Yevkurov fires head of Ingush administration

Ingush president Yunus-bek Yevkurov has fired the head of the government administration, Ruslan Miziyev, RIA Novosti reports. He also denied information previously reported in the mass media concerning the firing of the chairman of the government of the republic, Aleksei Vorobev, saying that Vorobev had simply gone on holiday and that Mizeyev had voluntarily tenedered his resignation..

A source in the Ingush administration had said earlier that finance minister Mussa Chiliyev was temporarily in charge of the presidential apparatus. Yevkurov had earlier rated the government's performance poorly to journalists and threatened sackings.