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Quotes by Chechen Authors

"We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department."
"I always said that Wahhabism is unacceptable for the Chechen nation."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"I always said that Wahhabism is unacceptable for the Chechen nation."
Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen Statesman
Nation,
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"It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya."
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Aslan Maskhadov
"It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya."
"I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five."
"Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group."
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Aslan Maskhadov
"Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group."
"Criminals were coming to Chechnya from all over the world - they did not have a place in their own countries. But they could live perfectly well in Chechnya."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"Criminals were coming to Chechnya from all over the world - they did not have a place in their own countries. But they could live perfectly well in Chechnya."
"I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures."
"People took part in the referendum because they were tired of the war. They are afraid of talking about it out loud, but they have shown exactly where they stand: Yes, we want peace, and we want to be a part of Russia."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"People took part in the referendum because they were tired of the war. They are afraid of talking about it out loud, but they have shown exactly where they stand: Yes, we want peace, and we want to be a part of Russia."
"One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya."
"In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer."
"There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance."
Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen Statesman
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"The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more."
Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen Statesman
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"I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war."
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Aslan Maskhadov
"I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war."
"Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996."
"Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia."
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Aslan Maskhadov
"Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia."
"Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world."
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Aslan Maskhadov
"Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world."
"We will liberate our country from the occupying forces and put an end to relations between Russia and the Chechen State, no matter how difficult the task may be."
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Aslan Maskhadov
"We will liberate our country from the occupying forces and put an end to relations between Russia and the Chechen State, no matter how difficult the task may be."
"That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time."
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Akhmad Kadyrov
"That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time."
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