Raduyev was born in 1957 into the Gordaloy teip (clan) in Novogroznensky near Gudermes in eastern Chechnya.
After Chechnya declared independence, he was appointed the prefect of Gudermes in June 1992 by his father-in-law, Dzhokhar Dudayev, who was the president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria [REF].