Following Umarov's retraction of his resignation, Gakayev, Vadalov and
Tarkhan Gaziev, as well as the Arab commander
Muhannad, renounced their oath of loyalty to Umarov, criticising his authoritarian leadership and his unilateral decision to abandon the cause of Chechen independence in favour of a Caucasian
pan-Islamism (Umarov later also said they criticised him for claiming responsibility for the
2010 Moscow Metro bombings). They then removed themselves and their forces from Umarov's command. In a video, they also announced Gekayev has been elected the Emir of Chechnya. Two months later, the mutiny leaders also jointly appealed for the support of all Chechens, including those abroad, who support their vision of a free Chechnya under Islamic
Sharia law. At the same time, however, Gakayev stressed that the Chechen fighters are not abandoning the idea of the joint
North Caucasus emirate, in the name of which they would continue to fight, and assured the "brothers", (fellow Muslims), in
Dagestan,
Ingushetia,
North Ossetia, and
Kabardino-Balkaria that they will remain ready to render them assistance. In October 2010, the Chechen government of
Ramzan Kadyrov accused Gakayev of organising the
August attack on Kadyrov's fortified home village of
Tsentoroy while supposedly acting under orders from the exiled Chechen nationalist leader
Akhmed Zakayev. A few days later, a Chechen Interior Ministry official again accused him of organising the
Chechen Parliament attack as "a way to loudly proclaim that he is the new leader, and send a message to his foreign sponsors," an opinion which was shared by some independent observers such as
Pavel Baev or
Yulia Latynina. Zakayev, for his part, had formally acknowledged Gakayev as Chechnya's legitimate wartime leader, however he disclaimed any connection with the parliament attack, or any knowledge of who was behind it. ==Death==