Assistant to the head of Chechnya, Minister of National Policy, External Relations, Information and Press Akhmed Dudayev called not to succumb to provocations and not to transfer the negative attitude towards Israel’s policy towards Palestine to the entire Jewish people. “We under no circumstances have the right to project the actions of today’s criminal leadership of Israel onto all Jews,” he said.

Dudayev recalled that Chechens at one time were also subjected to unfair indiscriminate attacks and labeling, and warned against any manifestations of aggression based on national hatred. “Residents of Chechnya experienced the consequences of military conflicts, when throughout the country and throughout the world they began to label all representatives of our nationality as bandits and terrorists. Therefore, we under no circumstances have the right to show this kind of aggression, or criticism, or hatred, or any attacks on representatives of this [Jewish] nationality. Such provocative actions will play into the hands of our ill-wishers, our enemies,” the minister said.

Kadyrov’s assistant also warned that “such provocative actions will be suppressed by law and their initiators will be held accountable and punished within the law.”