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…While Some Ingush Recall the Ossetian- Ingush Violence of 1992
According to Kavkazky Uzel, on April 24, the press service of Ingushetia’s president, Murat Zyazikov, reported that he conveyed condolences on behalf of the republic in a telegram sent to Yeltsin’s family. “Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin was a remarkable, larger-than-life person, one of the outstanding political... MORE
Chechens Remember Yeltsin, Not Fondly…
Kavkazky Uzel, on April 24, published the comments of Chechens about Russia’s first president, Boris Yeltsin, who died on April 23. Lechi, a 49-year-old Chechen who formerly belonged to the Vainakh Democratic Party, which in the early 1990s was headed by the late Zelimkhan Yandarbiev,... MORE
The Hajj and Its Impact on the North Caucasus
Year after year, Muslims living within the Russian Federation are confronted with the host of issues surrounding the hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Of those participating in the hajj, a significant number are Muslims from... MORE
Briefs
- Court Rules That Refusal to Investigate Beslan Crisis Managers Was Illegal A court in Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia, ruled that regional prosecutors acted illegally when they refused to open a criminal investigation into the conduct of officials in charge of coordinating the response to the... MORE
Umarov Says Bodies of Chechens Tossed From Helicopters
The separatist Kavkaz-Center website, on April 23, quoted a source in the Chechen rebel command as saying that Chechen rebel leader Dokka Umarov, who is president of the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI), held a series of meetings with rebel field commanders throughout the... MORE
Security Operations Conducted in Ingushetia and Dagestan
Kavkazky Uzel reported on April 25 that Russian and local security bodies conducted a large-scale “zachistka,” or security sweep, in the settlement of Voznesenovskaya in Ingusehtia’s Malgobeksky district on April 22 and 23. The website quoted Voznesenovskaya residents as saying that all points of entry... MORE
Human Rights Activists Express Mixed Feelings About Yeltsin
Several leading Russian human rights activists were also critical of Boris Yeltsin for his actions vis-à-vis Chechnya but were more positive in their overall assessments of his record. “Yeltsin made many mistakes,” Moscow Helsinki Group Chairwoman Lyudmila Alekseyeva told Interfax on April 23. “One of... MORE
Between Myth and Reality: Life in Kadyrov’s Potemkin Village
Massive construction and rebuilding projects are underway across the entirety of Grozny. The first order of business has been the reconstruction of the large apartment buildings, even though many of the multi-story structures are still standing empty. President Ramzan Kadyrov, the new pro-Russian head of... MORE
Policeman Killed in Dagestan
One policeman was killed and two were wounded in an operation to destroy a group of gunmen in Dagestan’s Karabudakhkent district on April 18, ITAR-Tass reported. The news agency quoted the chief physician of the hospital in the settlement of Karabudakhkent as saying that the... MORE