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Amina Okueva (1983-2017) was a representative of political movement Free Caucasus in Ukraine and a participant in Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorist Operation or ATO (the official government name for its efforts against Russia-backed separatists in the eastern Donbas region). Her husband, Adam Osmaev, was accused of organizing an assassination attempt on Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.

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