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, alongside Shamil Basayev and a group of radical Chechen and Dagestani figures, initiated the formation of the Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan.