Chechen-Ingush Land Deal
One year since Ingushetia’s protests
One year ago today, a clash between protesters and security forces in Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, marked the beginning of some of the worst persecutions of activists in Ingushetia since the collapse of the USSR. ‘On the morning of the 27th, we were dozing’, Tamerlan (not his real name) recalled. ‘When we heard the noise of heavy vehicles’. The noise they heard was the national guard, moving in on their position in armored trucks. The protesters had been gathered since the day before
