claim in the top post of Timur Aliev's LiveJournal Page

External links edit

  • Timur Aliev's LiveJournal Page
  • CV of Timur Aliev
  • The Chechen Society homepage
  • Four Corners Interview with Timur Aliev
  • International PEN Caselist 2004

Interviews edit

  • Interview by Four Corners, November 15, 2004
  • Interview by Facsimile magazine, January 2009