Paul
Goble
Staunton, December 29 – NGOs in
Ingushetia are far more likely to be secular rather than religious than in
other federal subjects in the North Caucasus – only five percent of them are
religious – and are also likely to get smaller federal grants and to be listed
as foreign agents, according to a new Portal Six study (6portal.ru/posts/ингушетия-третий-сектор-ренессанс-и-р/).
The study examined and provides statistical
details on the non-governmental sector across the North Caucasus in recent years,
characterizing the situation as one of “renaissance” followed by “repressions,”
with Ingushetia leading both the earlier upsurge and the more recent
suppression.
Meanwhile, activist Zelimkhan Tomov
was released from detention following the end of his sentence, but Eliskhan
Azhigov who also has completed his term was not. Attorneys for the latter
pledge to seek his release in the coming days (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/344106/).
And as she has in the past, Moscow
writer Elisaveta Aleksandrova-Zorina carried out an individual protest in the
Arbat with a sign calling for an end to repressions in Ingushetia. She said she
had received more positive reaction from passersby and even the police than
when she took similar actions in earlier months (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/344098/).
Her online post about her action
also received overwhelmingly positive reactions and comments, including
expressions of gratitude by leading Ingush activists.
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