Possible Candidate for Chechen Presidency is Sambo and Judo Expert

Chechnya's president was assasinated recently at a sporting event. One of the men being touted as a possible replacement, Aslambek Aslakhanov, "used to devote himself to sambo." (link) You can learn sambo in Manhattan at New York Combat Sambo and you can learn both sambo and Systema, the fighting system of Russian Special Forces, at the Fighthouse.