Hundreds Of Chechens Forced To Flee Russian Town As Restaurant Brawl Erupts Into Race Riot

The Guardian (UK) ^ | 9-5-2006 | Tom Parfitt

[blam]

Hundreds of Chechens forced to flee Russian town as restaurant brawl erupts into race riot

· Xenophobic groups use fight to urge ethnic attacks
· Minorities targeted in internet campaign

Tom Parfitt in Moscow
Tuesday September 5, 2006
The Guardian UK

Several hundred Chechens and dark-skinned people from the Caucasus have been forced to flee a town in north-west Russia after a brawl in a restaurant prompted a race riot at the weekend. The exodus of minorities from Kondopoga in the Karelia region near the border with Finland follows events on Saturday when a mob rampaged through the town and burned down the Chayka (Seagull) restaurant belonging to an Azeri businessman. The conflict was triggered by the death last week of two ethnic Russians after a fight in the restaurant.

That fight apparently started when a group of Russians celebrating the release of a friend from prison argued with an Azeri barman, who then called the restaurant's partly Chechen security. Six people were later detained in connection with the fight, which involved about 25 people - some armed with knives, baseball bats and iron bars - and also left three seriously injured.

Police said yesterday that 109 people had been arrested in connection with the riots, which developed after a demonstration about the restaurant brawl on Saturday. The protest of about 2,000 people was partly organised by xenophobic groups calling for revenge on Caucasians over the internet.

[43north]

"Caucasians" or muslims? I'm betting on the latter.

[denydenydeny]

Still waiting for the Guardian to report about the millions of Christians forced to flee from Sudan, Nigeria, Egypt, etc., etc., etc. I suppose it's not news.

[gaijin]

Ah, the JOYS of multiculturalism...!

Meanwhile, we continue to import "Atzlaners", 6,000 EVERY NIGHT....

[MarMema]

Mr Belov said animosity was high against Chechens because people thought they had behaved with cruelty during the restaurant brawl. "They cut people's ears, smashed bones with iron bars and stabbed people in the eyes," he said.

Imagine that. Chechens being cruel and bloodthirsty.

[rovenstinez]

Josef Stalin, where are you when we need you.

[MarMema]

He was at least right about the idea of removing a culture like the chechen one from the planet.

I tried to pity them but then they nearly elected Basayev.

[metmom]

ping

[MarMema]

The Guardian probably likes Vanessa Redgrave and her chechen terrorist friends too much.

[Monterrosa-24]

""Caucasians" or muslims? I'm betting on the latter."

At first the Russian press described them only as Caucasians which could mean Georgians, Southern Russians, Armenians, or Azherbajanians. Now they are clear that it was our good Allah-screaming pals from Chechnya.
When will Russia quit being politically correct and send ALL the Mohammadans to Azherbajan.

[Cheburashka]

"Caucasians" or muslims? I'm betting on the latter.
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Doesn't matter. All peoples from the Caucasus have a bad reputation in Russia. They all are considered to be likely to be petty (or not so petty) criminals. Georgians are "Christians" but don't have a better reputation.

I suspect the mobs weren't holding extensive interviews to determine whether the victims were Moslems. "Hey, he looks like he's from the South, let's beat the hell out of him." That was probably about it. That's the way mobs work.

[RichInOC]

Ah, yes. We have places like that here in the States as well. They're called "Denny's".

[LibWhacker]

The protest of about 2,000 people was partly organised by xenophobic groups calling for revenge on Caucasians...

Has the MSM ever, in the history of the human race, described muslims as being xenophobic (which, of course, fits them perfectly)? Nope, when it comes to koranimals, the word only applies to people who object to being beaten, raped, or murdered by them.

[Monterrosa-24]

Remember this is from the far-to-the-Left GUARDIAN. The Mohammedans first beat the stuffing out of two Russians shouting slogans as they did it. Just a little fact the GUARDIAN left out.

[BrooklynGOP]

They all are considered to be likely to be petty (or not so petty) criminals.
It's not just that. Whether criminal or not - the people from that region are very tribal and hot blooded. I had a georgian pull a kitchen knife on me at this local place in Brooklyn :)

[Cheburashka]

Doesn't change anything. I'm certain there were no interviews to determine that the victims were in fact Moslems before the obligatory beating the hell out of them started. As I said, mobs don't worry about little details.

[Cheburashka]

I regard a person who pulls a knife on another person as at best a petty criminal. And I don't care about his tribal affiliations.

[Monterrosa-24]

What Mohammedans were beaten to death? Only ethnic Russians were killed. And you're only worried about the poor Allah agents.

[Cheburashka]

No, I'm not. I'm commenting on the assumption that all the victims of the riots after the fracas in the restaurant must be Moslems. I'm saying I doubt the mob cared whether the people it beat up were Moslems. That's the way mobs are. They'll beat up anybody they feel like beating up.

You seem to be implying it is ok to beat up Moslems that were not in the restaurant, who had nothing to do with the original incident. I'm sure you don't mean that it's ok to beat up innocent people, whether they're Moslems or not.

Please don't assume I think that any thing that happened in the restaurant was justified, it was not.

[Monterrosa-24]

"Now I am Cheburashka and each stray dog gives me a hand..."