Ingushetia's 'dirty war' Nov 26, 2008
On a dirt track on the outskirts of the main town, Nazran, Jamaldin Gardanov showed me the spot where he says his brother Hamzat was shot through the head by a Russian soldier in August ... The second mobile phone video shows the incident, which happened in the centre of Nazran, in February last year. (BBC News -- Europe)
Profile: Ingushetia Nov 1, 2008
Capital: Magas (previous capital was nearby Nazran) ... Russia's national state-run Radio Russia and Mayak networks and the commercial entertainment-based network Serebryanyy Dozhd (Silver Rain) operate transmitters in Nazran. (BBC News -- Europe)
Russians ambushed in Ingushetia Oct 19, 2008
The convoy came under grenade attack and machine gun fire near Nazran, capital of the north Caucasus region. Frequent attacks. (BBC News)
Russian troops attacked, report claims 50 killed Oct 19, 2008
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Russian journalist killed in attack Sep 4, 2008
Hundreds of angry mourners gathered Monday in Ingushetia's main city of Nazran to mourn Mr. Yevloyev's death in a rally that turned into an anti-government demonstration. Prosecutors say Mr. Yevloyev was accidentally shot while sitting in a police car after he tried to take away a police officer's gun. (Globe and Mail -- International)
* Russia hails EU summit victory Sep 3, 2008
OIL SLICK: Russian media were delighted the EU didnt impose economic sanctions on the country for its attack on Georgia, lauding Europes dependency on oil and gas AGENCIES, MOSCOW AND NAZRAN, RUSSIA, AND DUBLIN Wednesday, Sep 03, 2008, Page 6 ... 30am to disperse a crowd of around 50 men who slept in the main square in Nazran, Ingushetias biggest city. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Owner of Russian opposition website killed Sep 3, 2008
NAZRAN, Russia The owner of an opposition website in Russia's troubled Ingushetia region was fatally shot on Sunday soon after being detained by police, and his colleagues called for a rally to protest his death ... Mr. Akhilgov said Mr. Yevloyev, who was in his thirties, flew from Moscow to Nazran on the same flight as the Kremlin-backed local leader Murat Zyazikov ... A posting on Mr. Yevloyev's website called on "all those who are not indifferent" to his killing to gather for a demonstration... (Globe and Mail)
Anger at death of Kremlin critic Sep 2, 2008
A posting on the site urged "all those who are not indifferent" to his killing to gather for a demonstration in the regional capital, Nazran. According to a lawyer close to the website, Mr Yevloyev was detained by police after landing at Nazran airport late on Sunday. (BBC News)
1,000 protest killing of journalist in Ingushetia Sep 2, 2008
Protesters gathered Monday in a central square of Nazran, Ingushetia's biggest city, around a truck that was carrying Yevloyev's coffin. "They killed our colleague in a dastardly and open way," Magomed Khazbiyev, a protest organizer, told the crowd. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Police break up protest in Russia's Ingushetia Sep 2, 2008
NAZRAN, Russia, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Police in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia used batons to break up an anti-government protest on Tuesday, two days after an opposition leader died in police custody ... 30 a.m. (0130 GMT) to disperse a crowd of around 50 men who slept in the main square in Nazran, Ingushetia's biggest city. (AlertNet)
Mourners protest Russian reporter's death Sep 2, 2008
Armed traffic police surrounded the funeral site near Ingushetia's main city, Nazran. Some in the crowd carried banners demanding the resignation of regional leader Murat Zyazikov and a fair investigation into Yevloyev's death. (CNN -- World)
Anti-Kremlin website founder dies in police 'incident' Sep 1, 2008
Mr Akhilgov said Mr Yevloyev, who was in his thirties, flew from Moscow to Nazran on the same flight as the Kremlin-backed local leader Murat Zyazikov. A spokesman for Zyazikov could not be reached for comment. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Hundreds rally at journalist's funeral in Russia Sep 1, 2008
Mutsolgov said up to 1,200 people attended the funeral near Ingushetia's main city, Nazran, as armed traffic police surrounded the site. Some in the crowd carried banners demanding the resignation of regional leader Murat Zyazikov and a fair investigation into Yevloyev's death. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Russian republic car bomb kills 2 police Jul 30, 2008
NAZRAN, Russia (AP) -- A car bomb exploded outside the regional police headquarters in the troubled Russian republic of Ingushetia on Wednesday morning, killing at least two police, officials said. The blast took place in the parking lot of Ingushetia's Interior Ministry in Nazran, the republic's principal city. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Inmates reportedly killed in prison riot Jul 6, 2008
RUSSIA 3 soldiers killed in Ingushetia fighting NAZRAN - A seven-hour shoot-out yesterday between Russian soldiers and suspected militants holed up in a house in the republic of Ingushetia left two dead on each side, officials said. Two other attacks in the restive region on the same day left one officer dead and two wounded. (Boston Globe)
Several die in Russia violence Jun 14, 2008
Deliberate' explosion In Nazran, the biggest city in the Ingushetia region, four people were killed on Friday in an explosion that destroyed a grocery store, emergency services said ... "There was a blast and black smoke pouring out," Ruslan, a 39-year-old Nazran resident who was passing the building at the time of the incident, said. (Aljazeera.Net)
Attacks in Russia's Caucasus kill 2 Jun 9, 2008
An unidentified gunman late Sunday also shot and killed a police officer in the city of Nazran in the province of Ingushetia, which is located west of Chechnya, police said. Provinces in Russia's North Caucasus region have been troubled by violence linked to rebels based in Chechnya, a police crackdown on Islamic militancy, clan rivalries and internal power struggles. (NJ.com)
Russian republic in clutches of imported rebellion May 6, 2008
NAZRAN, Ingushetia When his Russian-speaking captors told him they intended to blow him up by fastening an explosive-laden belt around his waist, Magomed Aushev felt strangely relieved ... But fate was on Mr. Aushev's side: His powerful Ingush family got wind of his arrest and prepared protests in the Ingush capital of Nazran ... The violence began in earnest four years ago when the late Chechen warlord, Shamil Basayev, staged a deadly raid on Nazran, killing more than 80 members of the Russian... (Globe and Mail -- International)
