Caucasus Press Review (March 23-29)
Caucasus domestic and foreign political events in local press
Yunus-Bek Yevkurov
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Caucasus domestic and foreign political events in the local press
Yevkurov holds a "Dialogue with the People"
The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, yesterday held a live program "Dialogue with the People." As part of the program, he answered 70 questions that most strongly concerned the citizens of the republic. At the beginning of the television broadcast, a video report was presented with a brief analysis of the previous "Dialogue with the People." Residents of the country could see how the orders of the head of the republic are executed and what has been done to solve their problems.
Yunus-Bek Yevkurov: "Ingushetia was saved by joining Russia"
Today, the Republic of Ingushetia celebrates the 245th anniversary of the voluntary entry of Ingushetia into the Russian state. The head of the republic, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, told Vestnik Kavkaza that only joining Russia helped to save the Ingush people and only because of this is Ingushetia a republic now.
Ingushetia to open new fitness complex
Ingushetia will open a new fitness center financed by Transneft, Ingush Leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov declared at a meeting with Chairman of the Board and President of Transneft Nikolai Tokarev in Moscow, Yuga.ru reports.The sides discussed cooperation between the oil pipeline operator Transneft and the region, as well as financing of infrastructure.
Ingushetia to cut expenditure by 120 million rubles
Ingush Leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov said that budget expenditure will be cut by over 120 million rubles in 2015. One of the ideas to realize the initiative is to fire 10% of functionaries, Interfax-South reports.
Ingushetia prepares to celebrate the anniversary of joining Russia
Ingushetia will celebrate the anniversary of the republic joining Russia. Officials have discussed the program of thw celebration at a meeting with the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.
Ingushetia has flu vaccine
Ingush Healthcare Minister Marem Arapkhanova told Ingush Leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov that the republic had vaccine for flu and other viruses.In her words, over half of North Ossetian schools were closed due to quarantine. About 140,000 people need vaccinating. The republic has enough vaccine for the population.
Defender of the Fatherland Day celebrated today in Russia
Defender of the Fatherland Day is celebrated on February 23 in Russia. In the USSR it was named Soviet Army and Navy Day.February 23, due to tradition, became a state national holiday dedicated to all the generations of defenders of the Fatherland.Officially, as the name suggests, the holiday celebrates people who are serving or were serving in the Russian Armed Forces. But it has also more recently come to include the celebration of men as a whole.
Ingush leader does not oblige women to wear hijabs
Ingush Leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov said at a meeting with bloggers in Magas that he was not authorized to oblige females to wear hijabs in public places, Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.He noted that women had fathers, brothers or husbands who …
“If one tries to make a bourgeois from a Russian person, one stops the person”
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Caucasus domestic and foreign political events in local press
Yevkurov meets with religious leaders in Ingushetia
The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, has met with the republic's religious figures. He discussed with them the participation of natives of Ingushetia in local conflicts in the Middle East.
RAS science center to open in Ingushetia
The RAS Ingush Science Center will open in Ingushetia, according to an agreement reached between Ingush Leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov. Yevkurov said at a meeting with the staff of the Akhriyev Research Institute and members of the Union of Young Scientists that Ingushetia will open a Science House.
