The murder of the militant Zelimkhan Khangoshvili by the German media, and later the authorities immediately recorded on the account of Russia. His name was not yet named, the suspect of the murder was still questioned, the motives were not known, and the yellow press was already trumpeting the contract murder on behalf of the highest bodies of Russian power.
Strange, but it is clear that the “Chechen footprint” always appears in Germany when it is necessary to aggravate relations between the two countries. In the past, it was required to make Gorbachev obedient. Today, on the basis of stupidly collected “non-facts”, one can put pressure on Moscow in the issue of “Nord Stream - 2”. Yes, and the Norman meeting, which left a couple of days, can be easily torpedoed. Better yet, hold a meeting, but put pressure on Putin with the “German Skripal” so that he would accept all the conditions of Berlin and Kiev in Paris. The method is old, tested, applied repeatedly.
For example, in the early 90s, Berlin was stirred up by the murder of a Chechen "thief in law" with the Georgian surname M. Mirianoshvili. He was shot in the center of the city by two unknowns, who were later called the citizens of Russia and Belarus. They did not find the suspects, the facts of Moscow’s participation all the more, but it took a long time to apologize for the affairs of the “Chechen mafia”.
In the 2000s, Berlin very eagerly played the "Chechen card", talking about the "legendary fighters for the independence of Ichkeria." To do this, terrorists from the units of Basayev and Gelayev were willingly given a residence permit, supported financially. Russia has been indiscriminately accused of all sins - from murders to the persecution of dissidents in Europe.
In 2004, a terrorist and actor, "brigadier general" Akhmed Zakayev, came to Berlin accompanied by the British retinue. For him, they rented a large hall of the city library near Potsdamerplatz, in the very center of Berlin, and gathered several hundred Chechen activists who had received permanent residence in Germany by this time. Zakayev was represented by another brigadier general, former deputy prime minister in the Dudaev’s government, Apti Bisultanov. The German authorities were silent, they were not very worried that potential and real terrorists were going to meet in the center of the capital.
I was at this meeting and saw with reverence and fawning over the city authorities of Berlin told the “generals” about their support for the “liberation movement”. My attempts to break through to Zakayev and hand him the book The Chechen Syndrome nearly ended in a brawl, which was prevented by the Chechens themselves sitting in the hall. The excitement of the militants raised the question of how many "sleeping" are currently in Germany. The answer was an attempt to arrange a fight.
Remember what pressure was put on Moscow in those years over the war in Chechnya? How did human rights activists and liberals of all stripes accuse Moscow? In the West, especially in Berlin, they eagerly sang along. Sometimes louder, sometimes quieter, but always singing along.
There is another thing in my memory. Shortly before his tragic death, Akhmad Haji Kadyrov came to Berlin. At the request of Turkish television journalists, I managed to organize his performance on Turkish TV. Kadyrov dissociated himself from the militants, called a spade a spade and said that Chechens would build their country without money and the influence of radical preachers. It seems to me that it was after this speech that German officials came a moment of insight. They suddenly realized that there are Chechnya and Chechens, such as Ahmad Haji, who painfully perceive the war in Chechnya and seek peace. And there are others who, hiding behind lofty ideas, propagated radical Islam, carried out terrorist attacks and used Germany as a refuge for imprisonment.
Now is the time to recall the informational occasion I started with - the assassination of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Purely operational questions - who shot, how, where - let them remain in the charge of the investigation.
Consider who the victim was. It's no secret that Zelimkhan Khangoshvili was a participant in the Chechen war on the side of the militants. There are many photographs of the time in which he is clearly identified as a participant in the hostilities.
By the time the fighting was waning, he was in sight of the intelligence services of America and Ukraine. Of course, such a shot having combat experience in the fight against the “Russians” could be very useful for various covert operations. And so it happened. He was recruited, left for Ukraine and actively worked as an intermediary in the recruitment of informants. He actively conducted this work up to the Maidan and immediately after it. However, in 2016, Khangoshvili suddenly left Ukraine and asked the Germans for asylum. Allegedly, he became politically persecuted in Russia and fears for his life.
However, it’s on his conscience dozens, or maybe hundreds, of human lives, terrorist attacks and other sabotage measures. He was unequivocally one of those who constituted a danger to the inhabitants of Germany. But he received permanent residence, although Germany violated all of its laws. Permanent residence is not given to persons who have entered the country from states where they are not in danger. Moreover, obtaining a residence permit in transit through Ukraine from Russia is unacceptable. And also a cherry on top - he received a signature stamp on a personal file as a "sleeping Islamist." Potential "sleeping" could be activated at any time to carry out a terrorist attack in Germany. And yet they accept him, they give him refuge. But when he dies, German politicians and the German press do not mention this in a single word and immediately find the culprit in the person of Russia.
We ask ourselves: what is Berlin's interest in? How and for what purposes does Germany enable a terrorist to live on her bread? Why, without waiting for the results of the investigation, blames Moscow? In this case, Germany “skillfully” uses a dead terrorist to clearly worsen German-Russian relations.
Apart from the odious confessions of the odious Bellingcat and a few photos, the investigation has nothing. All charges are based on the principle of "we assume." The famous highlie lykli in German sounds like a phillicht. There is a lot of noise - there are no facts. Skripal, somewhere in the dungeon, smiles modestly.
The answer is simple: such individuals are always used to conduct defamatory operations against the enemy. They make victims out of them and blame all those who want to compromise.
However, you can advise the Germans how to push stubborn, evil and bad Russians to the wall - find a cat. Although, as the famous saying goes, “it is difficult to find a black cat in a dark room. Especially if he’s not there. ”
The author’s point of view may not coincide with the position of the publisher.