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Hundreds of Chechen families are grateful for the humanitarian work of our journalist Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya. In our texts it is impossible to find any signs of an offense for the Chechen people and their faith, and for some reason: these signs do not exist. We defended the specific rights of people who turned to publishers after being persecuted. These people did not commit any crimes. They can be treated differently, but only in accordance with the law. And the newspaper will continue to monitor human rights violations in Chechnya and in different regions of our country.

The editors remember well and never forget the murders of Anna Politkovskaya and Natalya Estemirova. There has been enough violence in our country. Therefore, we are always ready to conduct a dialogue with representatives of the Chechen society and the clergy. Sincerely, Chief of Staff" Novaya Gazeta» Dmitry Muratov. Salah Haji Mezhiev, chief of the Chechen Republic, said Novaya Gazeta journalists were waiting for "God's punishment" but would respond to the law's letter. “Oh revenge, the reward of Almighty Allah suppresses them in every possible way,” Mezhiev said.

About the articles about the persecution of gays in Chechnya, the mufti considers them to be "unfounded slander". According to him, the publications not only offend the feelings of some people, but also the entire Chechen people, touching the clergy and more sacred things. "In memory of the sheikh who defended the freedom of the Caucasus Mountains." A tombstone engraved in Arabic and greed, one of many local languages, is stuck on the highest peak overlooking the Umtsukul valley. Leaning towards the balustrade, dozens of votive handkerchiefs fall in the wind; Under a green flag with a crescent moon, the sunset is filled with the muezzin's responses.

Russia, Dagestan. Among these valleys was born, lived and fought with the legendary Imam Shamil, a symbol of fierce resistance to the Russian occupier, from the tsar to today. Summer comes to us by bus, also from Grozny, which stops at Kalashnikov shooting. Every home has a portrait of a bearded hero, ironically, the Caucasian Republic has been the most loyal to the Kremlin for years, but now poverty, unemployment, corruption and an economic crisis could explode. Instability is transmitted here.

There are daily bombardments and clashes with federal troops, the authorities of the Philharmonic Society and the local police by the rebels. Hundreds dead last year In June in the capital Makhachkala, violence reached Interior Minister Adilgiri Magomedtagirov, cold-blooded from snipers at a wedding. In November, explosions reached a major pipeline and two trains. For local self-government, there are no more than 150 Wahhabis, followers of the separatists of the most fundamentalist Islam. But massive military action to stop them, with the help of Moscow, is now holding the republic hostage to blockade posts and prohibited areas.

Everyone would like it, - admits Gamzan, the secretary of special services and a poet. But we cannot afford it now. The Russian army is too strong, even after 25 years of war, Shamil surrendered, we have no resources or our own industries. We have not voluntarily joined Russia, and we will not voluntarily, we are talking about these parts. Pride in one's culture and traditions, coupled with a growing intolerance for central authority, is palpable everywhere. The mind of political scientist Kagarlitsky comes to mind: "If Dagestan explodes, Chechnya will look like an educated joke."

Our own free and private decision, what happened? But the problem is not with Islam. There is night on the peaks of Samodan, in a dark room about sixty women cowering on the ground, intonationally litani intertwined in Arabic words, absorbed when the singing becomes a trance: and the Zikr of the Sufis In the valley, in addition to a large arch of Asian scenery leading to Khedba, one can find a new great madrasah: “There is a famous Sufi hemisphere in Nell 800,” explains Mohammad Gadzhiev, one of the teachers. Sufism, a peaceful and moderate stream of Islam, is the official religion in Dagestan, “corresponds to tradition.”

The state supports him in order to counteract the risk of fundamentalism, which is spreading mainly in rural areas, the fight against books, Hajiyev shows a photo of a former colleague, the author of texts against radical Islam: killed under mysterious circumstances. Many speak directly about Sharia: “This is the law of God,” the teacher points out. And rebels in the name of Allah? They are young, even university students, frustrated by the corrupt government and dominated by the elders. Theoretically, we would also like an Islamic state.

But Islam refuses any violence, those who do not accept mediation want a caliphate in the Caucasus and preach jihad. Then two wars in Chechnya, thousands of dead and refugees. And today? "We hope that the state will recognize Islamic education in schools, but this is happening in other Russian republics." 80 percent of Russian pilgrims to Mecca are Dagestanis. Is the law of Muhammad persecuting the Russian language? Moscow does not force us to drink alcohol! Rather, we have problems with clan tradition. Islam is an internationalist, it destroys all differences, including ethnic groups.

Perhaps that is why the authorities are afraid of this: it divides and empowers. In strict Islam, some strive for moral renewal. “Corruption breathes in our cradle,” admits former police officer Timur. Pay for a job, a good salary, a place in a hospital or school. Don't stand in line at the offices. For Svetlana Isayeva, leader of the Dagestan Mothers for Human Rights, religion is just a pretext, an abuse of power by "suspicious extremists." There is state Islam in Russia: whoever is not with them is an enemy of the Soviet people.

In Moscow, this is not a matter of faith, he wants Dagestan to remain Russian in order to avoid wars. Thus, he gives a white paper to the local government, which uses fundamentalism to suppress political opponents. In September, Isayeva's name appeared on a mysterious "execution list" of leaflets along with opposition journalists. Even too careful fular causes problems. He was rummaging through the clothes of one of the many "Islamic shops" in Derbent's northern market when intelligence officers receive a request for documents.

The owner protests: This is anti-Islamic propaganda. They haunt us if we say "inshallah" if we press too hard and don't drink. They keep their noses in our secret, they list lists of names that are not allowed in public places. Wahabit means "one who gives": the deputy mufti said on television that the one who kills one goes to heaven. A few kilometers away is Azerbaijan: Russia ends here. In the great mosque of the Old City, between oak streets that resemble Aleppo, Shiites and Sunnis pray together. Russia?

This is the East, - says the deputy mayor. In the October elections, a third of the seats were denied opening. They seem to agree with Madina, Elmira and Elona: in the ancient Makhachkala Philharmonic, among the petal tapestries, they try breakdancing, a miniskirt and a navel in sight. One of them is Lachka, the other is Kumika, the last one. They dream of working in Moscow, girls are freer: Imams?

Russian is our Esperanto: without, we couldn't understand each other. This is what people look like out of fear of death and pain. There is a group of talisman soldiers around him. Someone nods there, kicks him in the face. They take care of him with the worst gossip, naming women. They are threatened with castration, publicly revealing their homosexual orientation, and then they die.

Is there any evidence that men are really tired of sexual orientation? My hands were, of course, more than twenty people who suffered injuries from electric shocks, fractures, especially bullying and other injuries. We accept gays from Jena, organize their accommodation in Russia, take care of our safety and think about what is connected with them. How did they get away? Sometimes they stopped to get out before they got up because they found out that their partner had been detained and they knew that they would come to them soon.

Sometimes they bought with money, or the armed squadron brought relatives back to be at home. There are also heterosexuals among our guards. Everyone in Iini knows that when he keeps a gay man who has your phone number stored in your phone, that's the end. All of them have a huge fear, and most of them are trying to leave Russia. Thus, homosexuals have no legal protection. In addition, the family also poses a danger to gays. Honor killings are still alive in the North Caucasus.

The paradox is that those who want to stay in Russia present an even bigger problem for us than those who are ready to emigrate abroad. Because we don't know where to stay in Russia, where to hide them to be safe. The biggest problem is to find the desired Schengen problem.

Some of the Baltic republics yes. We did not return to the Czech Republic. Are there any results of complaints of rejection? Shada only want to be certified when they are safe abroad. But we still can't get a ticket.