Ingushetiya.ru
Encyclopedia
Ingushetia.org is a non-government Ingush
news agency and web site and was owned by Magomed Yevloyev
. Its server is located in the United States
.
The website has been accused of "inciting inter-ethnic hatred" by the public prosecutor of North Ossetia and came under numerous hacker
attacks in 2007. The portal also organised the I have not voted! action in Ingushetia after the 2007 Russian legislative elections, gathering more than 57,000 signatures of people who had not voted. The aim of the action was to demonstrate that the official results of the regional voting (98% turnout and 99% support of United Russia
) were false. According to Ingushetia.ru, as reported in Chechnya Weekly, access to the portal by people within Ingushetia was blocked by Ingush authorities in November 2007.
On August 31, 2008, the website's owner and a vocal critic of the government, Magomed Yevloyev
, was shot dead while in police custody. Around the same time, the website was shut down by hackers, something that has happened multiple times in the past.
Since September 25 2008, the domain ingushetiya.ru ceased to operate and the address of the web portal was changed to ingushetia.org.
Ingushetia
The Republic of Ingushetia is a federal subject of Russia , located in the North Caucasus region with its capital at Magas. In terms of area, the republic is the smallest of Russia's federal subjects except for the two federal cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg...
news agency and web site and was owned by Magomed Yevloyev
Magomed Yevloyev
Magomed Yakhyаvich Yevloyev was an Ingush journalist, lawyer, and businessman, and the owner of the news website Ingushetiya.ru, known for being highly critical of Murat Zyazikov, the President of Ingushetia, a federal subject of Russia bordering Chechnya...
. Its server is located in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The website has been accused of "inciting inter-ethnic hatred" by the public prosecutor of North Ossetia and came under numerous hacker
Hacker (computer security)
In computer security and everyday language, a hacker is someone who breaks into computers and computer networks. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, including profit, protest, or because of the challenge...
attacks in 2007. The portal also organised the I have not voted! action in Ingushetia after the 2007 Russian legislative elections, gathering more than 57,000 signatures of people who had not voted. The aim of the action was to demonstrate that the official results of the regional voting (98% turnout and 99% support of United Russia
United Russia
United Russia is a centrist political party in Russia and the largest party in the country, currently holding 315 of the 450 seats in the State Duma. The party was founded in December 2001, through a merger of the Unity and Fatherland-All Russia parties...
) were false. According to Ingushetia.ru, as reported in Chechnya Weekly, access to the portal by people within Ingushetia was blocked by Ingush authorities in November 2007.
On August 31, 2008, the website's owner and a vocal critic of the government, Magomed Yevloyev
Magomed Yevloyev
Magomed Yakhyаvich Yevloyev was an Ingush journalist, lawyer, and businessman, and the owner of the news website Ingushetiya.ru, known for being highly critical of Murat Zyazikov, the President of Ingushetia, a federal subject of Russia bordering Chechnya...
, was shot dead while in police custody. Around the same time, the website was shut down by hackers, something that has happened multiple times in the past.
Since September 25 2008, the domain ingushetiya.ru ceased to operate and the address of the web portal was changed to ingushetia.org.