Category: Caucasian Martyrs Brigade

New statement from Riyāḍ-us-Ṣāliḥīn Battalion of the Caucasus Emirate: "Taking Responsibility for the Blast in Moscow in Front of the FSB Academy"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

NOTE: The Riyāḍ-us-Ṣāliḥīn Battalion is considered the martyrs brigade for the Caucasus Emirate. They have been involved with other recent attacks: Domodedovo and Gubden. Below is both an English and Russia version of the statement. For more on the blast see here.
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English:
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful!
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, peace and blessings be upon Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions and those who followed them in Jihad until the Day of Judgment.
And then:
In response to criminal actions in the territory of the Caucasus Emirate, when the FSB blows up houses of relatives of Mujahideen under the pretext of “demining”, or by some under control “black chickens”, Kadyrovites, etc, as well as  under far-fetched pretexts of detaining relatives of the Mujahideen, including juveniles, – on the orders of Emir of Mujahideen of the Caucasus, a noble Mujahid Dokku Abu Usman, we have carried out an operation against the main base for the preparation of the murderers, torturers, sadists and terrorists – “The academy of the FSB” in Moscow.
We intend to continue to attack sites and places of accumulation of criminals, as well as to conduct a “demining” by undermining the overhead charges.
And if the relatives of the Mujahideen are “guilty” only by their kinship with them, then after all you have also have relatives.
Appealing to the murderers of the FSB, as well as to members of other groups, we say – “While you are performing criminal orders, thereby framing yourselves and your loved ones, another sparring partner of Putin became a billionaire, and you, after using, will be thrown as consumables. But the Caucasians have good memory, we commend the offenders after 10, 20 or 30 years”.
We also remind you – it is not us who come to you first, it is you who come to us. We are defending our religion, our Homeland.
We have a duty of Jihad and the right to respond to the enemy. We abide this obligation and use our legitimate right to react.
And even if you enrich and arm all of your puppets, build golden palaces and skyscrapers, arrange in Chechnya together with the soccer match a Brazil’s carnival, neither you nor your puppets stop the Jihad and avert the punishment which, sooner or later catch up with you, Insha’Allah. We’re working on it.
Times when you are offered a fair and peaceful settlement has passed. The arrogance of your leaders, who wished to solve everything by force, shows that you and your rulers understand only the language of force.
Therefore, we will talk to you in plain language for you.
Allahu Akbar!”
The Command of the Martyr Brigade Riyad-us-Saliheen
Russian:
Именем Аллаха, Милостивого и Милосердного!
Хвала Аллаху, Господу миров, мир и благословение Пророку Мухаммаду, его семье, его сподвижникам и тем, кто последовал за ними в Джихаде до Судного Дня. А затем:
В ответ на преступные действия на территории Имарата Кавказ, когда ФСБ взрывает дома родственников муджахидов под предлогом «разминирования» или посредством каких то подконтрольных «черных куриц», кадыровцев и т.д,, а также под надуманными предлогами задерживает родственников муджахидов, в том числе несовершеннолетних, — по приказу Амира муджахидов Кавказа, благородного муджахида Докку Абу Усмана, нами была проведена операция против главной базы по подготовке убийц, палачей, садистов и террористов — «академия ФСБ» в Москве.
Мы намерены и в дальнейшем наносить удары по объектам и местам скопления преступников, а также проводить «разминирования» путем подрыва накладных зарядов.
И если родственники муджахидов «виноваты» только своим родством с ними, то ведь и у вас ведь есть родственники.
Обращаясь к убийцам из ФСБ, а также к членам других группировок, мы говорим – «Пока вы выполняете преступные приказы, тем самым подставляя себя и своих родных, очередной спарринг-партнер Путина становится миллиардером, а вас, использовав, выбросят как расходный материал. Но у кавказцев память хорошая, мы воздаем обидчикам и через 10, 20, 30 лет».
Мы также напоминаем — Не мы пришли к вам первыми, а вы пришли к нам. Мы же защищаем свою религию, свою Родину.
У нас есть обязанность Джихада и право на ответ врагу. Мы подчиняемся этой обязанности и используем свое законное право на ответные действия.
И даже если вы обогатите и вооружите всех своих марионеток, построите золотые дворцы и небоскребы, устроите в Чечне вместе с футбольным матчем бразильский карнавал, ни вам, ни вашим марионеткам не остановить Джихад и не отвратить наказание, которое рано или поздно настигнет вас, иншааЛлах. Мы над этим работаем.
Времена, когда вам предлагалось мирное урегулирование и справедливый договор прошли. Высокомерие ваших руководителей, которые пожелали все решить силой, показало, что вы и ваши правители понимают только язык силы.
Поэтому мы будем говорить с вами на понятном для вас языке.
Аллаху Акбар!»
Командование Бригады Шахидов «Риядус Салихийн»
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New video message from Wilāyah Dagestan of The Caucasus Emirate: "Message Before the Martyrdom Operation in Gubden"

