RUSSIA: WHERE IS INGUSHETIA`S PRESIDENT?
The ingushetiya.ru website drew attention on 14 May to the fact that President Murat Zyazikov left Ingushetia on 7
May. Moreover, unlike the heads of other neighboring North Caucasus republics, Zyazikov did not attend the funeral
service in Grozny on 10 May for slain pro-Moscow Chechen leader Kadyrov, nor are any formal expressions of condolences
to the victims of the 9 May Grozny bombing that killed Kadyrov and five others posted on the official Ingush government
website (http://www.ingushetia.ru). A source within Zyazikov's administration told ingushetiya.ru, which is
believed to be controlled by Zyazikov's Moscow-based rivals, the brothers Mikheil and Khamzat Gutseriev, that
Zyazikov is in Moscow. LF Copyright (c) 2004. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty
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