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An armed clash breaks out between militants and security forces in southern Russia.
There have been movements for independence for a long time in the republic in question.
Karabulak - Problems for Kremlin autocrat Vladimir Putin in his own country: Russian media reported on Sunday (March 3) about an hours-long firefight between militant groups and security forces in the republic of Ingushetia.
Russia: Firefight reported in Ingushetia
As the Russian news agency
Interfax
reported, citing the National Counterterrorism Committee, Russian law enforcement officers were shot at during a search in a residential building in the city of Karabulak on Saturday (March 2).
Police officers then started a firefight “with the criminals”.
The Russian state agency
RIA
reported that there had been “active measures” to “neutralize” the militants since Sunday morning.
It is not clear from the media reports who was meant by “criminals” and “militants”.
In Ingushetia, which is located in the North Caucasus, there have been movements for independence from Russia for many years, which is currently losing a number of fighter jets in Ukraine.
Moscow ruler: the Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin.
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Ingushetia in the North Caucasus: aspirations for independence from Russia
In Muslim-dominated Ingushetia, which has around 500,000 inhabitants and borders North Ossetia-Alania and Chechnya, for example, 70 police officers were killed in armed attacks by suspected Islamists in the first half of 2008.
According to
Spiegel,
the opposition “People’s Parliament of Ingush” also called for withdrawal from the Russian Federation at the time.
In response, Moscow installed Russian army general Yunus-Bek Yevkurov as president, who survived a terrorist attack on his car convoy seriously injured in June 2009.
Until 2017, Russian security authorities struggled with bomb attacks.
At the end of 2018 there were also months of mass protests after territories had to be ceded to Chechnya.
The first (republics) to declare their sovereignty and independence will be the ethnically homogeneous non-Russian republics.
Political scientist Janusz Bugajwski in the Kyiv Post
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Russia: Emergency counter-terrorism measures in the North Caucasus
Janusz Bugajwski, a political scientist at the US think tank
Jamestown Foundation
, recently told the
Kyiv Post
about the independence movement in the Caucasus: "The first (republics) to declare their sovereignty and independence will be the ethnically homogeneous non-Russian republics - Regions that reject Moscow's exploitation of their resources.
And republics and regions that have an external land or sea border with neighboring states, together with related population groups.
The Russian authorities implemented emergency measures to combat terrorism in Ingushetia at the weekend.
They now have more powers to restrict freedom of movement and communication,
Interfax
reported .
The population near Karabulak was evacuated to ensure their safety, it said.
In April 2010 there was a bomb attack on a Russian police station in Karabulak.
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Ingushetia and Dagestan: Republics in the Caucasus are causing problems for Moscow
Moscow's ruler Putin's regime, which is sending citizens from all possible republics to their deaths in the Ukraine war, has been fighting militant groups for years not only in Ingushetia, but also in Dagestan in the Caucasus.
In Dagestan (around 2.9 million inhabitants) there have been repeated terrorist attacks against government members appointed by Moscow for more than 20 years.
According to the
German Press Agency
, in 2012 the Kremlin felt compelled to send 30,000 Russian soldiers to regain control of the region including the large city of Makhachkala (around 600,000 residents).
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