Paul
Goble
Staunton, October 16 – In an appeal
to all Russians concerned about political freedom and human rights, Leonid
Gozman says that the Ingush opposition is fighting for the same goals as the
opposition in the Russian capital but that the powers that be in that North
Caucasus republic are far more “wild and harsh” than are those in Moscow.
The liberal politician and
commentator says that he doesn’t know why the powers that be in Ingushetia are
acting as they are and particularly why they have singled out for particular
mistreatment Zarifa Sautiyeva, who acted exactly in the opposite way than she
is accused of doing (zamanho.com/?p=13940).
“We have a very large and varied
country,” Gozman continues. “We do not always understand what is happening in
its various regions whose customs are alien to us or the behavior of those who voluntarily
or, having given in to overriding force fall sometimes ‘under the hand of the
Russian tsar.’”
“But in Ingushetia now people are
struggling for the very same things that they are in Moscow – for freedom and
human dignity. It is a wonderful thing that today so many people are defending
Kotov, Zhukov, and many other victims of the punitive system. But when taking
part in actions of solidarity, do not forget about Zarifa.”
“We all have blood of the same color
[and] we can defeat this system only by acting together.”
Meanwhile, some 20 armed siloviki in
masks raided the home of the father of Khasan Katsiyev, an Ingush opposition
figure who has been under arrest. The size of the strike force is not the only surprising
thing about this raid: another is that the warrant authorizing it had the wrong
address but was corrected at the scene (doshdu.com/v-ingushetii-u-otca-arestovannogo-aktivista-hasana-kacieva-proshel-obysk/).
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