The head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov appeared today as a witness at the trial of a member of a militant group, whom he had earlier persuaded to surrender, RIA Novosti reports.
The defendant is Yusuf Mutsolgov. On January 29, 2010 he injured one police officer, barricaded in a house and provided fierce opposition to the law enforcement officers during a firefight in the village of Troitskaya. The head of Ingushetia took part in the situation and after four hours of negotiations persuaded the man to cease fire and surrender.
Ingush head testifies in militant trial
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