Ingushetia

Ingushetia is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of European Russia. Its capital is Magas. The republic is home to the indigenous Ingush, a people of Nakh ancestry.

It was established on June 4, 1992, after the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was split in two. According to Human Rights Watch in 2008, the republic has been destabilized by corruption. A number of high-profile crimes including kidnapping and murder of civilians by government security forces is causing a deteriorating human rights situation.