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Three killed in ‘attack on police official’ in Ingushetia

by OC Media

•2 min read

Three people have been killed after a car carrying at least one Interior Ministry employee was shot at in Nazran, Ingushetia’s largest city and former capital. On Friday evening, an unknown number of assailants in one vehicle opened fire on another vehicle near the federal highway in Nazran. According to the Ingush Investigative Committee, one of those killed was a police officer. The Committee stated that they had opened a criminal case and were searching for the attackers. According

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Kabardino-Balkaria’s commission on former militants — handcuffed by police ambitions?

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•6 min read

The Commission on adaptation of militants coming back from Syria to peaceful life has functioned in Kabardino-Balkaria for over 6 years. Despite its mandate to reintegrate former militants into society, a number of high-profile prosecutions has raised doubts over the authorities’ true commitment to peacefully returning them to civilian life. Islam Gugov left for Syria in September 2014. He joined Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar, a militant group at the time connected to the jihadist underg

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Magomed Khazbiyev — an Ingush dissident challenging the state

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•6 min read

Magomed Khazbiyev, a well-known Ingush opposition figure and public activist, has been in a detention facility in the town of Karabulak since 11 January. He is being accused of illegal possession of weapons. He claims that the charges have been fabricated. His lawyers insist upon his release. Khazbiyev suffers from ulcers and skin disease. A suspect under investigation with such diseases should be released for treatment. For three years, Magomed Khazbiyev lived under state protection in

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Inside Ingushetia’s anti-extremism centre: torture, extortion, murder

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•22 min read

Russia’s anti-extremism centres are notorious for their brutal torture. Here are the stories of its victims in Ingushetia, where for the first time, some of the organisation’s operatives face trial for their crimes. At the end of March 2017, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, head of the Republic of Ingushetia, a region in Russia’s North Caucasus, visited a pre-trial detention centre in Karabulak. As the website of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service puts it, Yevkurov ‘visited the main buildings of t

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Ingushetia to socialise families of fallen militants and law enforcement officers

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•6 min read

A public council to socialise the families of slain militants and local security forces has been created in Ingushetia. The organisation will provide psychological and practical support, including help in finding employment. The authorities in Ingushetia announced the creation of a public council to work with relatives of members of illegal armed formations on 14 February. According to his press service, the idea came from the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, and is the first and