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NOTE: Below is the “martyrdom” video for Maria Khorosheva who conducted the suicide attack against the ‘OVD’ police station in Gubden, Dagestan. The Dagestani wing of the Riyāḍ-us-Ṣāliḥīn Battalion (the Caucasian Martyrs Brigade) was behind this attack. For more information on the suicide attack see here.
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New video message from the Amīr of the Caucasus Emirate Dokku Umarov: "Visiting the Base of the Riyāḍ us-Ṣāliḥīn Martyrs Brigade"

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UPDATE 2/24 7:58 AM: Here is an English translation of the below video message:

Emir Abu Usman (aka Dokku Umarov): I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan, in the name of Allah the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah the Creator of the Worlds and peace and blessings be on upon His prophet (pbuh) and his family and companions and those who follow him on the true path. Peace and blessings be upon all the holy warriors who are following the footsteps of our Prophet (pbuh) today. Today, I am visiting a base of the Martyr Brigade Riyad-us-Saliheen, with our brother Khamzat, the Emir of this brigade, praise be to Allah Who allowed in His mercy for us to meet. I want to say some words which will give you an idea why these special operations are carried out and why we are compelled to carry out such operations. The blame for the suffering of these people does not fall on us but on Putin, the enemy of God. We all can see this lawlessness that is being committed today, in the Caucasus in the first place. We also observe that this same lawlessness is now being committed in Russia. This lawlessness is staged on purpose because Russia is cheating, hampering and deceiving its people in Russia’s obligations before it. That is why they carry out such provocations in order to direct the people’s anger at something else. We observe that the infidels, Russia, occupied the Caucasus and made it its testing ground and an experimental base. They make experiments on the lives of Muslims, kill them, bury them alive, they do what they want with them, everything what they need for their experiments and their scientific works. But that is too little for them, they set their dogs on those Muslims, on those Caucasian brothers who are now forced to live on the territory of Russia, in Moscow, Leningrad and other cities. These dogs attack the Caucasians in large numbers. Therefore, the Caucasians are forced to defend themselves. That is how they create propaganda and try to set on the Caucasians the anger of their human cattle. Therefore we are forced to respond to this lawlessness, although what we do is not lawlessness, because, God willing, that is called a special operation. We sacrifice our life while carrying out the special operation. Today, I am weeping. Why? Because, we, the Emirs, are forced to send out the best of the best from among us on special operations. So I am simply weeping because our brother leaves this world before me. But praise be to God, I am happy for him inside me because this world is worth of leaving it. So we are forced to act, to carry out these special operations. This special operation will be carried out exactly against those people who attack the Caucasians and mock at the Caucasians, and try to manifest their hatred to our Muslim brothers being instigated by Putin and his pack of dogs. You are to manifest this hatred first of all to your authorities and demand from them that they leave the Caucasus . And we will never visit Russia, and will never see your faces because we manage without doing that. If you swallow in silence this fraud that Putin and his dogs offer you, we are forced to try to awaken you with our actions. If this is not enough, then God willing, more strikes will follow. I can say with absolute confidence that if it is the Almighty’s will and if God’s mercy is upon us, then we will make this year a year of blood and tears for you. That is why I ask those citizen whose heads are not filled with garbage to awake and to understand what we are striving for, so that they understand who exactly is responsible for this massacre, for blood, for tears that we are now forced to sacrify . We now establish the word of God, God willing, and our blood, and our tears, all that is justified