Rustam Rasulovich Inoyatov ( , born 22 June 1944 ) is an Uzbek government official , as well as a colonel general , acting as the head of the National Security Service of Uzbekistan ( SNB ) since 1995 . He was said to have been part of the Tashkent clan , a powerful faction within the Uzbek elite . Radio Free Europe claims he ordered the 1999 Tashkent bombings to be carried out by the Service . He is said to be one of the most powerful men in the country
1999 Tashkent bombings
1999 Tashkent bombings
Rustam Inoyatov