Maksharip Magometovich Aushev (russian: Макшарип Магометович Аушев; 16 February 1966 – 25 October 2009) was an
Ingush Ingush may refer to:
* Ingush language
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The Ingush (, inh, ГIалгIай, translit=Ghalghaj, pronounced ) per Oxford dictionary "a member of a people living mainly in Ingushetia in the central Caucasus." Ingushetia is a federa ...
Ingushetia.org
Ingushetia.org (''Ингушетия.org''; formerly ''ingushetiya.ru'') is a non-government Ingush news agency and web site and was owned by Magomed Yevloyev. Its server is located in the United States.Magomed Yevloyev, a vocal critic of the Ingush government, was shot and killed while in police custody.
Biography
Aushev was a businessman and a member of a prominent Ingushetian family. In 2007, Aushev's son and nephew were both kidnapped. He blamed Ingush security forces under the control of then- President of IngushetiaMurat Zyazikov for the abductions. Aushev organized protests against the security forces and the Zyazikov government.
In 2008, journalist Magomed Yevloyev, the owner of
Ingushetia.org
Ingushetia.org (''Ингушетия.org''; formerly ''ingushetiya.ru'') is a non-government Ingush news agency and web site and was owned by Magomed Yevloyev. Its server is located in the United States.Yunus-Bek Yevkurov as president. Yevkurov offered dissidents in Ingushetia a certain amount of protection from politically motivated attacks. Aushev largely supported Yevkurov policies towards the opposition, and withdrew from his most vocal opposition to the government since Yevkurov's installation. Aushev accepted a position on a human rights council set up by the ombudsman of Russia's federal government. However, he remained a vocal critic of former President Zyazikov and his relatives, as well as the human rights violations allegedly committed by Russian
special forces
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Ingushetia
Ingushetia (; russian: Ингуше́тия; inh, ГӀалгӏайче, Ghalghayče), officially the Republic of Ingushetia,; inh, Гӏалгӏай Мохк, Ghalghay Moxk is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. ...
and
Chechnya
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Aushev survived an attempted kidnapping in September 2009. In an interview with an
Australia
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n television network, he revealed that he had “very strong information that I was going to be killed” during the failed abduction.
On October 25, 2009, Aushev was shot and killed on the spot when gunmen attacked his car on a road near
Nalchik
Nalchik (russian: Нальчик, p=ˈnalʲtɕɪk; Kabardian: //; krc, Нальчик //) is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwe ...