- Maksharip Aushev
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Maksharip Magometovich Aushev Born February 16, 1966[1]
Surkhakhi, Nazranovsky District, Ingushetia[1]Died October 25, 2009 (aged 43)
Nartan, Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria[2]Cause of death Shot dead by gunmen[2] Resting place Surkhakhi Other names Макшарип Магометович Аушев (Cyrillic) Occupation political activist (opposition), businessman Maksharip Magometovich Aushev (Макшарип Магометович Аушев; 16 February 1966 – 25 October 2009) was an Ingush businessman and opposition leader[3] in the Republic of Ingushetia, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. Aushev had taken over the opposition website, Ingushetia.org, after its owner, Magomed Yevloyev, a vocal critic of the Ingush government, was shot and killed while in police custody.[4]
Aushev was a businessman and a member of a prominent Ingushetian family.[5] In 2007, Aushev's son and nephew were both kidnapped. He blamed Ingush security forces under the control of then-President of Ingushetia Murat Zyazikov for the abductions.[5] Aushev organized protests against the security forces and the Zyazikov government.[5]
In 2008, journalist Magomed Yevloyev, the owner of Ingushetia.org and a critic of the Zyazikov government, was shot and killed while in police custody. Aushev personally took over ownership of Ingushetia.org following Yevloyev's death.[5]
The Russian government removed Zyazikov in October 2008 and installed Yunus-Bek Yevkurov as President.[5] Yevkurov offered dissidents in Ingushetia a certain amount of protection from politically motivated attacks.[5] Aushev largely supported Yevkurov policies towards the opposition, and withdrew from his most vocal opposition to the government since Yevkurov's installation.[4] Aushev accepted a position on a human rights council set up by the ombudsman of Russia's federal government.[5] However, he remained a vocal critic of former President Zyazikov and his relatives, as well as the human rights violations allegedly committed by Russian special forces in Ingushetia and Chechnya.[5]
Aushev survived an attempted kidnapping in September 2009.[5] In an interview with an Australian television network, revealed that he had “very strong information that I was going to be killed” during the failed abuduction.[5]
On October 25, 2009, Aushev was shot and killed on the spot when gunmen attacked his car on a road near Nalchik in the neighboring Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.[5] He was buried in the Ingush village of Surkhakhi.[4]
On 8 December 2009, Aushev was posthumously awarded the Russian Federation's human rights ombudsman's medal “Спешите делать добро” (Speshite delat dobro).[6]
References
- ^ a b "Макшарип Аушев. Краткая биография." (in Russian). Ингушетия.Org (Ингушетия.Ru when first published). 2008-03-17. http://www.ingushetia.org/news/print.html?id=13658. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ^ a b "Родственница Аушева с ранениями доставлена в больницу." (in Russian). Ингушетия.Org. 2009-10-25. http://www.ingushetia.org/news/20694.html. Retrieved 2009-12-16.[dead link]
- ^ Leading Ingush activist shot dead. BBC News, 25 October 2009
- ^ a b c Barry, Ellen (2009-10-26). "Activist Killing Said to Be Tied to the Police". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/world/europe/27ingushetia.html. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Barry, Ellen (2009-10-25). "Ingushetia Opposition Figure Is Shot Dead in Car". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/world/europe/26ingushetia.html?_r=1. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
- ^ "Сообщение пресс-службы Уполномоченного по правам человека в Российской Федерации" (in Russian). Уполномоченный по правам человека в Российской Федерации. 2009-12-09. http://ombudsman.gov.ru/doc/vistup12/s09_12_09.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
Categories:- 1966 births
- 2009 deaths
- People from Ingushetia
- Ingush people
- People murdered in Russia
- Russian businesspeople
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