Ukrainian lawyer Anna Mulyar (in the original Anna Moliar) is monitoring the reports of the crimes of Chechen gangs and persons who joined paramilitary groups in Ukraine with alarm, journalist Anna Nemtsova writes in The Daily Beast.
"It seems that anyone can cross the eastern border, which is controlled by the separatists, sneak and commit a crime in Ukraine," said the painter in an interview with the publication.
"But the situation is complicated by the fact that some Chechens who are in Ukraine are just refugees, some are just criminals, some are terrorists, and some are welcome to be fighters for freedom because they are fighting with Russians and their agents. In fact, some Chechens fall under all these categories, "reads the article.
"Ukraine has become a very comfortable place for those who are wanted in Russia for terrorism," said the painter.
For his part, the editor-in-chief of the website "Caucasian Knot", human rights activist Grigory Shvedov believes: "If Ukraine presses on Chechen militants, there will be a danger of terrorist attacks".
According to Nemtsova, it already seems that there is a "war in another war, with the participation of Chechen Muslim fighters who are fighting the jihad against Moscow, the Chechen Muslim agents sent by Ramzan Kadyrov, a Moscow man in the homeland of Chechens, and other secret agents ".
"The last two or three years, Kadyrov hunted those he called his" personal enemies "in the Chechen community in neighboring Turkey," - asserts the edition.
"We recently conducted a study on Chechens fleeing Turkey, where the situation becomes dangerous for them, to Ukraine, where they find it difficult to obtain legal status," Shvedov said in an interview with The Daily Beast. "Since most of them can not find a job officially, it's not clear what their source of income is".
The publication comments: "In some cases, the preferred way to earn money is to participate in the war".
The author reminds that this month in Kiev, when the car exploded, Timur Makhauri was killed. "A native of Chechnya, a member of the Ukrainian volunteer battalion, in Ukraine he was briefly arrested for illegal possession of weapons," - so characterizes his author. In Turkey, he served in prison for the murder of a Chechen, a member of the Caucasus Emirate *, an organization that Russia and the United States consider terrorist.
"In Ukraine, some consider Makhauri a Russian spy, others - a friend of Kiev," the newspaper notes..
According to the author, Makhauri was one of 100 volunteers who fought in Eastern Ukraine. Some of them were convinced jihadists, others relatively recently entered the "Islamic state" * and were disappointed in the war in the Middle East.
"As a result of the war, thousands of people died on the battlefield, and even without Chechen elements there is a constant fear of terrorist attacks in the rear - both as terrorist attacks by Chechen fighters and those that are often directed against them," the author writes..
"The Chechen commanders participating in the struggle of Ukraine with the forces supported by Russia say that they have a common enemy with the Ukrainian troops, so cooperation is a natural step," reads the article. The author mentions the commander of one of the Chechen battalions in Ukraine - Adam Osmayev, declared by Russia to be wanted for terrorism. He himself denies that he had any relation to the preparation of attempts on Kadyrov and Putin.
The publication notes:
"Many Russians, no matter what they think about the war in Ukraine, hardly sympathize with the Chechens who swear allegiance to the jihadist group" Imarat Kavkaz "*. Russia has suffered from terrorism for many years, forgetting about violence is not easy ".
In conclusion, the author reports that this month Ukrainian border guards detained eight armed people from Chechnya and Dagestan in the Kherson region.
"Who were they: criminals? Terrorists? Freedom fighters? In such cases, it is increasingly difficult to differentiate," the author notes..