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Instant and eternity- a documentary story about Ahmat Kadyrovs early life

The well known Chechen journalist, Oleg Djurgayev has in Kislovodsk published a book released in 2 thousand copies and titled Instant and Eternity devoted to the early life of the first Chechen president Ahmat Kadyrov, detailing events of 30 years ago. Mr. Djurgayev says that it is a sort of Anthem and elegy dedicated to young Kadyrov who in those years was a student at the Mir-Arab Buharsky Islamic school. The idea of writing the book belong to current president of Chechnya, Alu Alhanov who asked Mr. Djurgayev to write it. According to Djurgayev it was a difficult task for Ahmat Kadyrov was engrossed in student life, was a knowledge seeking and inquisitive Youngman. Earlier unknown sides of Kadyrov can be found in the book. For example, it happened that in 1977, two years before being admitted to the Mir-Arab Islamic school, he secretly moved into the ancient mausoleum of Hastim in Tashkent. He lived there for two years, praying and delving into the secrets of Islam. This side of Kadyrov was narrated to Mr. Djurgayev by the chief Imam of the mosque Tilottoin Hattyb. Ahmat was often allowed to spend the night in the mosque. Several other not well known facts about the life of Kadyrov are contained in the book For example, chief of the unified library of the supreme muftiat has told Djurgayev that once in a week Kadyrov went into the most modest room in the library where the one thousand-year old Quran was kept. There are only 7 of such Qurans in the world. The book Instant and Eternity has been launched in Grozny and it attracted a huge interest among the public. Theres a high demand for it. In the meantime the author Oleg Djurgayev has started working on a second version to be called Eternity and Instant. (More...)

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27.02.06

Chechnya: news | arguments | facts

27 February 2006

Terror acts hatched for Feb 23, warded off in Chechnya

Police uncovered a big cache with firearms and explosives in Grozny, Tass learnt from Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov on Thursday. According to the minister, the cache was found in the basement of an apartment house in the Moskovskaya Street in the Chechen capital. It contained 11 homemade explosive devices, weighting ten kilos each. They looked like buckets and canisters, covered with assembly foam at the top and were packed with ball-bearings, nails and cuts of fittings, Alkhanov added. Besides, he reported that police seized seven artillery shells, prepared to plant mines, four grenade launchers, a Kalashnikov, a pistol, grenades, great quantities of firearms and ammunition as well as two night-vision devices. The minister noted that operatives managed to unearth the cache while shadowing Isa Muskievs armed gang. Incidentally, he was in charge of several armed gangs, operating in the Kurchaloi and Shali districts as well as in the city of Argun. Alkhanov emphasized that Muskiev had been on the Wanted List of the Russian Prosecutor-Generals Office for committed assassinations and terror acts. The timely detection of the gangs cache has enabled us to prevent several major terror acts, engineered by gunmen for February 23, Fatherland Defenders Day, the minister stated. (more)

Chechen member of Arbi Barayev's gang detained in Kazakhstan extradited to Russia

A Chechen militant who was a member of Arbi Barayev's gang was detained in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. "He was arrested within the framework of the agreement on interaction in fighting international terrorism between the Russian and Kazakh Interior Ministries," deputy Russian Interior Minister Arkady Yedelev told Itar-Tass. "Mukayev, 28, a native of Shalazhi, Urus-Martan District, has been on the federal wanted list for murders and assassination attempts on the life of Chechen law-enforcement personnel in Grozny's Lenin district in 2001," the deputy minister said. There is information on his involvement in the murder of first deputy prosecutor of Grozny and the attack that left senior aide of the prosecutor injured in April 2001. Also, he is suspected of shelling a car carrying Moscow police in May 2001. Two officers were killed and one was inured in the attack. Mukayev may be involved in the murder of three special task force police and the wounding of deputy head of the department for combating organized crime in June 2001. The militant will be questioned within the framework of the probe into the above criminal cases, and facts of abductions and trafficking in civilians, according to Yedelev. (more)

Danish Council to resume work in Chechnya shortly - Kadyrov

The Danish Refugee Council will be able to restart work in Chechnya in about three days, Chechnya's acting Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov told the press in Grozny. "The Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gil-Robles was my father's friend. Every time he visits Chechnya things change for the better. I will continue this tradition. Gil-Robles has requested permission for the Danish Council to resume its work," Kadyrov said. "We'll meet on Sunday evening and, in the presence of officials from the Federal Security Service, Interior Ministry and Prosecutor's Office, will discuss ways to ensure the security of the Danish Council's employees. I think this organization will resume operations tomorrow or the day after tomorrow," he said. (more)

Argun militant leader eliminated in Chechnya

The so-called emir of militants of Argun, Yusup Tepsurkayev, has been eliminated in a special effort in Avtury, Chechen Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov has told Interfax. He said Tepsurkayev had been involved in the murder of the head of the Avtury village administration Ibragim Umpashayev. (more)

Free Chechnya Radio station on "Chechnya free.ru" site

You can listen to Free Chechnya Radio station from 6 AM to 12 PM Moscow time on a frequency of 594 kHz on the medium wave band and on a frequency of 171 kHz on the long wave band. The programme is created with the involvement of the Ministry for culture and mass communication of the Russian Federation.
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Chechen cuisine

"The Chechens, like the rest of the highlanders, avoid extremes in their eating and drinking habits. What they usually eat is chureks or corn bread with mutton lard spread on it, and wheat stew with lard in it; water is their basic refreshment." "...Unleavend wheat or barley bread baked on charcoal, milk and cheese constitute their daily menu; meat is eaten, very rarely, by the richest of the Chechens." That was written about the Chechen eating habits in the 19th century.
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Chechen traditions

The book Vainakh Ethics by Edi Isaev

The book Vainakh Ethics by Edi Isaev is an utmost important work at a time when the life in Chechnya is returning to normal. Edi Isaev is a historian, Professor at the Chechen State University, writer and publicist directs his book to youth. In introduction he emphasizes: The norm of Vainakh ethics is the code of wise truths of people that reflects their ideals. The book is educational. It contains the ideas on ethics by thinkers of various people and various times from Epicurus and Confucius A.S. Makarenko and L.N.Toltoi. The second chapter is devoted to ethic norms of Chechens. The third chapter considers in detail traditional family ethic code. The final chapter is devoted to Islamic ethic norms. Materials from the book Vainakh Ethics by Edi Isaev is devoted to customs and traditions of Chechens.
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