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Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov, the chairman of the Chechen parliament
Understanding of our own mistakes.
When in 1991 we began to say that we didnít need our neighbors,
that we would survive in the world alone,
that we should separate from our brothers in the Caucasus,
from Russia and build our own state,
we saw where we got in the end ñ we got into a hole.
Understanding of our own mistakes.
Secondly. We see the development of our state.
We rose from the ashes, relying on other nations of Russia.
These moments, responsibility to other generations
(we have recently held a conference titled ëResponsibility to Generationsí)
led us to the conclusion that we have a strong republic.
When Ramzan Kadyrov came to office,
the first document which he signed was the concept of ethnic policy in the Chechen Republic.
Representatives of 44 ethnic groups live in our republic,
and there have been no emergencies for all these years.
It is not worth the effort.
Ramzan Kadyrov has built a firm power vertical ñ
the parliament, the government, the administration, districts, village MPs, all parties, Islamic councils,
we all are working with one goal.
When will we be strong?
When we will be united.
Society understands this;
plus, the authorities of the republic work on this day and night without vacations.
Thatís why we have such a situation.
I am proud that there is such a situation in the Chechen Republic.
I am a co-chair of the Peopleís Council of Chechnya, and I am involved in it as Kadyrovís deputy.
And I am really proud of it.
We understood: we live together ñ it is our wealth;
we live separately ñ it means cultural hunger, informational hunger, literary hunger, and so on.
Thus, the unity of the peoples and regions of the Russian Federation should be supported.
In this case we will live in peace and our streets will be calm;
otherwise, NATO and others will bomb our streets.
Isnít it true? We have already learned the lesson of history.
