Chechnya declared mourning for Buvaysar Saytiev

A three-day mourning period has been declared in the Chechen Republic, which will last from March 3 to 5 in connection with the death of three-time Olympic champion Buvaysar Saytiyev. This was announced on Monday, March 3, by the Minister of National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information of the Republic Akhmed Dudayev.

The decree was signed by the head of the republic Ramzan Kadyrov, reported in TASS. These days, the national flags of the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic will be flown at half-mast throughout the region.

Saitiev's death at the age of 49 was announced on March 2 by Mikhail Mamiashvili, President of the Russian Wrestling Federation. He is one of the most decorated freestyle wrestlers. Saitiev became Olympic champion at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, in Athens in 2004 and in Beijing in 2008. In addition, he won the World and European Championships six times. The President of Russia Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.

Three-time Olympic freestyle wrestling champion, State Duma deputy Artur Taymazov said on the same day that people like Saitiev are born once in a thousand years, he href="https://iz.ru/1847753/2025-03-02/v-gosdume-nazvali-chempiona-po-volnoi-borbe-saitieva-vydaiushchimsia-chelovekom"> he was an outstanding man and a legend.