In 1998, together with Shamil Basayev and several other radical Chechen and Dagestani figures, Udugov organized the association called Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan.
In 1998, Udugov, along with Shamil Basayev and other prominent Chechens and Dagestanis who advocated for independence, established the Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan.