 One exception was the shooting of a group of nine Russian hunters in November 2007.The militants systematically kept recruiting new fighters and gathering weapons.Following the killing of the group's leader Anzor Astemirov in March 2010, the leadership was assumed by more aggressive young commanders like the Baksan area-based Asker Dzhappuyev and the south-west sector commander Ratmir Shameyev, who regrouped Vilayet KBK and changed its tactics.