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Chechens in Moscow Face Ethnic Threats
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The hostage crisis raised fears of ethnic attacks against Chechens in Moscow and
elsewhere
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By,
Damir Ahmed & Atef Moatamid, IOL Staff
MOSCOW, October 25 (IslamOnline) – The Russian media, since the outbreak of the hostage-taking crisis Wednesday, October 23, has started an instigation campaign against Chechens, in general, and those living on Russian soil, in particular.
Russian TV Channels air, on an hourly basis, the latest details of the crisis, followed by analysis by experts talking about “barbaric Chechen women” and “Chechen insects” that must be wiped out.
As a result, threats against Chechens, living in Moscow, increased sharply, leading the Chechen community in Moscow to follow a self-imposed curfew and stay home.
In a move indicating the gravity of the ethnic threats, Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part, warned Friday, October 25, against the surge in anti-Chechen sentiment among Russians, sparked by the hostage crisis.
"I have just received the Interior Minister's worrying report about increased threats against Chechens living in small communities on Russian territory," RIA-Novosti news agency quoted Putin as saying.
"We must not allow such a negative development or give in to provocations. We must avoid unlawful action," Putin noted.
The Russian authorities, for their part, took several measures to stop “the spread of hostage-takers’ ideas, on one hand, and to prevent comments provoking anti-Muslim sentiments (among the Russians), on the other”.
The Russian Ministry of Media decided Friday to block Moscowvita paper, “in response to the paper’s violation of regulations banning publishing material pertaining to terror support”. The paper has published a statement by one of the hostage-takers.
In some Moscow suburbs, assaults against Chechen citizens were reported. According to Gazitta Rau paper, Chechen citizens in Siribiryanka village, estimated at 1000, were assaulted by local Russians, who formed armed militia to “finish” the Chechens. However, the Russian security forces intervened in time to prevent “a massacre”.
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