Abdumalik Abdullajanov

[2] After that, he left Tajikistan, stayed in Russia for several years, then moved to the United States in 1998 and lived there since then; Abdullajanov had refugee status there.

[2] Abdullajanov was detained at Boryspil International Airport (near Ukrainian capital Kyiv) on the request of the Tajik authorities upon arriving from Los Angeles on 5 February 2013.

[2] Tajik authorities accuse Abdullajanov of plotting an assassination attempt on Rahmon on 30 April 1997, when the president was wounded in the leg.

[2] Abdullajanov was also charged with organizing a riot in the Sughd Province which claimed dozens of lives in 1998.

[2] On 4 April 2013 Ukraine freed Abdullajanov from detention and refused a request to extradite him to his homeland.