ch ny a ' s ▁Islam ic ▁court ▁sent enced ▁Rad u ye v ▁in ▁absence ▁to ▁four ▁years ▁in ▁prison ▁for ▁alleg edly ▁attempting ▁to ▁over throw ▁M ask had ov , ▁but ▁made ▁no ▁attempt ▁to ▁arrest ▁him . ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Rad u ye v ▁announced ▁a ▁" tem por ary ▁mor ator ium " ▁on ▁acts ▁of ▁terror ism . ▁As ▁a ▁sign ▁of ▁his ▁good ▁gesture ▁towards ▁Russia , ▁Rad u ye v ▁claimed ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁he ▁who ▁had ▁fre ed ▁nine ▁kid n apped ▁Russian ▁serv ic emen ▁from ▁their ▁capt ors . ▁He ▁also ▁became ▁conflic ted ▁with ▁the ▁Islam ist ▁circles ▁and ▁called ▁for ▁a ▁ban ▁of ▁" W ah hab ism " ▁in ▁Che ch ny a . ▁In ▁January ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁he ▁back ed ▁the ▁republic ' s ▁parliament ▁in ▁its ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁Sh aria ▁Court . ▁His ▁private ▁army - style ▁milit ia , ▁some ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 - strong ▁and ▁called ▁" General ▁D ud ay ev ' s ▁Army ", ▁was ▁reported ly ▁involved ▁in ▁several ▁train ▁rob ber ies . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Rad u ye v ▁van ished ▁from ▁public ▁again ▁while ▁under going ▁a ▁major ▁pl astic ▁surg ery ▁operation ▁in ▁Germany , ▁in ▁effect ▁acqu iring ▁a ▁new ▁face . ▁The ▁alleg ed ▁impl ants ▁of ▁tit an ium ▁earned ▁him ▁the ▁nick name ▁of ▁"