and paid for. And your blood, and your tears, all that throws you in fire, believe me. In conclusion, I would like to say again that I will not tell you that we have hundreds prepared for martyrdom, but that 50 to 60 of them will be found, God willing. Depending on your reaction, depending on your actions, these operations, God willing, will be carried out monthly, weekly, as often as God allows us. May God reward you with Greatness and my last supplication is to praise God, the Lord of the worlds. The Emir of Riyad-us-Saliheen, Khamzat, will also add a few words for you. Emir Khamzat: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan, in the name of Allah the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful, peace and blessings be upon the Messenger (pbuh) of Allah. I have nothing to add except to ask God to accept my prayer for our brother that we are sending out. We do not send him out because he is superfluous. But since the Russian commanders here, Putin and other like him who establish order in the Caucasus, are lawless, and they do everything they wish and you sit silently in Russia, we do that not just in order to kill somebody or to spill some blood – we simply want that you to understand that it won’t do that we bleed and you drink milk. You’d better come to senses and start thinking and ask your higher-ups, who hide behind your backs and call us various names – terrorists, Islamists and name their actions in the Caucasus as “anti-terrorist operations.” You have to think about that and not lash out at us, at our Caucasian people, but you should ask your high commanders. We send out our brother with bitterness because he is leaving us, God willing, we will pray for him that his expedition is for the good of Islam and that the word of God is supreme. Praise be to God! May peace be with you and the mercy and blessing of God be upon you. Emir Abu Usman: And now we give word to our brother. First of all, I wish with trembling in my soul, and I pray the Almighty to accept our brother in the circle of the Prophet (pbuh) and that he waits for us in paradise and, God willing, God will judge according to intentions. And the intentions of our brother are sincere. So our brother Seyfullah says a few words. Seyfullah: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds! Peace and blessings be on Muhammad, peace be with you and the mercy and blessing of Allah be upon you. I am a mujahid in the sabotage brigade of Riyad-us-Saliheen under the command of Emir Khamzat and under the command of the supreme Emir Abu Usman. I am preparing for a special operation to carry it out for the sake of God in order to make the word of God supreme on this Earth, and not only in the Caucasus but in the whole world. And so that the infidel, Putin or Medvedev, it makes no difference, so that the infidel, the enemy knows that there are many of us, that after me come other brothers who are ready to sacrifice their lives for the sake of God, to spill their blood to make the word of God supreme. We went out for war for the sake of God, to free our lands from the enemy, from the infidel. And this is my last word. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Peace be with you and the mercy and blessing of God be upon you.

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NOTE: Below is an implicit claim of responsibility from Dokku Umarov for the Domodedovo attacks, which occurred last month. According to the Kavkaz-Jihād Blog, Umarov visited the base of the Riyāḍ us-Ṣāliḥīn Martyrs Brigade and released this video with its amīr named Khamzat and another individual named Sayfullah. Umarov stated he arrived at their base prior to sending Sayfullah on a special task in Russia, most likely referring to the Domodedovo attacks. Here are some key quotes from the below video:

“God willing we will make this year a year [2011] of blood and tears for you [Russia]”
Attacks were a response to “lawlessness” unleashed on the region by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and “his pack of dogs.”
“You better come to your senses and think”
Bombings would go on as long the “crimes committed by the gangs under Putin continued”

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New statement from the Commander of the Mujāhidīn in Ingushetia Emir Adam: "The Bombing in Vladikavkaz organized by Caucasian Martyrs Brigade"

