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[KavkazUzel] The statement of the European Parliament on the inclusion of the Chechen 141st regiment "North" in the list of terrorist organizations is declarative and has no practical force, lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. The inclusion of the regiment in the list will not affect its fighters or their relatives in any way, Caucasian expert Ruslan Kutaev is sure.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the deputies of the European Parliament called on the European Union to include the Chechen 141st Regiment "North", which took part in the hostilities in Ukraine, into the list of terrorist organizations, and they also proposed to include PMC "Wagner" in this list.
On September 7, Ramzan Kadyrov said that fighters from elite units went to Ukraine: the South battalion and the North regiment, many of them were going there not for the first time.
After the start of the military operation, the Chechen authorities announced the creation of a number of new structures. So, on June 26, Ramzan Kadyrov announced that four battalions of the Ministry of Defense would be formed in Chechnya: "North-Akhmat", "South-Akhmat", "West-Akhmat" and "Vostok-Akhmat", which would include "exclusively Chechen guys" .
Prior to that, the Yug battalion (a military formation as part of the 46th separate operational brigade of the Russian Guard) and the 141st special motorized regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov, formed on the basis of the 248th special motorized battalion "North" , were stationed in Chechnya .
The European Parliament made a declarative statement, said an expert in international law, lawyer Kirill Koroteev . "The resolution of the European Parliament is not included in the list at all. As well as there is no correlation with the International Criminal Court," he said.
According to the lawyer, in order to compile a list, it is necessary that the efforts to compile it correlate with the result. "But even being included in the list has no, absolutely no power for the International Criminal Court," Koroteyev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
The International Criminal Court (ICC), 14 years after the "Five-Day War" in 2008, issued arrest warrants for Mikhail Mindzaev, Hamlet Guchmazov and David Sanakoev from South Ossetia, who are suspected of war crimes. The inaction of the South Ossetian authorities on the issue of cooperation with the International Criminal Court led to the issuance of arrest warrants, journalist Ruslan Totrov is sure.
The statement of the European Parliament will not have real consequences, the deputy director for international relations of the Institute of Law and National Security of the RANEPA Valery Smirnov is sure .
"Such statements are heard almost every day. What will change from the compilation of the next list?" he told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to Smirnov, the statement was made primarily for the European media field. "If they are included in the lists up to the rank and file, it means that they can't really do anything," he believes.
Inclusion in the EU list will not lead to infringement of the rights or freedom of movement of any of the military of the Sever regiment, President of the Assembly of Peoples of the Caucasus Ruslan Kutaev is sure.
"The bulk of these people are generally unknown by name. Moreover, they do not travel around Europe. It is also hardly known who they are related to in Europe. They will not touch or expel anyone. In addition, there is no tendency in European countries to the persecution of relatives, even those who are guilty of the law," he said.
Kutaev pointed out that this political decision has another important component - "designate Kadyrov and Prigozhin" as involved in these structures.
In connection with this kind of "special lists" there is a "substitution of concepts" and an attempt to shift responsibility for the events in Ukraine. In his opinion, the statement of the Pope of Rome about the Chechens and Buryats can be perceived in this vein, Kutaev is sure. “This is nothing more than a desire to divert suspicions aside.
The separation of Kadyrov’s 141st regiment may lead to the fact that they will claim that ethnic Chechens served there and committed crimes exclusively by them. In fact, there is no "Kadyrov’s army." That’s all or military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or the National Guard. Just like PMCs, they act on the orders of the top leadership of the Russian Federation, and not on their own," Kutaev emphasized.
On November 28, Pope Francis called the "most cruel" fighters from Russia who do not adhere to the "Russian tradition - Chechens, Buryats."
He pointed out that the decision of the European Parliament would not affect the desire of Chechens to participate in a military operation or serve in the 141st regiment.
"The majority of the inhabitants of Chechnya are already against the NWO and do not want to participate there, at least from the point of view of elementary self-preservation," he pointed out.
The fighters of the "North" have been at the center of scandals before. Thus, Ruslan Geremeev , an officer of the Sever battalion of the 141st regiment , was put on the wanted list in March 2015 in connection with possible involvement in the murder of oppositionist Boris Nemtsov.
In August 2016, five people were arrested in Moscow on suspicion of extorting 100 million rubles from an entrepreneur, including two officers of the "North" Said Akhmaev and Lechi Bolatbaev. The state prosecution asked to sentence Akhmaev and Bolatbaev to long terms in a colony, but the court reclassified the charge from extortion to arbitrariness and imposed the same punishment on all defendants - a fine of 50 thousand rubles . At the same time, due to the expiration of the statute of limitations under the article on arbitrariness, the court released the defendants from paying a fine.
Kadyrov shamed the Pope for words about Chechens
[RIA Novosti] Pope Francis has become a victim of propaganda and perseverance of foreign media, speaking about the "cruelty" of the Chechens and Buryats, said the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov in the Telegram channel.
Earlier, in an interview with the Jesuit publication America, Pope Francis suggested that in the conduct of a special operation in Ukraine , the greatest cruelty allegedly comes from military personnel who were brought up "outside the Russian tradition." The pontiff called the Buryats and Chechens such.
"I could spitefully recall the Inquisition, the Crusades, or even mention the real brutal footage taken by Bandera scum, the recent executions of unarmed Russian soldiers, but I'd rather tell you about what every Chechen is guided by, whether in war or in civilian life. This Islam," Kadyrov stressed.
According to him, the Chechens do not go into battle without offering peace. Thus, they follow the example of the Prophet Muhammad, the head of the republic explained.
He also shamed the pope for ignorance about the attitude of professing Islam towards the enemy.
"It is a shame for a world-famous religious personality not to know about the attitude of Muslims towards the enemy. Yes, we are zealous in protecting our Motherland, religion, people. We call on the enemy to surrender, and our citizens to stand up for defense. Is this cruelty?" Kadyrov asked.
He also asked the pontiff two questions, which, according to Kadyrov, he will not be able to answer due to the credibility of the information given in the Western media.
"How can you determine on the battlefield whether a cheerful, gloomy, sentimental or cruel enemy? And how to determine by eye in a combined detachment the nationality of a Russian soldier, if more than 190 peoples live in our country?" Kadyrov concluded.
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