▁of ▁his ▁men , ▁however , ▁informed ▁the ▁Russian ▁forces ▁about ▁his ▁location , ▁he ▁was ▁arrested ▁without ▁incident . ▁Russian ▁president ▁Vladimir ▁Put in ▁said ▁that ▁Rad u ye v ▁had ▁conf essed ▁to ▁trying ▁to ▁assass inate ▁Edu ard ▁She vard nad ze , ▁the ▁president ▁of ▁Georgia . ▁ ▁Rad u ye v ▁was ▁tried ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁different ▁charges , ▁including ▁terror ism , ▁band it ry , ▁host age - t aking , ▁organization ▁of ▁mur ders ▁and ▁organization ▁of ▁illegal ▁armed ▁form ations . ▁He ▁ple aded ▁not ▁guilty , ▁maintained ▁he ▁was ▁only ▁following ▁orders , ▁claimed ▁to ▁suffer ▁from ▁no ▁mental ▁dis orders ▁what so ever ▁and ▁said ▁he ▁hoped ▁to ▁be ▁released ▁from ▁prison ▁in ▁some ▁ 1 0 – 1 2 ▁years . ▁Do z ens ▁of ▁witness es ▁were ▁called ▁to ▁test ify , ▁but ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁vict ims ▁of ▁his ▁actions ▁refused ▁to ▁particip ate . ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁he ▁was ▁sent enced ▁to ▁life ▁in ▁prison . ▁His ▁appeal ▁was ▁rejected ▁by ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁Federation ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁Death ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Rad u ye v ▁died ▁in ▁the ▁White ▁Sw an ▁pen al ▁col ony ▁in ▁Sol ik am sk ▁from ▁internal ▁ble eding . ▁The ▁Russian ▁authorities ▁said ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁be aten ▁to ▁death , ▁but ▁died ▁due ▁to ▁" ser ious ▁and