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NOTE: For more on the bombing of the market in Vladikavkaz checkout this article at the New York Times. Below is the statement unedited and translated into English as well as its original in Russian.
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English:
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds
Blessing and peace be upon the envoy of Allah, his family and companions and all who followed his instructions up to the Day of Judgment.
We, the Mujahideen of Ghalghaycho, declare that the operation conducted held on 30 Ramadan 1431 (September 9, 2010) by the fighters of the Riyad-us-Saliheen Battalion in the city of Buro is a continuation of our jihad with the Ossetian infidels on the occupied Ingush territories.
Our immediate objective is the expulsion of the invaders, the return to Muslims of the lands of the Caucasus and the establishment of Islamic rule on them.
Everyone knows that Ossetia became an outpost of Russian infidels for their expansion to the North Caucasus. Ossetian infidels are actively and directly participated in numerous campaigns against the Muslim peoples of the Caucasus, in particular, against the Ingushs.
They remain the main support of Rusnya (AKA Russia), even after the Beslan tragedy, when the Kremlin ruthlessly destroyed Ossetian children, not to make concessions to the Mujahedeen.
As long as Muslim lands will not returned to their owners, until the anti-Islamic activities of Ossetians will not stop, they all will be targets for our attacks.
Almighty Allah said:
“O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 9. “The Repentance”, verse 73)
And He also said:
“O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 9. “The Repentance”, verse 123)
We also declare that the Mujahideen are not involved in the assassination attempt on Khamzat Chumakov (imam of one of Ingush’s mosques). Apparently, this action is the continuation of infidel intelligence agencies to destabilize the situation in Ghalghaycho.
Despite the difference in views on some issues, we recognize that Khamzat Chumakov known in Ingushetia as one of the few principled, courageous and unbribable theologians, and his death may be at hand only to the enemies of the Ingush people.
We have already reported that, according to our information, eliminated intelligence agent of infidels T. Arselgov was organized such provocations, indeed, he had been tasked to kill someone from religious leaders.
Thus, the assassination attempt on Chumakov is a link in the chain of crimes of infidels and their servants, aimed at discrediting the Mujahideen.
Infidels’ slaves are trying to deceive people with their beautiful speeches and rare gifts, with their ostentatious God fearing and hypocritical piety, concealing their nasty nature, as it said by Allah:
“And of the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life, and he calls Allah to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the fiercest of opponents. And when he goes away, he strives throughout the land to cause corruption therein and destroy crops and animals. And Allah does not like corruption”.
(The Holy Quran, Surah 2. “The Cow”, verses 204-205)