Casualties in south Russia blast Mar 25, 2008
A car bomb has caused casualties in Nazran, the main town in Russia's southern republic of Ingushetia. Russia's Itar-Tass news agency quoted local security officials as saying four people had been injured in the blast on Monday, including two policemen. (BBC News -- Europe)
Clashes in Russian City As Tension Rises Jan 26, 2008
NAZRAN, Russia Protesters angry with the leadership of the troubled Russian region of Ingushetia clashed with riot police Saturday, throwing rocks and firebombs the day after the government started a major security operation. Police responded by firing live rounds over the heads of some of the 300 protesters who tried to gather in the central square of Ingushetia's main city, Nazran; heavily armed riot police blocked side streets ... Police officers wearing masks and camouflage disperse an... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Police clash with protesters in Russian region Jan 26, 2008
Nazran's central square had earlier been sealed off by police but about 30 to 40 mostly young protesters tried to break through police cordons, the witness said ... Moscow's Ekho Moskvy radio station said two of its reporters were detained by the police in Nazran ... "There was an attempt to hold a rally," a local FSB spokesman said by telephone from Nazran. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
* World News Quick Take Jan 24, 2008
Officials said they did not believe the two incidents in Ingushetia's main city, Nazran, were linked. UNITED STATES. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bush 'deeply concerned' at Russia arrests... Nov 27, 2007
"I am deeply concerned about the detention of numerous human rights activists and political leaders who participated in peaceful rallies in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, and Nazran this weekend. "I am particularly troubled by the use of force by law enforcement authorities to stop these peaceful activities and to prevent some journalists and human rights activists from covering them," Bush said in a statement. Among those arrested in Moscow on Saturday was former chess champion... (The Drudge Report)
Statement by the President on Russia Nov 27, 2007
I am deeply concerned about the detention of numerous human rights activists and political leaders who participated in peaceful rallies in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, and Nazran this weekend. I am particularly troubled by the use of force by law enforcement authorities to stop these peaceful activities and to prevent some journalists and human rights activists from covering them. (White House News Releases)
Kasparov Convicted Over Moscow Protest Nov 25, 2007
The rally in Nazran, the main city in Ingushetia, was dispersed by riot police, and at least three people were detained. MMVII The Associated Press. (CBS News)
Activist, journalists kidnapped in Ingushetia Nov 24, 2007
NAZRAN, Russia (Reuters) - One of Russia's top human rights activists and a handful of journalists were beaten and briefly abducted from their hotel in the southern province of Ingushetia, a rights group said on Saturday ... Oleg Orlov of rights group Memorial said he and a film crew from REN-TV channel were taken from the hotel in Ingushetia's capital Nazran by a group of armed and masked people who said they were from the security forces, dealing with terrorism ... Demonstrators were planning... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Russia says detains two Muslims for train blast Oct 24, 2007
NAZRAN, Russia, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Russian forces detained two Muslim men in the southern republic of Ingushetia in connection with the August bombing of a train between Moscow and St. Petersburg, an interior ministry source said on Wednesday. Investigators had previously said Russian nationalists were the most likely culprits in the Aug. 13 explosion that derailed the main passenger train between Russia's two largest cities. (AlertNet)
Gunmen kill three in south Russia Sep 12, 2007
On Friday, a blood transfusion specialist, Natalya Muradova, died of gunshot wounds in the capital, Nazran ... A few hours later, four people were killed by an explosion in Nazran. (BBC News -- Europe)
Car bomb kills 4 policemen in Russia Sep 2, 2007
A car laden with explosives blew up near a community center in downtown Nazran, the largest city in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, RIA said, citing local police sources. Two vehicles caught fire and several people were injured on spot when the accident occurred at about 7:15 p.m. Moscow time (1515 GMT), police sources said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Deadly blast in southern Russia Sep 1, 2007
Four people have been killed in a large explosion in the city of Nazran, capital of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia, reports say ... The Nazran blast killed four policemen, Russian news agencies reported. (BBC News -- Europe)
Police targeted in Russia blast Sep 1, 2007
At least three people have been killed in a powerful explosion in the centre of Nazran, the capital of Russia's tiny southern Ingushetia province, according to Russian news agencies. Russia's Interfax news agency quoted sources as saying the blast occurred near the town's cultural centre when a jeep carrying servicemen was passing by. (Aljazeera.Net)
Gunmen launch attacks on police, soldiers in Russia's Caucasus region, killing 3 Aug 24, 2007
The attack took place as the troops were returning to their base near Nazran, Ingushetia's principal city, a ministry statement said. Major fighting has died down in Chechnya since the second war started in 1999 and the separatists were driven from power, but the mostly Muslim region is plagued by rebel attacks as well as violence blamed on federal troops and forces of the Moscow-backed Chechen government. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Insurgents kill Russian forces in volatile Caucasus region Aug 24, 2007
Earlier in the day, a Russian armored vehicle struck a mine near Nazran, the principal city in Ingushetia. The explosion killed one soldier and wounded three others, the authorities said. (International Herald Tribune)
