11:34, 24 December 2019

Social network users criticize words of commander of Kadyrov regiment about "traitors"

Zamid Chalaev. Photo: screenshot of the video https://vk.com/video279938622_456242094

Ironic comments were made by social network users to the video with the speech by Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the Akhmat Kadyrov patrol-and-post service (PPS) regiment in Chechnya; while local residents report about the escalation of anxiety atmosphere in the republic.

On December 20, a video clip appeared in social networks, in which Zamid Chalaev explains to his subordinates that all the offenders should be treated as "traitors."

In September, Chalaev participated in a public scold of the young people, who wrote in social networks that the "Muslims' Pride" Mosque in Shali was built for "illegal money."

"I tell you to understand: he uses pills [narcotic drugs] – he is a traitor; he drinks alcohol – he is a traitor; he does what our padishah [Ramzan Kadyrov] has forbidden – he is a traitor. He is a traitor to us, and we'll punish him as a traitor. He has stuck a film [a tinted film on his car windows] and drives the car – he is a traitor; he exceeds the speed limit – he is a traitor; he is shooting at a wedding party – he is a traitor," Chalaev has stated, in particular.

"It seems to me that such statements are aimed at enhancing the already prevailing atmosphere of fear and hopelessness in the region," Abu, a local resident, has stated, adding that earlier people who had committed offences were not publicly blamed as "traitors".

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 24, 2019 at 04:34 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: CK correspondents