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Window on Eurasia: Ingushetia’s Bloggers Polled on Chechen Incursion, Republic Leadership

Friday, May 3, 2013

Paul Goble             Staunton, May 3 – Forty-four bloggers in Ingushetia have expressed their views on the Chechen incursion into their national territory and other regions events in that North Caucasus republic, an intriguing measure of the views of a group that not only reflects public opinion but is increasingly helping to [...]

Special Operation Along Chechen-Ingush Border May Be Targeting Doku Umarov

Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 68 April 11, 2013 05:13 PM By: Mairbek Vatchagaev Over the past week, Russian government special forces have been conducting a large-scale special operation to root out militants in the Achkhoi-Martan district of Chechnya and the adjacent Sunzha district of Ingushetia. The fact that even auxiliary police forces have [...]

Is Kremlin Moving to Replace Ingush Leader?

Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 64 April 5, 2013 05:24 PM

By: Mairbek Vatchagaev

President Vladimir Putin recently signed into law legislation that allows Russian regions to choose their form of election for governor. They can now do it either through popular elections or through votes in their parliaments (www.kremlin.ru/acts/17786). Thus the new [...]

Window on Eurasia: Yevkurov Creates Systems to Help Ingush Adapt to Russian Army and Russian Cities

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

 Paul Goble             Staunton, April 3 – Ingushetia President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov is quietly setting up committees of soldiers’ fathers to help Ingush draftees cope with the rigors of the Russian military and a network of republic representations to smooth relations between Ingushetianss working in Russian cities and regions.             In a 4500-word interview [...]

Window on Eurasia: Putin’s Amalgamation Plan behind Chechnya’s Territorial Claims Against Ingushetia, Ingush Activist Says

THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013

Paul Goble             Staunton, March 14 – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan for the amalgamation of regions is behind Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s claims on portions of neighboring Ingushetia, claims that not only are worsening relations between those two historically close peoples but potentially re-opening other territorial disputes across the North Caucasus. [...]

Double agent claimed to stay behind death of heroic Caucasus Jihad Commander

Double agent claimed to stay behind death of heroic Caucasus Jihad Commander Last update: 10 January 2013, 13:15 Publication time: 9 January 2013, 23:28 It is to be recalled that Shamil Basayev martyred (Insha’Allah) as a result of an explosion of a truck loaded with weapons and ammunition near the Ingush village of Ekazhevo on [...]

Violence in Ingushetia Continues Upswing

Violence in Ingushetia Continues Upswing Publication: North Caucasus Analysis Volume: 13 Issue: 24 December 14, 2012 06:51 PM By: Mairbek Vatchagaev

Early December saw multiple victims of the armed confrontation in the North Caucasus, as had the previous weeks of this year. According to independent sources, eight people were killed, one injured and four kidnapped in [...]