O our Lord! Do not reject our hearts from the truth after You have guided us to the straight path and grant us mercy from Yourself, because you – the Bestower!
Emir of Ghalghaycho Province Adam
Russian:
Хвала Аллаху, Господу миров
Благословение и мир посланнику Аллаха, его семье и сподвижникам, а также всем, кто последовал за его наставлением до Судного Дня.
Мы, муджахиды ГIалгIайче заявляем, что операция, проведенная 30 рамадана 1431 г.  (9 сентября 2010 г.)  бойцами батальона «Рияду-с-Салихин» в г. Буро является продолжением нашего джихада с осетинскими кафирами на оккупированных ингушских территориях. Нашей ближайшей целью является изгнание оккупантов, возвращение мусульманам  земель Кавказа и установление на них исламского правления.
Общеизвестно, что Осетия стала форпостом российских кафиров для их экспансии на Северном Кавказе. Осетинские кафиры принимают активное и непосредственное участие в многочисленных акциях против мусульманских народов Кавказа, в частности, против ингушей. Они остаются главной поддержкой Русни, не смотря даже на бесланскую трагедию, когда Кремль  безжалостно уничтожил осетинских детей чтобы не пойти на уступки муджахидам.  До тех пор, пока мусульманские земли не будут возвращены хозяевам, пока антиисламская активность осетин не прекратится, все они останутся объектом для наших атак. Сказал Всевышний Аллах: «О Пророк! Борись с неверующими и лицемерами и будь суров к ним. Их пристанищем будет Геенна. Как же скверно это место прибытия!» (Тавба, 73 и Тахрим, 9), и Он также сказал: «О те, которые уверовали! Сражайтесь с неверующими, которые находятся вблизи вас. И пусть они убедятся в вашей суровости. И знайте, что Аллах – с богобоязненными» (Тауба, 123).
Мы также заявляем, что муджахиды не причастны к покушению на Хамзата Чумакова. По всей видимости, эта акция есть продолжение работы кафирских спецслужб по дестабилизации ситуации в ГIалгIайче. Не смотря на разницу во взглядах по некоторым вопросам, мы признаем, что Хамзат Чумаков известен в Ингушетии как один из немногих принципиальных, мужественных и непродажных богословов, и его смерть может быть на руку только врагам ингушского народа. Мы уже сообщали, что, по полученной нами информации, уничтоженный агент кафирских спецслужб Т.Арсельгов организовывал  подобные провокации, более того, перед ним была поставлена задача убить кого-нибудь из авторитетных  религиозных деятелей. Таким образом, покушение на Чумакова является звеном в цепи преступлений кафиров и их слуг, направленных на дискредитацию муджахидов. Рабы кафиров стараются обмануть людей своими красивыми речами и редкими подачками, своей показной богобоязненностью и лицемерным благочестием, скрывая свою мерзкую сущность, как сказал о том Аллах: «Среди людей есть такой, чьи речи восхищают тебя в мирской жизни. Он призывает Аллаха засвидетельствовать то, что у него в душе, хотя сам является непримиримым спорщиком. Когда он уходит, то начинает распространять нечестие на земле, уничтожать посевы и губить потомство. Но ведь Аллах не любит нечестия» (Бакара, 204-205)
Господь наш! Не отклоняй наши сердца от Истины после того, как Ты наставил нас на прямой путь, и даруй нам милость от Себя, ведь Ты – Дарующий!


