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Four other rebels were also killed.
Russia said Kebekov was directly involved in organising suicide bombings in the southern city of Volgograd in 2013 that killed 34 people.
It said he also played a crucial role in the financial structure of the Caucasus Emirate "practically organising the extortion of money from the public."
Thousands of Islamists from the North Caucasus region are currently in Syria fighting for Islamic State.