Ramzan Kadyrov and Yunus-bek Yevkurov (ingushetia.ru)
A land swap signed on Wednesday between the Russian republics of Ingushetia and Chechnya has sparked protests in Ingushetia, as details of the agreement have remained secret. The leaders of the two republics hailed the agreement as an end to a long-running land dispute. [Read more…]
Chechnya’s deputy minister of internal affairs, Apti Alaudinov, and his associates standing on a road with the Chechen flag raised. The caption to the picture said the men were in an Ingush village and it was inside Chechnya, which caused outrage online. (/Facebook)
Allegations of a Chechen ‘invasion’ of Ingushetia sparked outrage from Ingush social media users last week, after a photo emerged online purporting to show a Chechen official raising a flag in an Ingush village. Work on a remote mountain road in Chechnya near the border with Ingushetia has revived a territorial dispute between the two republics. [Read more…]
