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Ingushetia's Former Head Becomes Russia's Deputy Defense Minister

By RFE/RL July 08, 2019

The former leader of Russia's Ingushetia region has been appointed deputy defense minister of Russia.

The decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 8 also promoted Yunus-Bek Yevkurov from Major General to Lieutenant General.

Yevkurov resigned last month after almost 11 years of leading the volatile North Caucasus region amid ongoing tensions in Ingushetia sparked by a controversial border deal with the neighboring Russian region of Chechnya.

In September 2018, Yevkurov and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov signed a border agreement following secret negotiations, prompting activists in Ingushetia to claim the pact was invalid because it represented an illegal transfer of territory to Chechnya.

The former leader of Russia's Ingushetia region has been appointed deputy defense minister of Russia.

The decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 8 also promoted Yunus-Bek Yevkurov from Major General to Lieutenant General.

Yevkurov resigned last month after almost 11 years of leading the volatile North Caucasus region amid ongoing tensions in Ingushetia sparked by a controversial border deal with the neighboring Russian region of Chechnya.

In September 2018, Yevkurov and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov signed a border agreement following secret negotiations, prompting activists in Ingushetia to claim the pact was invalid because it represented an illegal transfer of territory to Chechnya.

Source: https://www.rferl.org/a/ingushetia-s- former-head-becomes-russia-s-deputy -defense-minister/30043415.html

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