Clutching a machine gun in his hands, Timur Mutsurayev, a supporter of the Chechen separatist movement, was composing songs. In them he praised his religion - Islam, glorified his native land, calling for the struggle for "freedom". Mutsurayev's work attracted the attention of law enforcement agencies, who saw extremist motives in many of his songs. Therefore, some of Timur's songs were banned in Russia.
From the biography of T. Mutsurayev
The author and performer of songs was born in Grozny on June 25, 1976. Timur studied at secondary school # 30. As a child, he fell in love with sports. Most of all he liked martial arts. In 1991, Mutsurayev received the title of champion of his republic in karate. There was a strong religious upbringing in Timur's family.
The fighting spirit of the Chechen youth demanded active, decisive action. Since 1994, Timur actively fought during the first Chechen conflict on the side of Ichkeria, was part of the troops of the central front. After the storming of Grozny, he joined the detachment of R. Gelayev. In a battle near the village of Serzhen-Yurt, Mutsurayev was seriously wounded and even at one time was considered dead.
Active hostilities in his home republic subsided in 2000. Then Mutsurayev left Chechnya. According to some reports, he left for Baku and lived there until 2008. Other sources say that Timur Khamzatovich chose Turkey as his place of residence. At that time, Mutsuruev visited Ukraine several times.
Creativity of a Chechen performer
Mutsurayev's first album was released in 1995. The author was then only nineteen. Creativity Mutsuruev - this is song texts about Chechnya, Islam, the fight against "infidels". Innocent music with simple motives, performed with a guitar, quickly won audiences in Chechnya and outside the small Caucasian republic. The reason for Mutsuruev's popularity lies in the fact that he sang songs in Russian.
Working on the songs, Mutsurayev widely used historical and religious motives in his work, he constantly emphasized the originality of his people. There was a place in those songs for love. He spoke about feelings for the Chechen land, about love for a woman. A number of songs Mutsurayev wrote on the verses of U. Yarichev. The performer admitted that his passion for the rock compositions of Western groups left an imprint on his work.
Chechen separatists liked Timur's songs and soon made him famous. Russian soldiers also listened to his speeches. In essence, Mutsurayev's compositions are a kind of "hymn" to Wahhabism and separatism. This was the reason for the imposition of a ban on them in Russia: the work of Mutsurayev in 2010 was recognized as a manifestation of extremism. In general, the injunction extended to about a hundred songs by the Chechen artist.
Probably in the middle of 2008, Mutsurayev recorded two audio messages in the Chechen language. In them, he turned to his comrades-in-arms and said that he had met with R. Kadyrov, whom he urged to end the fratricidal war that had bled his people. These messages caused a flurry of accusations of treason against Mutsurayev. However, the so-called Council of Amirs, which supported Gelayev, came out in defense of Timur.
There is evidence that Mutsurayev returned to live in Chechnya, but left music lessons.
