It has never happened in the history of the Chechen people.

"The Chechen people bend their heads only when they are working," he said then.

He remains a legendary national hero of the Chechen people.

Chechen people say this adventure will end that way too.

"This is the path that the Chechen people have chosen, and then there will be complete peace."

His goal, he told friends, was to blend in with the Chechen people and show the human side of the conflict.

We support the right of the Chechen people to self-determination even more strongly.

How can one not defend the right of the Chechen people to express their own opinion?

That is what both the Russian and the Chechen people want.

Whether the Chechen people regard him as legitimate in office remains to be seen.