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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov responded to criticism of the forced marriage of 17-year-old Kheda Goylabiyeva to the republic's police chief, Nazhud Guchigov — who is 30 years her senior — by telling men to "lock in" their wives to prevent them from posting on WhatsApp.
The BBC reports that the Chechen warlord turned key Kremlin ally, who was present at the wedding, said:
"Stop. Behave like Chechens. Family honour is the most important thing. Do not write such things. Men, do take your women out of WhatsApp. Lock them in, do not let them go out, then they will not post anything."
The story has garnered fierce criticism in Russia since the Russian investigative paper Novaya Gazeta reported that Goylabiyeva was being forced to marry a local official. He reportedly threatened her parents, demanding that he marry her on the day of her 17th birthday, May 1, and even warned that he would kidnap Goylabiyeva if she attempted to leave her house.
Photos from the wedding last weekend quickly spread across social media, with commenters noting that the bride-to-be looked devastated throughout and kept her eyes fixed on the floor.
Chechen
leader Ramzan Kadyrov responded to criticism of the forced marriage of
17-year-old Kheda Goylabiyeva to the republic's police chief, Nazhud
Guchigov — who is 30 years her senior — by telling men to "lock in"
their wives to prevent them from posting on WhatsApp
.
The BBC reports that the Chechen warlord turned key Kremlin ally, who was present at the wedding, said: "Stop. Behave like Chechens. Family honour is the most important thing.
"Do not write such things. Men, do take your women out of WhatsApp. Lock them in, do not let them go out, then they will not post anything."
The story has garnered fierce criticism in Russia since the Russian investigative paper Novaya Gazeta reported that Goylabiyeva was being forced to marry a local official. He reportedly threatened her parents, demanding that he marry her on the day of her 17th birthday, May 1, and even warned that he would kidnap Goylabiyeva if she attempted to leave her house.
Photos from the wedding last weekend quickly spread across social media, with commenters noting that the bride-to-be looked devastated throughout and
kept her eyes fixed on the floor.
Guchigov is still married to his first wife, with whom he has a son and who was pictured alongside his new bride on the day of the wedding.
The Kremlin has also come under fire after the government's children's rights ombudsman appears to give his support to the union, despite polygamy being illegal in Russia. In a post on Instagram he said: "No crimes have been committed, and information about the violation of the underaged girl's rights has not been confirmed."
Kadyrov previously claimed the anger over the wedding was "ordered by some liberal gentlemen" and the Novaya Gazeta story was "full of lies."
Given the Kremlin's desire to keep the peace in the troubled North Caucasus region, it is unlikely to press the point with its friendly strongman who has pledged his life in support of President Vladimir Putin. It is highly unlikely, however, that those who have campaigned against these forced marriages will be so easily calmed.
UK Business Insider
May 20th, 2015
http://uk.businessinsider.com/chechen-leader-kadyrov-responds-to-criticism-of-forced-marriage-2015-5?r=US#ixzz3arNKLuwO
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The BBC reports that the Chechen warlord turned key Kremlin ally, who was present at the wedding, said: "Stop. Behave like Chechens. Family honour is the most important thing.
"Do not write such things. Men, do take your women out of WhatsApp. Lock them in, do not let them go out, then they will not post anything."
The story has garnered fierce criticism in Russia since the Russian investigative paper Novaya Gazeta reported that Goylabiyeva was being forced to marry a local official. He reportedly threatened her parents, demanding that he marry her on the day of her 17th birthday, May 1, and even warned that he would kidnap Goylabiyeva if she attempted to leave her house.
Photos from the wedding last weekend quickly spread across social media, with commenters noting that the bride-to-be looked devastated throughout and
kept her eyes fixed on the floor.
Guchigov is still married to his first wife, with whom he has a son and who was pictured alongside his new bride on the day of the wedding.
The Kremlin has also come under fire after the government's children's rights ombudsman appears to give his support to the union, despite polygamy being illegal in Russia. In a post on Instagram he said: "No crimes have been committed, and information about the violation of the underaged girl's rights has not been confirmed."
Kadyrov previously claimed the anger over the wedding was "ordered by some liberal gentlemen" and the Novaya Gazeta story was "full of lies."
Given the Kremlin's desire to keep the peace in the troubled North Caucasus region, it is unlikely to press the point with its friendly strongman who has pledged his life in support of President Vladimir Putin. It is highly unlikely, however, that those who have campaigned against these forced marriages will be so easily calmed.
UK Business Insider
May 20th, 2015
http://uk.businessinsider.com/chechen-leader-kadyrov-responds-to-criticism-of-forced-marriage-2015-5?r=US#ixzz3arNKLuwO
All women in Chechnya are property.
Officials and figures of authority connected to Kadyrov, in general, can kidnap any girls they want and rape them, for life, after threatening the family with death for opposing.
Yet I still see lots of people online favoring psychopath Putin's "decision" making skills.
I still remember the news of the levelling of Grozny, though, and the rapes and genocides committed by Russia's government. This forced marriage situation in Chechnya is just another aspect of the damage Russia's mafia government is doing to humanity and world peace.
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