Амир вилаята ГIалгIайче  Адам

New statement from the Caucasian Martyrs Brigade: "Explosion near Gazprom HQ was demonstration of our capabilities"

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NOTE: From the Kavkaz Center:

The Kavkaz Center editorial staff received via e-mail a statement from the Caucasian Martyrs’ Brigades Riyad-us-Saliheen. The statement says that recent explosion in front of the Gazprom HQ in Moscow was a deliberate demonstration of capabilities of this sabotage unit.
KC published the statement without cuts and changes, keeping intact the style and terminology.

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In the Name of Allah the Merciful, the Compassionate!
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, peace and blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions and upon those who followed them in Jihad until the Day of Judgment.
And then:
Under the order of Doku Abu Usman, Emir of Caucasus Muslims, the Mujahideen of the Martyrs’ Brigades Riyad-us-Saliheen carried out an operation in Moscow against the central office of Gazprom, within the framework of the general spring-and-summer actions on the territory of Russia.
The aim of this operation was to show Kremlin businessmen of Russia, and the leaders among them, represented by the leadership of the largest Russian company that, despite assurances of Russian leadership of a victory in a so-called “anti-terrorist operation” that the war is not over, but on the contrary, it has come to your homes and your comfortable offices.
Despite attempts by your authorities to attribute it to banal hooliganism, you know perfectly well that hundreds of bolts in a directed blast came exactly to your office.
Your Kremlin bosses blatantly lie, trying to attribute this explosion to gangster feuds, as they lie about fires that, which covered the entire central Rusnya, occur by themselves.
We remind you that until Russia and your bosses leave the Muslims of the Caucasus alone, sabotages (explosions, fires, etc.) in Russia will continue, Insha’Allah.
Our aim in this operation was not to kill people. We just showed that we can carry out sabotage operations against well-protected areas, and that we can strike almost anywhere in Russia.
The whole central Russia is now declared a zone of our counter-terrorist operation, and if checkpoints in Moscow are now placed only on the outskirts of the city and around it, then we intend to force you to place checkpoints and declare curfews inside your most important city.
So that Muscovites feel in their own skins how Muslims in the Caucasus live for many years. We suspect that it would exert a “good” influence on attractiveness of investments in Russia.
We would also like to warn again all Muslims and all sympathizers of the struggle of Caucasian peoples, living in Moscow and other cities Rusnya, to leave them because it will be only get worse in the future, Insha’Allah. Fires and strikes on all economy targets helping the Kremlin murderers in remain in power will increase.
Everybody who owns even a most miserable apartment in Moscow could sell it and buy a property in almost every country in the world. Moreover, anyone who rents an apartment in Moscow could comfortably live for that money almost anywhere in the earth:
We remind Muslims the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) about life among unbelievers:
“I have nothing to do with a Muslim living among the polytheists”.
(Sahih Bukhari)
“I am free from any Muslim who lives among polytheists. The fire of each group should not be visible to the other”.
(Abu Dawud)
“He who lives among the polytheists is one of them”.
(Abu Dawud)
Moscow and St. Petersburg are the nerve centers of Russian economy, and we intend, this way or another, to continue to attack these centers until Russia ends its occupation of the Caucasus.
Following this warning, we do not want to hear any more accusations that innocent people and especially Muslims suffer from sabotages, because we have repeatedly warned you about the need to leave this cursed place.
Ordinary Russian people should know that all these misfortunes fell upon them because of ambitions of one person – Putin, who has been offered in due time an honorable peace and security for the southern borders of Russia, but he chose to make ordinary people pay in blood for his ambitions, hiding himself behind a whole army of body-guards and tons of armor.
It is obvious for any fair-minded person that the Mujahideen of the Caucasus are a force that is fighting not only for the liberation of the Caucasus, but actually brings freedom to Russian people from the slavery to the KGB yoke.
While Russians die out by 1.5 million people per a year, bank accounts of the ruling regime and controlled oligarchs are only growing, despite the crisis. KGB agents and their business proteges grow fat, while the masses get poorer, and even crumbs from master’s table are destroyed by inflation.
In fact, any sane Russian should strongly support the Mujahedeen of the Caucasus and oppose the KGB junta with arms, as guerrillas in Maritime Territory (in Russian Far East – KC) do, and other guerrilla groups repeat in other parts of Russia.
Any sane Russian must also understand that the attempt to keep the Caucasus under the occupation is an Utopian and totally hopeless task, and that these attempts are only destroying their country from within.
Your leaders are spending billions of your money for the preserving puppet regimes, like that of Kadyrov, etc., rather than to increase salaries and pensions. However, sabotages and fires across Russia are only increasing.
Your rulers can not intelligibly explain why the Caucasus should be a part of Russia, despite the fact that Caucasians, religiously and ethnically, fundamentally differ from Russians, and also have a long history of a fierce fighting against Russian invaders?
After all, even your brothers in faith and blood, the Slavs, Ukrainians and Belarusians, do not want to have anything to do with you, except oil and gas, which you also actually steal from the peoples of Siberia and the Caucasus.
And do not be deceived by the number of so-called Kadyrovites and other traitors and puppets, who sold their faith and their homeland for cars and money. They betrayed their own people and their religion, and they will betray you, as soon as conditions are ripe for betrayal, and you know it.
In conclusion, we gave praise to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, the Creator of all things, by Whose Will everything happens on earth and in heaven, and for Whom we took the path of Jihad, to extol His Word.
We also congratulate all Muslims with the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, we wish all the strengthening of their Iman and acceptance of their worship. O Muslims, we took the path of Jihad! Make Dua for your Mujahideen brothers and ask Allah for help and early victory over the infidels.
Brigade of Martyrs Riyad-us-Saliheen
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Department of Letters
Kavkaz Center