In accordance with paragraph 13 of resolution 1822 (2008) and subsequent related resolutions, the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee makes accessible a narrative summary of reasons for the listing for individuals, groups, undertakings and entities included in the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
Aslan Avgazarovich Byutukaev was listed on 3 August 2016 pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 of resolution 2253 (2015) as being associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of”, “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to”, “recruiting for” and “otherwise supporting acts or activities of Al-Qaida (QDe.004), Emarat Kavkaz (QDe.131), Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs (RSRSBCM) (QDe.100), and Doku Khamatovich Umarov (QDi.290).
In 1999, Aslan Avgazarovich Byutukaev participated in an attack by terrorist fighters on the Botlihinskiy District, Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation. In 2004, Byutukaev participated in an attack on Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic, Russian Federation. For a long time, Byutukaev was deputy to Doku Khamatovich Umarov (QDi.290), former leader of Emarat Kavkaz (QDe.131), and one of his closest associates. Byutukaev is suspected of direct involvement in conducting a terrorist act in the Domodedovo International Airport (Moscow) on January 24, 2011, which resulted in multiple civilian deaths.
Currently, Butyukaev commands a suicide battalion of Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs (RSRSBCM) (QDe.100).
Byutukaev is wanted by the authorities of the Russian Federation for committing terrorist crimes.