A fighter from Dagestan who defiled Buddha in Kalmykia apologized to local residents

The Dagestan athlete got into an ugly story in Kalmykia. For insulting a religious shrine, he was forced to apologize to the residents of the republic.

Information about the massive conflict came to the duty unit of the Elista police.

Local residents and Dagestanis staged a trial in the city center in connection with the video broadcast in social network Periscopе. Participants in freestyle wrestling competitions filmed their excursion around the steppe capital. There was a moment on the Web when the 22-year-old wrestler Said Osmanov retired from the temple and kicked the Buddha statue in the nose.

Outraged by the insult to religious symbols, the residents, having seen the video, "arrived at the hotel where the athlete was staying, dragged him out into the street, knelt down and forced him to publicly apologize," AsiaRussia writes.

The freestyle wrestling tournament was disrupted.

Before the people of Kalmykia for the wild trick of the youth had to apologize the head of the government of Dagestan, the portal notes. Abdusamad Hamidov hastily arrived in the republic to settle the conflict.

Internet access to the controversial video has now been terminated. On the other hand, there is a video on the web of how the athlete was forced to apologize to the Kalmyks.

The Kalmyk Ministry of Internal Affairs confirms the fact of the conflict between local and Dagestanis, however, stating that it was on a domestic basis.

The head of Kalmykia, Aleksey Orlov, said that the vandal was facing a prison term. According to the radio station "Echo of Moscow", a case was initiated against the Dagestani under Art. 148 of the Criminal Code. Osmanov is in jail.

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The wrestler relieved himself there and kicked the Buddha statue in the nose

Spokesperson for the Minister of physical culture and sports of Dagestan Gadzhimurad Akhmedov said that the incident with the desecration of the Buddha statue in Elista has no religious or national motives. He said this in an interview with the radio station "Moscow speaking" on Sunday, April 3.

Akhmedov said that a conversation was held with the wrestler, and his coach was fired. “The investigation will be with the whole team that went there. There is an instruction to investigate this incident, ”he summed up.

The incident took place in Elista on Saturday night, April 2. The 22-year-old athlete, in his free time from the competition, went to a Buddhist temple with his teammates, relieved himself there and kicked the statue of Buddha in the nose. He shared his act on the social network Periscop.

Residents of Elista, who saw this video, arrived at the hotel where the athlete was staying, and forced him to apologize, putting him on his knees. The development of the conflict was stopped by the police officers who arrived at the scene. A resident of Dagestan was detained and taken to the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, reports "Lenta.ru".

The freestyle wrestling tournament was canceled. As the organizers explained, this decision was dictated by the fact that what happened cast a shadow on the event.

The chairman of the government of Dagestan, Abdusamad Hamidov, arrived in Kalmykia and apologized for the act of vandalism on his own behalf and on behalf of all citizens of the republic.

All Dagestanis condemn the immoral act of our fellow countryman. Therefore, on my own behalf, I offer deep apologies to our fraternal Kalmyk people, ”he said.

In turn, the head of the Republic of Kalmykia, Alexei Orlov, said that a case was initiated in connection with the incident under part 2 of Article 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religion”). The suspect is in a pre-trial detention center, investigative measures are being taken against him.

As it became known, later the vandal athlete may be associated with terrorist groups, such as the “Islamic State” (IS, ISIS) banned in the Russian Federation. This opinion was expressed on Sunday, April 3, on the air of the radio station "Moscow speaking" by Roman Silantyev, a member of the expert council for the state religious examination under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation.

If he (the athlete) was in a sober state, then a fighter of the Wahhabis brothers. And the conversation with him will be quite difficult. That is, he will be imprisoned for sure, and not necessarily only for this. It will probably turn out that he was also ISIS who transferred money, somehow supported them in social networks, in general, this may not end in two years, '' the expert said.

As Silantyev explained, the athlete's possible connection with terrorists is indicated by his disdain for Buddhist shrines. “The Wahhabis in our country treat the Buddha statues like the Taliban, that is, specifically, they destroy them as much as possible,” he said.

At the same time, the expert admitted that the action of the fighter was caused by drug intoxication.

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The head of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, apologized to the head of Kalmykia, Alexei Orlov, for the desecration of the Buddha statue by a native of the republic, Said Osmanov. The corresponding letter was published on the website of the head of Kalmykia.

“In Dagestan, they received the news of the deed committed by a native of our republic in Elista with a feeling of deep indignation and condemnation,” the letter says. "On behalf of all Dagestanis and on my own behalf, I apologize and regret what happened," Abdulatipov wrote.

