“I am not a prima donna, but when people respect you, that's always nice. If I were to say I did not like to feel myself a popular man, then I'd be lying.”
“Having control over our resources and feeling that we are true masters of our domain would help us take full responsibility for future progress in the republic.”
“Since the second Chechen campaign started [in 1999], more than 7,000 militants have given up arms. All of them were amnestied in line with Russian laws. Most of them now form units fighting crime, banditry and terrorism in the Chechen Republic.”
