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Days are like years
Ramzan Kadyrov came face to face with the difficult nature of the Russian Internet
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has undergone modernization trends and at the end of last week joined the number of Russian politicians who have their own page on LiveJournal. The first blog entry with the name ya_kadyrov was made on June 25th.In this message, the Chechen leader complained that “a significant number of blogs and sites” have appeared on the Internet, the authorship of which is attributed to him, although in fact he has nothing to do with them. In order to deprive impostors of the opportunity to publish anything in his name, and also to make new friends, the President of Chechnya opened a page on LiveJournal. “I am a sociable, extremely frank person. I hope that you also have these qualities. I wish you all the best! Your Ramzan” – these words end the first “post” in the presidential LiveJournal.
Despite these statements, in practice blogger Kadyrov turned out to be not very communicative. In the time since the account was created, more than a thousand LiveJournal users have “friended” him, while the Chechen leader himself only added himself as a friend. At the same time, at first it is forbidden to leave comments on his blog, which virtually reduces the possibility of discussion to zero. However, bloggers still found a way to express their attitude towards the president - from the bottom of their hearts, they presented him with a number of virtual gifts. For some reason, among them were several images of a pig, handcuffs, a “Yule log” and the rainbow flag of the international gay and lesbian movement. It should be noted that all these gifts were already removed from Mr. Kadyrov’s page on June 27. A thread of comments appeared with congratulations to the “newcomer”, but it is still impossible to add to it.
Another surprise was the disappearance of the second message on the presidential blog. Back on June 26, you could read about how Mr. Kadyrov drove around Grozny at the wheel of a Priora. The next day this entry disappeared. An explanation for this disappearance was proposed by the famous web designer Artemy Lebedev. In his LiveJournal, he posted the text of a deleted “post” from Mr. Kadyrov’s blog and provided a link to an entry dated June 25, allegedly made on the blog of State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov. By a strange coincidence, Mr. Delimkhanov in that message told how he drove a Kalina through the center of Moscow.
However, the similarities between the messages of the two Chechen politicians do not end with the mention of trips to Moscow and Grozny. “Thousands of Chechen residents work here. Over the past six days, Moscow has simply been transformed thanks to their work,” for some reason a Chechen State Duma deputy wrote about the last week in the capital. “And I assert with all responsibility that this city will not be one of the most beautiful in the region, but the most beautiful, cozy and safe.”
“Over the past six days, Grozny has simply been transformed thanks to their work. And I assert with all responsibility that this city will not be one of the most beautiful in the region, but the most beautiful, cozy and safe,” Mr. Kadyrov made an almost identical entry on his blog. In relation to Grozny, it is also not very clear what happened there over the past six days. It can be assumed that the author of the text either confused the days with the years (about six years ago the active restoration of the Chechen capital began), or had in mind the short period that had passed since the last car ride around the city. In any case, they chose to delete the incomprehensible “post”.
“You need to be more careful, guys. Or there is no need to tell on the radio that Ramzan has a login and password and writes everything himself. We will not consider the version that Kadyrov also keeps Delimkhanov’s diary,” Mr. Lebedev commented on the current situation. However, yesterday, Mr. Delimkhanov’s assistant Tamerlan Mezhidov said on the radio “Echo of Moscow” that his boss did not write anything about the voyage through the center of Moscow, since he does not have a blog and is not going to start one.
Chechen blogs are not new for a long time: for example, one of the most famous opponents of Ramzan Kadyrov, Isa Yamadayev, has been running his LJ page for several years. The blog of Adviser to the President of Chechnya Timur Aliyev, which is distinguished by its balanced and intelligent assessments, is also very popular.
The President of Chechnya appeared on his LiveJournal page two days after Dmitry Medvedev opened an account on another popular social network - Twitter . At the same time, the Russian President also has his own blog, which has existed since the fall of 2008. In April 2009, the Russian leader’s online diary moved to the Livejournal platform, after which Mr. Medvedev’s “friends” were able to comment on his messages. As a result, according to Forbes magazine, the president became the most popular domestic official blogger.
Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov, Governor of the Kirov Region Nikita Belykh, Governor of the Perm Territory Oleg Chirkunov, Governor of the Tver Region Dmitry Zelenin, Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Vasily Yakemenko and a number of other officials have their own accounts in LiveJournal. Moreover, if some of them are limited to official messages, others make personal notes. For example, Mr. Mironov regularly shares memories of his youth, and Mr. Belykh not so long ago complained to his “friends” about pain from dental surgery.