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| 1. | But instead of delivering the bandits, Aslan Maskhadov appointed them commanders. He accepted the war, and that was when I stood up against them. |
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| 2. | 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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| 3. | I always said that Wahhabism is unacceptable for the Chechen nation. |
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| 4. | I do not doubt that the Chechen people will have enough wisdom and energy to establish a peaceful life independently. |
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| 5. | I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five. |
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| 6. | 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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| 7. | I said that Russia would not surrender Dagestan, because it is a border territory, a route to the sea and out of the country. |
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| 8. | I was strongly against the introduction of a Sharia government in the republic - but not because I did not want such a thing. |
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| 9. | 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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| 10. | In the police force, two, three, five traitors are detected who are really working for someone else. When we cleanse the police of them, the problem will be simplified a lot. Terrorists will have no one to contact - they will be left without informers. |
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| 11. | It goes without saying that the election is necessary. However, the situation in the republic is not simple because of the military regime. |
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| 12. | Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996. |
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| 13. | One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam. |
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| 14. | 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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| 15. | 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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| 16. | Second, they are very trusting people - I am saying this to you as a Chechen man. We trust everyone else, but we do not trust each other. |
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| 17. | 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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| 18. | The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental. |
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| 19. | 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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| 20. | 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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| 21. | Unfortunately, our nation has never had a leader who would stand up for his nation. |
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| 22. | 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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