Former Supreme Soviet chief Ruslan Khazbulatov – a detailed ally of Russian President Boris Yeltsin earlier than turning in opposition to him in 1993 – has died, state tv stated on Tuesday.
Khasbulatov, an ethnic Chechen, died at his dwelling outdoors Moscow on the age of 80, the TV report stated, citing relations.
Distinguished rights activist Alexander Cherkasov stated Khasbulatov died on Tuesday however didn’t give a explanation for demise.
Khasbulatov’s physique can be taken to his native Chechen village of Tolstoy-Yurt, he stated on Fb.
Khazbulatov was a detailed ally of Yeltsin within the final days of the Soviet Union.
Khasbulatov was appointed Speaker of Parliament by then-President Yeltsin after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the 2 collectively opposed the August 1991 coup.
However Yeltsin and Khazbulatov rapidly turned political rivals – the ability battle culminated within the October 1993 revolt when Yeltsin despatched tanks to storm the parliament constructing.
Khasbulatov was briefly imprisoned after the rebellion. He was granted amnesty in 1994, however his political profession was over.
“Yeltsin mainly ruined my life”, mass newspaper arguments and info quoted Khasbulatov in 2014.