We need a strong police force - the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Chechnya. We have to get rid of the traitors who have managed to penetrate into the law-enforcement department.

I have to say that elections, even in the most peaceful region, always make the hardest time for regional state institutions, including security structures.

There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance.

The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more.

Criminals were coming to Chechnya from all over the world - they did not have a place in their own countries. But they could live perfectly well in Chechnya.

I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five.

One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam.

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.

I always said that Wahhabism is unacceptable for the Chechen nation.

The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental.

He came out of nothingness, took form, was loved, was always bound to return to nothingness.

You won't get love from a child if you don't give love.

We will always have enough reasons to justify what we believe and what we do not believe.

Behind every drama is a good story...behind every tear is the person who wrote it.

I love listening to games on the radio... you can't see what's going on

My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy. Those qualities were greatly lacking.

When you're born, you're pure. Unspoiled and trusting. I believed everything and everyone. Then, I met my parents!

Never break faith with the truth.

All endeavour calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil.

This is the pain-pleasure of having newly adult children; they're innocent and ruthless in forgetting their sweet old dependence.