Another anti-Chechen publication by MK

On October 22, 2004, Moskovsky Komsomolets published Vladimir Chuprin's article "The Walnut Roof of Beslan", in which once again the problems of local authorities' corruption are replaced by sweeping accusations of Chechens of aiding terrorists.

The story described by the author comes down to another example of unfair competition under the protectionism of local authorities. However, the author unobtrusively makes it clear to readers that this is not the problem, but that preferences were given to the construction company on an ethnic basis (the head of the construction company that received the city order was a Chechen, and this order was sanctioned not by the head of the city, but by his deputy -Ingush, who allegedly is the real head of the municipality). At the same time, the author directly alludes to the connection of the head of a construction company with Chechen militants ( “According to some operational data, the native niece of the wife of the escaped Visaitov is Basayev’s wife, and one of his brothers was sentenced to 17 years for the attack on Budennovsk ... Of course: the Chechen trace ; in Orekhovo-Zuev, which is talked about in every apartment, can turn out to be just a series of coincidences. But when all the facts line up in a chain, then you must admit that such an assumption is very similar to the truth ") .

In addition, in fact, it is stated that a large number of "tasty" state orders and premises were received by "non-Russians" - ethnicity is specially emphasized by the author. In addition to this, V. Chuprin is outraged by the fact that instead of the OMON regiment, which was previously deployed in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, a center for migrants will be located in empty barracks.

The article ends with poorly concealed threats: "A Russian peasant, as you know, is hard to lift. But here he either pans or disappears ," the author writes about the need to organize "anti-terrorist self-defense" in the face of inaction by local authorities.

It is difficult to say how much the author of the article is aware of the possible consequences of such a publication. Let us only recall that it was in Orekhovo-Zuyevo that a store belonging to immigrants from the Caucasus was burned down after Nord-Ost, and the number of anti-Caucasian graffiti increased sharply.

Also indicative is the synchronous appearance of pronounced anti-Caucasian articles devoted to the problems of the Moscow region in the two most widely circulated newspapers, Komsomolskaya Pravda and Moskovsky Komsomolets.

Sources

• Chuprin V. The Walnut Roof of Beslan: Were the attacks funded by peaceful Russians? // Moscow's comsomolets. 2004. October 22.