Paul Goble
Staunton,
October 28. Chechnya’s Ramzan Kadyrov
says that the border between his republic and Ingushetia is settled and there
is no basis for further discussion, adding that Grozny has no plans to absorb
Ingushetia as some Ingush fear and that he considers any plan to amalgamate
federal subjects in Russia inappropriate (tass.ru/politika/5729020).
Kadyrov’s first declaration will
only further inflame Ingush opinion in advance of the restart of protests
against the border accord and the opening of the Ingush congress which has been
convened to denounce the agreement. But his second statement may get him into
trouble with Vladimir Putin who favors regional amalgamation in general but
perhaps not in this case.
Among the most important other
developments around the Ingush controversy during the last 24 hours are the
following:
·
The
first over the border accord is now dividing the influential Ingush taips, with one coming out in favor of
the agreement between Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Kadyrov, but most opposed and
electing delegates at a meeting in Nazran to the congress where the accord will
be denounced (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/327230/,
kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/327227/
and kavkaz-uzel.eu/blogs/342/posts/35089).
·
A
group of Ingush who support Yevkurov and the border agreement organized a
column of 15 automobiles which travelled between Magas and Chechnya. Not surprisingly,
it was heavily covered by Moscow outlets (tass.ru/proisshestviya/5728954).
·
The
Ingush central government launched a criminal case against the head of Malgobek nominally for exceeding his authority but
likely because he has not been able to keep protesters from breaking up
pro-Yevkurov meetings there (vestikavkaza.ru/material/246149).
·
Chechnya’s
Kadyrov said that he and Yevkurov will meet in the next few days to discuss
joint development of the border regions
of their respective republics (grozny-inform.ru/main.mhtml?Part=8&PubID=101764).
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