Talk:Yunus-bek Yevkurov

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On 22 June 2009, Yevkurov was seriously injured following a car-bomb attack on his motorcade in the city of Nazran at roughly 08:20 local time (04:20 GMT). In the incident, a four-wheel drive vehicle rammed the Presidential convoy in what is believed to be a suicide bomb attack. Reports indicated that at least two bodyguards were killed and several more wounded, with Yevkurov's brother Uvais among the injured. Yevkurov suffered a ruptured liver, a severe concussion, and several cracked ribs, but was expected to survive following surgery.

Though no group has yet claimed responsibility, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused Islamist militants of carrying out the attack, condemning the "terrorist attack". Speaking on Russian television, the President claimed that Yevkurov "did a lot to restore order ... and the bandits obviously didn't like that kind of activity". Russian news agency RIAN, quoting an unnamed Kremlin source, claimed that executive authority in Ingushetia has been temporarily transferred to the prime minister, Rashid Gaysanov. The source claimed that "President [Medvedev] authorized Gaysanov to take operative management of the republic, and he has all the required authority for that".

The attack followed other attacks on republic officials in June 2009. On 10 June, the deputy chief justice of the Ingushetian Supreme Court, Aza Gazgireeva, was gunned down, and on 13 June the former deputy prime minister, Bashir Aushev, was shot dead outside his home.

After the attack, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov claimed the Kremlin had ordered him to fight insurgents in Ingushetia, and during his subsequent visit to Ingushetia on June 24 pledged to revenge ruthlessly.

Security forces killed three rebels in a firefight after the militants opened fire during a traffic stop in Barsuki, Ingushetia. Upon identification of the bodies, one of the rebels was found to be Rustam Dzortov, who according to reports headed all the resistance operations in the republic and was one of the masterminds behind the assassination attempt on Yunus-bek Yevkurov in June.

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Guys, apparently he was also involved in another assassination attempt around this october. I've posted it on for the viewers to see. Abhijay  Let's have a chat, my friend.  01:40, 21 November 2011 (UTC)