The circumstances surrounding the death of Raduyev are not clear, and according to his family and other separatists he was murdered in prison after he refused to talk about the accusations against Akhmed Zakayev, then arrested in Denmark. "Kommersant" daily said that "the real reason for Raduyev's death will probably never be known," while "Vremya Novostei" suggested that, after being forced to give all the information requested from him, he was therefore "no longer needed" by the Russian authorities and killed. Amnesty International has called for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death but the request was ignored and his body not exhumed.