Yevkurov Attends Investment Conference as Rebels Deny Targeting Civilians
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor
September 23, 2009 11:44 PM Age: 1 days
By: Jamestown Foundation
Ingushetia booth at Sochi investment forum
Ingush President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov was among the North Caucasus leaders drumming up investment in their republics at "Sochi-2009" -the eighth international investment forum held in the Black Sea resort over September 17-20. Delegations from 56 regions and 27 foreign countries -a total of 7,700 people- took part in the forum. The Ingush delegation, which Yevkurov headed, presented ten investment projects, including the reconstruction of a gas turbine electric power station in Karabulak and the construction of a tourist-recreation complex in Dzheirakhsky district and a brick factory in Nazran.
The Kavkazsky Uzel website quoted Yevkurov as saying that the security situation in the republic should not be an obstacle to potential investors. He also guaranteed security for companies that want to work in the republic. "I will ...
On the fifth anniversary of the Beslan
school shootings, Russian police blame terrorism for an explosion at a
gas pipeline in the republic of Ingushetia.
Local police tell RIA Novosti the cause of the explosion is not verified, though they believe terrorism played a role.
Officials said the fire is still going early Tuesday. The pipeline runs
from the Russian republic of North Ossetia to Tbilisi, the capital of
Georgia.
The explosion comes amid a flurry of terrorist activity in south
Russia. Two car bombs rocked the southern republic of Dagestan early
Tuesday, killing one and injuring at least 14 others.
The pipeline incident closely coincides with the anniversary of the
August 2008 conflict between Georgia and Russia over the breakaway
republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. That conflict played ...
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