Comments on: Russian reaction to London blasts

By: Castor Borealis

Castor Borealis — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Funny Zakeyev should be mentioned…

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By: David McDuff

David McDuff — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Statement by A. Zakayev with regard to the terrorist acts in London

Chechenpress, Department of Official Information, 07.07.05

On behalf of the Government of the Chechen Republic I express my sincere
sympathy and condolences to all Londoners who suffered from the
terrorist attacks today. We believe that any form of violence against
the civilian population deserves contempt and decisive condemnation.

Only infamous purposes can be pursued by terrorist acts. More than
everyone else, the Chechens understand the Londoners, since they have
themselves been terrorized by Russia for more than 10 years. The
majority of our towns and villages have been eradicated from the face of
the earth, and the number of killed citizens exceeds 200,000.

We do not have any doubts that the terrorists who attacked London and
the terrorist government machinery of Russia are in connection with each
other, coordinate their actions and pursue shared objectives.

As a man living in London with my family, I, too, express my sympathy
and condolences to the Londoners on behalf of all Chechens who found
refuge in the United Kingdom.

Ahmed Zakayev, Chechen Government Minister

Special Envoy of the President of the ChRI. London, 07.07.05.

http://www.chechenpress.org/events/2005/07/07/15.shtml

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks David – great translation. And to think, I was just going to put up a quick and dirty babelfish translation… shame on me!

By: David McDuff

David McDuff — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Andy, the translation isn’t mine. But you can access it, along with many other related posts,all in English or in English translation, on the Yahoo chechnya-sl email list:

http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/chechnya-sl

By: Castor Borealis

Castor Borealis — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

David, where’s your comment? You were very quick to dump on Putin for making what you deem to be a self-serving statement on the London bombings. Why not Zakayev? Is this not a self-serving statement, of the type you deplore? Putin obviously alluded to Chechen terrorism, a no-no in your books. Zakayev almost accuses Russia of having bombed London, but you keep shtum. Sad.

Come on David, even in your apparent bias against Russians, you could at least try to display some consistency, if not fairness.