Welcome to Chechnya (2020) Movie Script
Hello?
Um...
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Hm.
Chechnya is controlled by Ramzan Kadyrov,
the Kremlin-backed strongman.
His Instagram feed regularly shows himself
and his fighters as he
wants all Chechens to be...
fit, faithful,
and ferocious in battle.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
named Ramzan Kadyrov
President of Chechnya in 2007.
Chechnya continues
to depend on aid from Moscow,
enough to satisfy every
whim of its erratic leader.
Ramzan Kadyrov is left
to run this remote region of Russia
by his own rules.
A group of LGBT activists
demanded a meeting
with Moscow's prosecutor,
armed with
two million signatures,
a petition calling on the
Kremlin to investigate claims
of a violent crackdown
on gays in Chechnya.
But before they could
deliver their petitions,
they were arrested for
protesting without permission.
Ah.
Donald Duck.
Mm-hmm.
Da?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
I wanted to ask
you about the alleged roundup,
abduction,
and-and torture of-of
gay men in the republic.
But, do you not get concerned
when you read these accounts
of young men who say they've
been tortured for days
and delivered to their
families in sacks?
Does it concern you as
a matter of law and order
in the republic when
you hear these stories?
Uh...
Uh...
Uh...
Alright,
so why are you applying for asylum?
How did your name
become familiar to people in Chechnya?
Chechnya has its
own traditions that
we probably cannot
totally understand.
Uh, when we helped the girl,
it's a question of, like...
like we have taken away
a part of their property...
Mm-hmm.
Hello?
Um...
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Hm.
Chechnya is controlled by Ramzan Kadyrov,
the Kremlin-backed strongman.
His Instagram feed regularly shows himself
and his fighters as he
wants all Chechens to be...
fit, faithful,
and ferocious in battle.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
named Ramzan Kadyrov
President of Chechnya in 2007.
Chechnya continues
to depend on aid from Moscow,
enough to satisfy every
whim of its erratic leader.
Ramzan Kadyrov is left
to run this remote region of Russia
by his own rules.
A group of LGBT activists
demanded a meeting
with Moscow's prosecutor,
armed with
two million signatures,
a petition calling on the
Kremlin to investigate claims
of a violent crackdown
on gays in Chechnya.
But before they could
deliver their petitions,
they were arrested for
protesting without permission.
Ah.
Donald Duck.
Mm-hmm.
Da?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
I wanted to ask
you about the alleged roundup,
abduction,
and-and torture of-of
gay men in the republic.
But, do you not get concerned
when you read these accounts
of young men who say they've
been tortured for days
and delivered to their
families in sacks?
Does it concern you as
a matter of law and order
in the republic when
you hear these stories?
Uh...
Uh...
Uh...
Alright,
so why are you applying for asylum?
How did your name
become familiar to people in Chechnya?
Chechnya has its
own traditions that
we probably cannot
totally understand.
Uh, when we helped the girl,
it's a question of, like...
like we have taken away
a part of their property...
Mm-hmm.
Hello?