Note that on the website of the head of the RD there is no such letter or apology in any other form. On April 3, the press service of Abdulatipov published a statement, which only says that " phone conversation at the level of the leaders of Dagestan and the Republic of Kalmykia. "In addition, it is indicated that" young man"For desecrating the statue of Buddha, the coach of the team, of which the bully was a member, was dismissed, and the Minister for Physical Culture and Sports of the Republic of Dagestan was reprimanded."

The statue of Buddha desecrated by a Dagestani will be cleansed with mantras

The statue of Buddha, which was abused by a wrestler from Dagestan, will be purged on April 5, said Nikolai Sandzhiev, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of Kalmykia.

"Initially, the statue will be cleaned and washed, then it will be covered with special paint, the statue will be fumigated, for this purpose, a juniper will be burned out around it. Later they will recite purification mantras," he said (quoted by RIA Novosti). According to Sandzhiev, at least a thousand people are expected to attend the ceremony.

Osmanov's father about his son's actions: "He just took me apart piece by piece."

The young man's father admitted that he was shocked by the act of his son. “He just took me apart by his action. I just can't imagine how Said could have done this, who encouraged him to do this,” quotes the words of his father NTV.Ru.

On April 4, the wrestler's father addressed the Kalmyk people with an appeal, in which he apologized for his son's behavior and expressed the hope that this incident would not affect relations between the two peoples, REN TV reports.

“To my great regret and indignation, I learned about the immoral act of my son, committed by him at the competition in Elista. I would like to sincerely apologize to the Kalmyk people for this incident. His act will not go unpunished. I am sure that this incident will not serve as a reason for worsening. relations between the fraternal peoples of Kalmykia and Dagestan ", - said the father of the fighter.

In Dagestan, the act of a vandal fighter is considered "stupidity", but they want to judge it themselves

The press secretary of the Ministry of Sports of Dagestan Gadzhimurad Akhmedov called Osmanov a "blockhead". "This fool has dropped a stain on the entire republic, the whole republic condemns him," Gadzhimurad Akhmedov told Komsomolskaya Pravda. for your deed. "

Nevertheless, in Dagestan, they want to return the offending athlete to his homeland so that he can be brought to justice there. Such a proposal was put forward by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Dagestan under the President of the Russian Federation Izumrud Mugutdinova, radio "Says Moscow" reports.

“This act is immoral. However, I know that he asked for forgiveness, and his coach was seriously punished, and the Minister of Sports of Dagestan was reprimanded. I do not think that this young man had any task to abuse this monument or for any reason. or religious aspects, perhaps this is just stupidity, "Mugutdinova clarified. She said that the trial of Osmanov would be a lesson to all residents of Dagestan.

Recall that a 22-year-old athlete from Dagestan arrived in the capital of Kalmykia as a participant in the Greco-Roman wrestling... Walking in the evening along Elista, he went to the temple, relieved his need there and hit a statue of Buddha in the face.

The bully filmed his actions and posted the video on the Internet. The video caused a public outcry among local residents. They arrived at the hotel, dragged the bully out into the street and forced him to kneel down and ask for forgiveness.

The freestyle wrestling tournament was canceled. The head of the Dagestan government, Abdusamad Hamidov, urgently arrived in Elista. He apologized to the people of Kalmykia for the act of vandalism committed by a Dagestani.

A criminal case was opened against the hooligan under Part 2 of Art. 148 ("Violation of the right to freedom of conscience and religion"), which provides for up to three years in prison. The Elista city court of Kalmykia placed him under arrest for two months - until June 2. In addition, they promised to permanently excommunicate the vandal from sports.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation announced a possible connection between the Dagestani fighter and terrorist organizations, in particular the "Islamic State" (IS, DAISH) banned in Russia.

Dagestan sportsman in Elista transferred to a separate cell

Said Osmanov, a member of the Dagestan Greco-Roman wrestling team, who was detained on suspicion of desecrating a statue of Buddha in Elista, was transferred to a separate cell. A confessionary statement is being demanded from the detainee, his relatives say.

Athletes from Dagestan, walking along Elista on April 1, went to a Buddhist temple, where one of them relieved himself, and also kicked the statue of Buddha, "Rain" reports, noting that perhaps no one would have known about the incident if the athletes themselves did not broadcast their actions to the Periscope app. The footage posted on the Internet was seen by the residents of Elista and came to deal with the wrestlers at the hotel where the team was staying. The fight was miraculously avoided, but the Dagestani had to kneel on his knees to ask the angry Buddhists for forgiveness, the channel reports. It is noteworthy that videos about the events that followed the incident in the temple are posted on the network, including on the YouTube site. They broadcast only photos of how the guy stretches his leg to the Buddha's nose.

Said Osmanov petitioned for a separate cell in the remand prison, the ombudsman in Kalmykia said Evgeny Emelianenko ... According to him, the petition was granted, and the conditions of detention of the detainee meet all necessary standards, RIA "Kalmykia" writes.

