Paul Goble
Staunton,
December 14 – In yet another indication that the authority of the Ingush
government of Yunus-Bek Yevkurov is collapsing, the Council of Teips of
Ingushetia is assuming an ever more prominent role on a growing number of
issues, ranging from the dispute about the border accord with Chechnya to the
investigation of recent deaths in the republic.
The
teips are the traditional clan organizations of Ingush society, and the council
consists of their leaders. In the past, this council has played only a
relatively small role in major public disputes, although it and the teip
leaders remain authoritative for most Ingush who look to them for guidance on various
personal issues.
But
now, the council is assuming a higher public profile, summoning members of the
republic legislature to a December 15 session of a shariat court to consider the
border accord, denouncing a Telegram article criticizing the teips for their
role in that, and demanding that the authorities investigate a series of recent
deaths in the republic (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/329147/).
The council also declared a day of mourning about
the death of an Ingush activist earlier this week, a death that some believe is
premediated; but some of their number were blocked from attending one of the funerals
by a former official who did not want them to transform a personal tragedy into
a political event (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/329122/
and kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/329136/).
According
to the Prague-based Caucasus Times,
people in Ingushetia are convinced that the deaths of the two Ingush activists
were the result of “a planned action directed at discrediting the Ingush
opposition.” If that is the case, the situation in that North Caucasus republic
may soon explode (caucasustimes.com/ru/vzryv-v-ingushetii-pokushenie-ili-provokacija/).
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