Background
Ruslan Basiev was born on June 20, 1979.
Ruslan Basiev was born on June 20, 1979.
He took up freestyle wrestling in 1995 under the guidance of Aslan Gabaraev. In 2006, he defected to the Armenian national freestyle wrestling team He was unable to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In 2012, the head coach of the Armenian freestyle wrestling team Araik Baghdadyan thanked him for his performances in the national team and said that Ruslan will not compete for the national team anymore.
Basiev returned to his native Dagestan.