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03.07.2011

There is no homosexuality in Chechnya claims Chechen website

Officials and media hold a similar position on homosexuality than the Iranian President but if gays are invisible in Chechnya, it does not mean they do not exist

There is no homosexuality in Chechnya claims Chechen website

We already heard from the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, that there are no gays in Iran, a country where homosexuality is punished by death penalty. A Chechen news agency seems to be of the same position.

"There is no such "immoral phenomenon" as homosexuality in Chechnya" said the News Agency "The Chechen Republic Today". 

"The country does not have such completely amoral phenomena as drug addiction, pedophilia, homosexuality and prostitution, which are all alien to Chechens," - writes Marat Batalov, a columnist of the agency in an article published on June 29 in "Russians, look at the roots"

This categorical statement recalls previous anti-gay speeches of Ramzan Kadirov, the head of the Chechen Republic who once said in June 2008:

"For a Chechen, the worst crime is to say: I'm friend with a gay! I should not even utter a word,"

In 2009, Ramzan Kadyrov also verbally attacked gay clubs in Russia which according to him aimed at "weakening the state, the weakening of the will, honor and courage." 

"Gay clubs open! Every day! If it goes on like this, we will simply have no power, no spirit"- he said in an interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Meanwhile, it is clear that if homosexuality is forced into resistance in Chechnya, it is as common as in any other part of the world. The invisibility of gays and lesbians do not mean their absence. The fear to be open about their sexual orientation in the Chechen Republic only force gays and lesbians to keep as discreet as possible. Those who can choose to emigrate in Moscow but the Russian capital is not a very welcoming place for people from the caucasus.

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Guest, 03/10/2012 12:47:16
Confusione — Al 5’ è lo scambio principesco fra Seedorf e Ibra, con lo svedese che cade in area nel contrasto con Campagnaro, a inaugurare il duello. Olandese che all’8’ cerca di sorprendere con un tiro troppo centrale De Sanctis. Non cede però il fianco la squadra di Mazzarri abile a scoprire subito il punto debole dei rossoneri che soffrono velocità e nuova maglia juve pressing e le incursioni di Zuniga sulla fascia di Abate. Gli azzurri sfruttano ogni minimo errore del Milan ed è eloquente al 18’ il tiro dalla distanza di Hamsik che ha tutto il tempo di prendere la inter maglia 2012 mira e impegnare Abbiati. Al 23’, addirittura, Mexes e Abate saltano a vuoto nell’area piccola su una palla che Lavezzi controlla male e spreca sull’esterno della rete.

Gioco congelato — Sta proprio juve nuova maglia male il Milan. Lento, arrugginito, pensa troppo e perde palloni come se nevicasse. Poi, quando ha quella buona, al 29’, la spreca oltre la traversa con Emanuelson. Il Napoli invece barrica la porta e permette poco dialogo, grazie anche alla pressione efficace sui portatori di palla e l’affiatamento in mezzo tra Gargano e Dzemaili. Ai rossoneri non resta che vivere alla giornata. Al 35’ per esempio, allorché Robinho si intestardisce a provarci di destro da posizione ideale. Più originale il tentativo al 38’: tiro sul palo lontano, dove però De Sanctis è ben piazzato. Ma quanto è brutta la partita, la maglia del napoli miscellanea di errori e forzature. Perché anche il Napoli ci mette del suo per non farla decollare.
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Guest, 09/26/2011 05:50:23
To a previous commenter:
you better talk for yourself, and yours nationals, pidor poganyi. Indeed.
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Guest, 08/06/2011 10:48:08
Many Chechens are homosexual indeed.
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