Stir blood

Ramzan Kadyrov called information about the oppression and abductions of gays in the republic "nonsense". The head of Chechnya said this in an interview with the editor of the sports department of the HBO cable television channel David Scott.

Kadyrov called those who accuse the Chechen authorities of torture "shaitans", "sales" and "nonhumans". “If they were cursed for the fact that they are slandering us. They will still answer this before the Almighty,” Kadyrov said.

Kadyrov again said that there were no gays in Chechnya. “We don’t have gays. If we have - take it to Canada, praise to Allah, away from us,” he said. “So that there is no blood to be cleansed. There are such - let them take it.”

In addition, Kadyrov called the US policy anti -Russian. “They (Americans. - Ed.) Know that I am one of those who are ready to give my life for Russia, and I have a good army that can attack and defend,” said the head of Chechnya. “We will see what will do.”

“America is not such a strong state, so that we consider it as an enemy of Russia,” Kadyrov noted . “We have a strong state and a nuclear power. If even our state is completely destroyed, our nuclear missiles will automatically fly, and we will turn the whole world, put cancer.”

The full version of the HBO Real Sports program dedicated to the life of Chechnya under Kadyrov, in particular, the development of battles in the Republic without rules, will be released on Tuesday, July 18.

On April 1 and 5, the Novaya Gazeta published two articles by Elena Milashina about the brutal persecution of gays in Chechnya . The journalist wrote about mass detentions, torture and murders of homosexuals. Then, several media outlets appeared in LGBT, saved from Chechnya.

On April 20, Kadyrov at a meeting with Vladimir Putin called these publications "provocative" .

On May 22, New Gazeta reported that the persecution of homosexuals in the republic was ongoing . In particular, secret prisons continue to function and extrajudicial executions are carried out. The publication said that one of the killed in connection with suspicion of homosexual orientation was an employee of the Russian Guard.

On July 6, the Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova said that the TFR did not find evidence of the persecution of homosexuals in Chechnya , since the department does not have “specific data” about the victims. “I received such an answer, which says that they did not establish facts confirming violent actions against persons, due to the fact that they have no specific data on these citizens,” Moskalkova said. The commander noted that the intermediate response received by her and the verification will continue.