User blog comment:Vlad Nykytiuk/Protests in Russia/@comment-26538782-20170616133739/@comment-30743878-20170620002012

Uhm, no, Chechnya did try to secede and definitely not with "brilliant" ways and "brilliant" people. Also, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria was secular but only until 1996, when it turned into an Islamic Republic. Furthermore, the President of Chechen Ichkeria, Dokka Umarov (not democrat, he was an independent islamist) created THIS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilayat_Nokhchicho