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| Kremlin critic shot in Ingushetia | Kremlin critic shot in Ingushetia |
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| The owner of an internet site critical of the Russian authorities in the volatile region of Ingushetia has been shot dead in police custody. | The owner of an internet site critical of the Russian authorities in the volatile region of Ingushetia has been shot dead in police custody. |
| Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the ingushetiya.ru site, was a vocal critic of the region's administration. | Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the ingushetiya.ru site, was a vocal critic of the region's administration. |
| The Russian prosecutor's office said an investigation into the death had been launched, Russia media report. | The Russian prosecutor's office said an investigation into the death had been launched, Russia media report. |
| A post on Yevloyev's site says he was detained by police after landing at the airport of the main town, Nazran. | A post on Yevloyev's site says he was detained by police after landing at the airport of the main town, Nazran. |
| The website owner was taken to hospital but died from his injuries. | The website owner was taken to hospital but died from his injuries. |
| Reports quoting local police said Yevloyev had tried to seize a policeman's gun when he was being led to a vehicle. A shot was fired and Yevloyev was injured in the head. | Reports quoting local police said Yevloyev had tried to seize a policeman's gun when he was being led to a vehicle. A shot was fired and Yevloyev was injured in the head. |
| Fierce critic | |
| Yevloyev was a thorn in the side of Ingush President Murat Zyazikov, a former KGB general. | |
| His website reported on alleged Russian security force brutality in Ingushetia, an impoverished province of some half a million people, mostly Muslims, which is now more turbulent than neighbouring Chechnya. | |
| President Zyazikov had been on the same flight as Yevloyev. | |
| Ingushetia borders Chechnya and has suffered from overflowing unrest. | |
| There is a low-level insurgency, with regular small-scale ambushes against police and soldiers. | There is a low-level insurgency, with regular small-scale ambushes against police and soldiers. |
| In June 2008, the Human Rights Watch group accused Russian security forces there of carrying out widespread human rights abuses. | In June 2008, the Human Rights Watch group accused Russian security forces there of carrying out widespread human rights abuses. |
| HRW said it had documented dozens of arbitrary detentions, disappearances, acts of torture and extra-judicial executions. | HRW said it had documented dozens of arbitrary detentions, disappearances, acts of torture and extra-judicial executions. |