09 June 2004 19:52
Chechnya`s strongman Kadyrov threatens to punish rebels` families
[Presenter] Twenty-four hours remain before the ultimatum which Chechnya's First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan
Kadyrov put to rebels runs out. Only a handful of rebels have laid their arms down voluntarily since the ultimatum was
made. The deputy prime minister announced today that strict measures should be applied not only against rebels but
against their relatives too.
[Ramzan Kadyrov] We should not forget that we are Chechens. Is it that they are allowed to kill our relatives,
fathers and brothers, and we are not? This should not be the case. We will punish their relatives in accordance with the
law. The law says they are helping bandits. They say that they are helping their relatives, brothers and sisters. Some
of them are helping bandits. We will punish those in accordance with the law. If there is no such law, then we will
petition the Russian State Duma to adopt such a law so that we will be able to punish them. Otherwise, the war in
Chechnya will never end. [Passage omitted]
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