Kisriev: attempts in the Caucasus are about posts, money and Moscow's authoritarianism

In the opinion of Enver Kisriev, head of the sector of the "Kavkaz-Centre" for civilisation and regional studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the recent frequent attempts in Northern Caucasus are caused by the political process; and every murder will entail respective response.

"Here, Moscow has set a tough authoritative mode, having vested full power to one person. Thus, any polemic process required to understand what happens in the Caucasus is out of question. However, problems need addressing. Now we have a new way of doing it," said Mr Kisriev.

Sergey Markedonov, head of the division of interethnic relations at the Institute for Political and Military Analysis, has noted that the republic is instable. He assumes that theoretically Islamists can stand behind the attempt on Evkurov, since protest actions are held under their slogans.

According to Mr Markedonov, "when Evkurov became President, two tasks were allotted to him: start dialogue with the loyal secular opposition and build dialogue space with civil society." "The problem that Zyazikov would not like solve, Evkurov has settled. The second task is to counteract extremism, but sole President of Ingushetia can't deal with it," he has added.

President of Russia Dmitri Medvedev is sure that the attempt on Evkurov was organized by the forces dissatisfied with his activity to put things in order in Ingushetia. "Lately, quite a lot was done personally by President of Ingushetia to set up order and civil peace in the republic. Surely bandits dislike it," said Dmitri Medvedev.

Alexander Bortnikov, head of Russia's FSB (Federal Security Bureau), has noted, in his turn, that the attack on President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov is a militants' answer to a more active war on armed underground groupings.

Ramzan Kadyrov, President of the next-door Chechnya, has noted, speaking about the motives of the attempt, that for the second month already law enforcers of both republics conduct joint operations, aimed to struggle against militants and illegal armed formations (IAFs), which arouses anger in extremists.

In the opinion of Alexei Malashenko, a member of the scientific board of the Moscow Carnegie Centre, the attempt on Evkurov can have links with the fifth anniversary of militants' attack on Nazran undertaken on June 22, 2004. According to the expert, militants in Northern Caucasus like to date their resonant terror acts to such anniversaries, as the "Gazeta.Ru" writes.