The Minister of Press and Information of Chechnya Akhmed Dudayev published on his Instagram page a video message to the "provocateurs," implying critics of the Chechen regime and the head of the federal republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.
According to Dudayev, Kadyrov's critics are trying to pin up "comrades who are working on Akhmat's path." "They say that they can do nothing but run on Ramzan's orders. If at some event they shake off a speck from Ramzan, or remove dirt from their shoes, two or three people are pinned at once.”
“It's not that we run where Ramzan says on his behalf, but that we live in anticipation of what he will tell us to run somewhere and do something. This is the position of everyone. I am silent about removing the speck of dirt from the shoes, we will not even be ashamed to wear it around our neck, because Kadyrov is a real Chechen, who works for the good of the people. Therefore, we consider it an honour. But you don't know how to respect a Chechen."
In addition, Dudayev called Kadyrov's opponents "enemies of Allah," "not Chechens," "not men," and "the party of shaitans."
Recently, Ramzan Kadyrov held a meeting at which he promised to take revenge on his critics. "By Allah, those who express themselves unacceptably, even if this world collapses, they have time only until we get to them," he said. Kadyrov also said that he is afraid to die without revenge, and "will not forgive the descendants if they do not take revenge."
Over the past two days, five oppositionists who have emigrated from Chechnya have reported the abduction of family members. Among them are nine relatives of blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov living in Sweden (some were later released, but two more relatives of his wife were detained), relatives of blogger Minkail Malizayev, who is in Germany (the exact number is unknown), three cousins of the founder of Vayfond, Mansura Sadulaeva who is currently working in Europe, seven relatives of blogger Khasan Khalitov living in Turkey and four relatives of the leader of the “Centre for Human Rights" of Ichkeria, Aslan Artsuev, who left for Germany.