The athlete's lawyer also announced that Said Osmanov was kept in a separate cell, "Chernovik" reports.

Relatives: there is no evidence of Said Osmanov's guilt

The investigating authorities demand that Said Osmanov write a confession statement, since they have no other evidence of guilt, the detainee's uncle told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Abdulkadyr Osmanov ... According to him, currently pressure is being exerted on his nephew to confess to the desecration of the monument. "They have no evidence. There is no video, no photo evidence. And now they are trying to force a confession out of him under physical pressure," he said.

Abdulkadyr Osmanov noted that he was also asked to persuade his nephew when he went to Elista to see Said. According to him, the police never gave permission to meet. They hired a Dagestani lawyer who left for Kalmykia only on April 7.

According to Osmanov's relatives, they met with a young man who was that evening with Said at the statue of Buddha. Unfortunately, this young man himself is not available to the media, since the special services forbade him to communicate with journalists. But relatives filmed a video from the back, where the athlete talks about what happened that evening on April 1. "There were three of us. We were walking in the park and saw the sculpture. We were broadcasting in Periscope. We did not know what kind of monument it was. We approached her with Sayid, I began to shine my phone at her. Sayid said one thing, just one obscene word on her, but I interrupted him. I explained to him that the locals could see us, and then there might be problems. And we returned to the hotel, "the video provided by Osmanov's relatives says.

As for the photo circulated on the Internet, where the young man raises his foot to the level of the face of the statue of Buddha, it is a fake, the detainee's elder brother told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. Hamid Osmanov ... “This is most likely an old photo. And it clearly shows that this is not Said. Said has curly hair. Shortly before the trip, he cut his hair short. the guy has stubble, and Said has sparse facial hair, "said Hamid Osmanov.

On April 6, Abdulkadyr Osmanov sent an appeal to the President of Russia, the head of Dagestan and the Prime Minister of Dagestan with a request to monitor the course of the criminal case so that it is conducted objectively and fairly, without giving the event a political and religious connotation.

Recall that earlier, who noted that he was not at the scene of the incident.

The desecration of the monument was, eyewitnesses say

The incident took place late in the evening on April 1, a Kalmyk journalist told the Caucasian Knot correspondent. Badma Burchiev who witnessed the events. According to him, Dagestani athletes were walking in the center of Elista near the Kalmyk government building when they saw the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, which is located in the park on the veranda. One of the athletes, calling the statue obscenely, approached him and relieved himself, says Byurchiev.

"The Dagestanis behaved extremely defiantly, say the witnesses of the athletes' walk. One of them pointed to the Buddha and loudly asked what kind of" p ... ", that is, a man of non-traditional sexual orientation. Passers-by made comments, but the athletes did not care," he said Burchiev.

The incident was filmed with a phone camera and broadcast in the Periscope application, while the incident record was not preserved. Burchiev claims that the service is designed in such a way that after the end of the broadcast, the video is not saved, and other tools are needed for recording, which the Dagestani athletes did not use. "There is no recording of the actions of the Dagestanis - neither on Youtube, nor anywhere else," - said Byurchiev.

He noted that the photo, which was published in the media, where a man stretches his legs and hits his feet in the Buddha's head, was taken long before the incident and not even in Elista. “Unfortunately, even reputable publications disseminated incorrect information. Subsequently, this led to a huge resonance among the Elista,” the journalist said.

Many residents of Elista watched the broadcast of the Dagestanis' walk in Periscope, and "it was not difficult for them to quickly write off on social networks and agree on revenge on the Dagestanis," said Byurchiev. Elista chose the place and time of the gathering, and about 100 people arrived there by cars, some of whom were armed with bats, sticks and fittings. By 23.00, the crowd headed towards the Elista Hotel, the largest hotel in the city, where, according to Burchiev, all athletes stay.

“The crowd was determined, people demanded to hand over the offender. Several police detachments drove up to the hotel, and only this stopped the crowd from lynching. For a long time no one came out, but suddenly a man appeared at the door of the hotel - the same athlete who used foul language and ruled the need for a statue. The man shouted: "Sorry", but this was clearly not enough for the crowd - everyone wanted physical violence. Then the athlete followed the lead of the crowd demanding to kneel down. This was enough for everyone to disperse in a few minutes, "Burchiev commented ...

At a certain moment she got scared, she told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent hotel employee "Elista", who asked not to be named. “It was spontaneous, uncontrollable and unconscious. It was as if lower instincts had awakened in people. At some point, we thought that the police would not be able to resist the crowd, and people would break into the hotel. Every Elista supported the crowd, no one was left indifferent,” - said the hotel employee.

