Alvi Tosuyev, Maskhadov's closest assistant, has been killed in Chechnya, the joint press center of the Russian Interior Ministry reports. "Tosuyev was killed in Berdikel (Komsomolskoye), outside Grozny," the press center reports. Tosuyev was Maskhadov's personal bodyguard, and previously was the closest associate of Arab mercenary Abu Al-Walid who was also killed in Chechnya. "Tosuyev known as Assad masterminded the terrorist attack against Kadyrov, the first vice premier of Chechnya," the press center said.