Akhmed Chatayev, Ahmad Shishani[1] (Russian: Ахмед Чатаев, Ахмад Шишани;[2] 14 July 1980 – 22 November 2017) was a Chechen militant and Islamic State leader who is thought to have been the planner of the 2016 Istanbul airport attack.

[citation needed] In August 2012, Chatayev reappeared in Georgia, where he was wounded, losing his foot, and arrested in the Lopota incident, a skirmish between the Georgian police and Caucasian militants, near the Dagestan section of the border with Russia.

[17] According to the UN, "In September 2007, Chataev organized a delivery to the Chechen Republic, Russian Federation, consisting of US$12,000, military uniforms, a personal computer and audio equipment for the terrorists operating in the Northern Caucasus."

Further, it is alleged, "He directly commands 130 militants and calls on Muslims to join the armed fight against the official authorities in Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq, and other countries with the aim of establishing a caliphate.

Chataev is responsible for training and redeploying Russian-speaking IS militants from the Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq to the Russian Federation with a view to setting up IS cells and conducting terrorist acts.

[20] For unstated reasons, the Office of Foreign Assets Control updated their entry for Chatayev on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.