Badmaev: the actions of the Dagestanis offended the national feelings of the Kalmyks

Dagestanis shouted insults at the Kalmyks, promising to "bring them to their knees," he told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent Chief Editor"Modern Kalmykia" Valery Badmaev... "Thus, the Dagestanis insulted not even the Buddhists, but the Kalmyks. All layers of the population are outraged, including pensioners of Russian nationality, who, it would seem, were not affected by the incident," Badmaev said.

The incident caused a serious public outcry among the entire population of Elista. Seeing the desecration of the statue, the townspeople called their friends, were indignant, they, in turn, reported the incident to their neighbors, and they passed the information on to their relatives, Badmaev said. He said that local Dagestanis complain to him that by kneeling down, the athlete "humiliated the entire Dagestan people."

Culturologist: Said Osmanov showed disrespect to himself

Head of the Center for the Development of Contemporary Oirat Culture "Tengrin Uydl" Basan Zakharov believes that the athlete could react differently and not succumb to the mood of the crowd. "In this regard, the Dagestan and Kalmyk cultures are similar - if a man knelt down, this is disrespect for himself. I don't know what the motivation was. This characterizes a man as an extremely unstable person. In this regard, I understand Dagestanis. There are two offenses - and in front of the Kalmyks and in front of the Dagestanis, "Zakharov told the" Caucasian Knot "correspondent. Now the population of Kalmykia has "calmed down", says Zakharov. "After the apologies of the Prime Minister of Dagestan and the muftiate, it was possible to avoid interethnic conflicts," said the culturologist.

Political scientist: Kalmyks have shown the ability to quickly organize themselves

The speed with which the Elista people managed to cooperate is a consequence of the fact that the Kalmyk capital is "a small city, about 100 thousand people", where "any news spreads quickly - all the more bad," the chairman of the expert council of the Research Foundation told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. electoral politics Andrey Serenko... Also, "Kalmyks are capable of quick organization when it comes on the protection of religious shrines, "the political scientist believes.

"What is happening was broadcast over the Internet, and there are many advanced users in Elista. The incident itself took place in the city center, next to the building of the republican administration, where there are always people. Witnesses personally observed the trick of the young bastard and helped this news to spread. The Kalmyks are not aggressive people, but with self-esteem, and are able to stand up for it, "- said Serenko.

On April 1, groups of athletes left Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan and other republics North Caucasus to a freestyle wrestling competition in the Republic of Kalmykia. One of the athletes of the Dagestan team while walking around Elista desecrated the Buddhist datsan. He put his feet in there, spat, and eventually relieved it of a minor need. All this was filmed on the phone and broadcast on the famous social network Periscop. At the moment, the video is removed from common use... The indignant local residents who learned about this surrounded the hotel and demanded to hand over the defiler. Until he was issued, several new cars with Dagestan numbers following through Kalmykia were burned. A double-decker bus was stoned.
On the night of April 1 to April 2, 2016, the duty station of Elista received a message that in the city center there was a massive domestic conflict between companies of young people. On the spot, the police found that athletes from the Republic of Dagestan, who came to the republican freestyle wrestling competitions, participated in the conflict. Currently, the instigator of the conflict has been detained and taken to the police station for further investigation. Other Dagestani and Chechen athletes, in five teams accompanied by police officers, left the region. Judging from discussions on the Internet, athletes spoke unflatteringly about architectural monuments with religious significance. To investigate the incident, the Minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the Republic of Dagestan Magomed Magomedov and the Prime Minister of Dagestan Abdusamad Gamidov have already left for Kalmykia. “Residents of Elista, who saw the video, arrived at the hotel where the athlete was staying, dragged him out into the street, brought him to his knees and made him publicly apologize. The athlete apologized, but immediately made an indecent gesture. Further development the conflict was stopped by the police who arrived at the scene, ”the heads of the republics also phoned.
A young man who has become the instigator of the conflict is threatened with an article for insulting religious feelings.
Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Dagestan Abdusamad Gamidov, in the presence of the Head of the Republic of Kalmykia Alexei Orlov and media representatives, apologized to the people of Kalmykia for the act of vandalism committed by an athlete of Dagestan the day before. “Our peoples have always lived as good neighbors. Thousands of Dagestanis live peacefully alongside the Kalmyk people. They live together, work, respecting the religious and spiritual values of our fraternal people. Therefore, we wanted to make a deep apology. The actions of some young people disgrace our republic as a whole. Let us assure you that this fact will not go unpunished. To date, the coach of the national team has already been dismissed, who brought our guys to the freestyle wrestling competition in Elista. This is another reason for us to pay attention to the upbringing of the younger generation, so that such incidents do not arise in the future "