ar ov , ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁Che chen ▁security ▁forces ▁chief ▁Le chi ▁Kh ult yg ov . ▁Meanwhile , ▁Rad u ye v ▁kept ▁claim ing ▁responsibility ▁for ▁every ▁explos ion ▁in ▁Russia , ▁including ▁even ▁accident al ▁gas ▁le aks . ▁He ▁claimed ▁that ▁D ud ay ev , ▁who ▁had ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁was ▁still ▁alive , ▁and ▁issu ing ▁orders ▁to ▁him ▁from ▁" a ▁secret ▁NAT O ▁base ▁in ▁Turkey " ▁with ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁the ▁" li ber ation " ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁North ▁C au cas us . ▁Rad u ye v ' s ▁ecc ent ric ▁behavior , ▁however , ▁was ▁not ▁widely ▁popular ▁in ▁Che ch ny a . ▁Many ▁open ly ▁doubt ed ▁his ▁san ity : ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁M ask had ov ▁described ▁Rad u ye v ▁as ▁" ment ally ▁ill "; ▁even ▁Bas ay ev , ▁who ▁has ▁been ▁Rad u ye v ' s ▁al ly ▁in ▁the ▁opposition ▁against ▁M ask had ov , ▁reported ly ▁called ▁him ▁" cra zy ." ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁Rad u ye v ▁was ▁again ▁sever ely ▁injured ▁by ▁a ▁car ▁bomb ▁which ▁killed ▁three ▁other ▁people . ▁Pre viously , ▁he ▁had ▁surv ived ▁at ▁least ▁two ▁other ▁assass ination ▁attempts , ▁in ▁April ▁and ▁July ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁the ▁Che