Head of Ingushetia's FSB removed from office
Alikhan Batayev, North Caucasus - Sergei Koryakov, head of the Ingushetian branch of the Federal Security Service (FSB), was removed from office, an Ingush government source told our Prague Watchdog correspondent.
Koryakov, who held this position for several years, will most likely be ordered to serve in Chechnya, the source added.
It is not known who will be now be in charge of FSB operations in Ingushetia. However, it will not be a local man. In many Russian regions it has become the rule to appoint officers from other areas to become the heads of FSB regional branches.
Last summer about two hundred guerrillas carried out coordinated raids on Ingushetian police forces, killing scores of policemen and seizing a large number of weapons and ammunition. The Ingush Interior Ministry and the local FSB then criticized each other for failing to prevent the attacks.
Editor's note: On February 2, Ingushetiya.ru reported that it is Colonel Aleksei Zhalo who had been appointed head of the Ingushetian branch of FSB.
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