
Ramzan Kadyrov thanked the inhabitants of Chechnya, who came to a millionth rally in Grozny in his support. “I am sincerely grateful to everyone who took part in the mass rally. He showed our unity in the struggle for peace and stability in Russia,” the head of the republic wrote in his Instagram .
He added that "the rally participants expressed decisive support to Russian President Vladimir Putin and his political course." “The people of Russia said that they are with their national leader. This is a huge trust. I am very pleased that the national forum was held in Grozny,” Kadyrov noted.
"Hundreds of thousands of residents of many regions of the country took part in the rally. They gave a decisive rebuff to the Sales sold by the West, who had one goal - to plunge Russia into chaos, to subordinate it to the will of the United States and their allies. This will never happen! We have enough strength and will! Russia was and will be a great power!" he said.
He hinted that the war in Chechnya was also started due to the machinations of the West. "Due to the fault of the enemies of Russia, we survived a bloody tragedy, but found the strength to defeat the countless gangs of Western special services and return the world," his message said.
The Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that more than a million people took part in the action, but about 100 thousand who came visually, journalists report.
The fact that the rally is being prepared was previously reported by the media. Residents of the republic complained that officials and employees of government agencies were forced to go to mass events. Participants in the action really appeared with posters, slogans on which became known in advance. For example, "Navalny America is a friend, and Russia is an enemy!" Or "while the" Yashinites "were cool, the Kadyrovites fought for Russia!" According to some reports, these slogans allegedly developed the regional Ministry of Press.
After the information about this went beyond the department, they tried to find the leakage in hot pursuit inside him and carefully checked all the computers of the employees, reports Meduza .
It should be noted that the rally took place against the background of the scandal: on January 12, Kadyrov said that the non -systemic opposition was trying to shake the situation in Russia and "cash in on a difficult economic situation" in the country. “Such people should be treated as enemies of the people as traitors. They have nothing holy. I think that these people should be judged by all severity for their subversive activities,” Kadyrov said at a meeting with journalists in Grozny on the eve of the Russian Day.
His statement was published on the portal of the head of the republic. A few days later, he clarified his words, saying that he spoke only about the non-systemic opposition, and ordered to prepare a VIP-estate for the “pests of Russia” in the psychiatric hospitals of Chechnya.
Human rights activists and politicians sharply reacted to Kadyrov’s statements. In particular, Ella Pamfilova called Kadyrov’s statements harmful. Later, she called on both sides of the protest to be more restrained in statements. First of all, this applies to Kadyrov - "his level of responsibility and administrative levers is incomparable with the capabilities of the ordinary oppositionist," the human rights activist stated.
Krasnoyarsk deputy Konstantin Senchenko called Kadyrov "shame of Russia" , but after a while he apologized to the head of Chechnya after some "respected people" had a conversation. This situation caused a special indignation of the public, suggesting that Senchenko was forced to apologize.
After that, many Russians in support of Senchenko wrote the same phrase on social networks. At the same time, the supporters of Kadyrov, including director Fedor Bondarchuk and singer Nikolai Baskov, posted their photos with the signs of Kadyrov - Patriot of Russia. And the assistant Ramzan Kadyrov and the speaker of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic Magomed Daudov threatened the representatives of the Russian opposition to lower the Caucasian shepherd on them.
The Congress of the intelligentsia, consisting of human rights activists and public figures, called for Kadyrov to resign. The document emphasizes that the right of citizens to freedom of peaceful public and political activity, including opposition, is one of the basic human rights. The Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights also stated that he would ask Vladimir Putin to resign Kadyrov.
In addition, public figures and deputies prepared an appeal to the Prosecutor General with a request to check Kadyrov’s statement about the opposition for extremism. The Presidential Council on Human Rights spoke in a linguistic examination .