I have no hope anymore of going home. They say Grozny is a dead city. I guess we'll become permanent refugees. For an unknown number of refugees who have been unable to find shelter of any kind, the outlook is even more grim. We have no money and no possessions other than the clothes on our backs.
Food is a huge problem.
But that takes care of just 10 percent of the displaced Chechens. There are many places where refugees are receiving aid only sporadically, and in some places not at all. But amounts actually reaching people seem to vary wildly. At one aid distribution point on the outskirts of Nazran, teenager Zelimkhan Khadayev displays the weekly ration for himself and 12 other people who share a single room. We have to sell our things and beg for help from others.