[5][7] He was deputy Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Dagestan from 1991 to 1998, and is also the founder of the Dagestani People's Reform Party.
[12] Two relatives of Sharaputdin Musaev, chairman of Dagestan's Pension Fund,[13] were later found guilty of the attack.
[12] On 1 June 2013,[14] Amirov was detained by Russian forces on suspicion of involvement in the 2011 murder of state investigator Arsen Gadzhibekov.
[10][15] According to Life News, investigators were also looking into whether Amirov was connected to the criminal group Kolkhozniki, which is believed to be involved in drug trafficking, among other crimes.
[15] Amirov denied being involved with the murder, and, according to his lawyer Mark Kruter, claimed he had become the victim of political games.
His advocates has argued that Amirov's health problems makes him unfit to be in prison and requested the Basmanny Court of Moscow to allow home arrest instead.