Paradise lies at the feet of the mother. So how can a Chechen, a Muslim, violate the rights of women?

If we are Russian citizens, treat us as Russian citizens. We want equality and justice.

Akhmad is strength!

As long as Putin backs me up, I can do everything - Allahu akbar!

In my family, we can't just sit and be together. We have to be shelling peas or husking corn or something. A larger task. Some way of being with people.

If you ask me, 'Are you for or against gay parents?' for example, having kids - it's hard for me to say, 'Yes.'

After I came out to my mother at 17, I ran away from home and lived with a friend. We come from a highly religious family, and she could not accept it. It was devastating, and I was depressed.

My father was a director, and my mother and grandparents were actors, so I spent a great deal of my time as a teenager trying to get away from the theatre.